Question What is the deal with "everyone" hanging a flashlight off their pistols?

Racer88 said:
I've long questioned this claim... that a strobe will disorient an adversary. My opinion: I don't think so. It will just tell them your location and while you're waiting for the strobe to "take effect," the bad guy will just shoot you.
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Yep. And the strobe can affect you almost as much as it does the bad guy.
 
Racer88 said:
I've long questioned this claim... that a strobe will disorient an adversary.
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If the perp happens to have photosensitive epilepsy, it will disable them and leave them puking, pissing and shitting all over your floor! :eek: ;)
 
I've honestly never had any use for the strobe light on my flashlights and hated having to go through all the modes to shut off the light. Until today that is. With my flashlight sitting on the passenger seat after using it checking my tire pressures this morning, I started to not enjoy the super bright headlights on a pickup that decided to ride my bumper on an exit ramp. 3 seconds of a rearwards pointed Super bright strobe and the driver kindly backed off a couple hundred feet. I think some of these people don't realize how bright their headlights are as they point directly through the back window of a car and give someone a free brain scan displayed on the visor in front of them. Other than that I still don't care for strobes on a flashlight.
 
Curmudgeon said:
I've honestly never had any use for the strobe light on my flashlights and hated having to go through all the modes to shut off the light...Other than that I still don't care for strobes on a flashlight.
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All these "cheapie" flashlights from the big retailers must source their switches from the same company. :rolleyes: That "feature" has kept me from buying many, many lights in the past. I'm staring at my (empty) 2 & 4-cell Mag-Lites waiting for a mission. :(

Back in the tween days, I got rapped in the back of the head with a 4-cell by a grumpy LEO after running from him into a bramble of thorns where he was able to catch up with me. šŸ˜ It was more of a "love tap" and after a severe chewing out, I was allowed to go on my way. Back then we didn't consult a lawyer after popo-administered justice--we knew we dun wrong and felt no need to transfer blame.
 
Bobster said:
All these "cheapie" flashlights from the big retailers must source their switches from the same company. :rolleyes: That "feature" has kept me from buying many, many lights in the past. I'm staring at my (empty) 2 & 4-cell Mag-Lites waiting for a mission. :(

Back in the tween days, I got rapped in the back of the head with a 4-cell by a grumpy LEO after running from him into a bramble of thorns where he was able to catch up with me. šŸ˜ It was more of a "love tap" and after a severe chewing out, I was allowed to go on my way. Back then we didn't consult a lawyer after popo-administered justice--we knew we dun wrong and felt no need to transfer blame.
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Yes most of my flashlights used to be box store cheapies but this latest one was a gift from my son and his family. It's an O-Light warrior 3 and to use the strobe all you need to do is mash the button on the end all the way in. The regular power button doesn't run through the modes unless you hold it in and then it just cycles through low/med/high. If you only push the end button in part way it gives high and will switch to strobe if you go all the way in. I use it daily for looking for leaks on hydraulic injection molding machines and haven't had to charge it in about a month and a half. Love this little light.
 

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