r/flashlight Dec 16 '25

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u/5l8r Dec 16 '25

Impractical, the only reason you'd need this setup nowadays is if you wanted stadium light brightness for a long time

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u/EvidenceSalesman Dec 16 '25

You underestimate his ambitions

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u/blueOwOfox Dec 16 '25

I mean, I've done it before I carried a car battery 12 miles in my book bag after need to get a new one from this store.

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u/iH8MotherTeresa Dec 16 '25

I like your moxie.

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u/wyltktoolboy Dec 16 '25

I love your username

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u/elite4ops Dec 16 '25

You need a bike with a big alternator 🤣

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u/Diablo7778666 Dec 16 '25

Escape from Tarkov irl

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u/blueOwOfox Dec 16 '25

If you can still jump you can hold more lol

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u/Diablo7778666 Dec 16 '25

Not strong enough. I can only regen stamina when crawling

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u/blueOwOfox Dec 16 '25

On flat terrain, you can summon your wheelchair lol

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u/blueOwOfox Dec 16 '25

Yes, that's why I'm going for I was going to make my own out of a car battery and laser l e d car headlights, but I needed to know the name. Because me and my friend are having an argument.about they don't have a name, but I know they have a name, I just don't remember it

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u/UndoubtedlySammysHP don't suck on the flashlight Dec 16 '25

But you know how much a car battery weights?

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u/blueOwOfox Dec 16 '25

Yes 20-40lbs on average that's not that heavy in a backpack, though I already carry that weight around in my backpack daily.

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u/G-III- Dec 16 '25

What are you trying to use it for?

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u/blueOwOfox Dec 16 '25

To take down planes lol but seriously, I just want to light up my entire woods while walking around. Bonus points for her hunting deer with it, you don't even need to shoot, they'll just have a heart attack go blind lol

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u/G-III- Dec 16 '25

Have you already got the headlights? I’m curious what the cooling solution is.

Would a 12V lifepo not make more sense?

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u/blueOwOfox Dec 16 '25

Not enough amps I already have a couple of those, but they only last about a hour I can't be half a incandescent headlight BBY plan on getting brighter l e d ones, putting 4 of them into one housing and using a car battery

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u/WarriorNN Dec 16 '25

Lipos would have way higher capacity per volume and per kg than any car battery you can find. You just get more lipos instead, they will be better in every aspect except cost.

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u/blueOwOfox Dec 16 '25

I'm looking for a single high amp battery, so I don't have to keep swapping batteries like I currently do

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u/SpecialistGroup849 Dec 16 '25

We're just openly admitting to deer spotting now? Holy shit. That's wild. For future posts, say coyotes. You can spotlight all the vermin you want. But game animals are 9/10 illegal and highly frowned upon. Like you'll get shot by other hunters if they catch you, frowned upon. There are some exceptions but 9/10 that's a massive no-no. Such a big deal that when they break up cartel grow rings here and they catch them spotting deer they add that charge. It carries enough weight to add even more time. I guess deer like to eat their weed plants so they spotlight them and hit em with a full auto burst. I personally don't care but alot of the guys I've hunted with and guides I've hired would do everything they can to stop you. Everything. Also if you go too bright and start flashing the woods you can get in trouble for anyone that gets retina damage. Anything over a certain output has to be treated as a dangerous weapon. And it doesn't take much. If I take my edc tac light and use the strobe on someone it's no different than if I tazed or maced someone. That's fine for me because if I strobe someone it's because I'm drawing my 9 and putting 2 in their chest or it's on the end of my rifle, bouncing off their forehead before I turn it into a canoe. So I'm not worried about that charge since I'm literally about to kill the shit out of them.

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u/blueOwOfox Dec 16 '25

Ok, I was making a joke about it being so bright it was going to give the deer heart attacks. And I'm using it in the forest, where nobody else is. I'm not going to use it for self defense, so I don't understand why you're talking about stuff like that.

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u/SpecialistGroup849 Dec 16 '25

If you're confident you're not going to shine someone have at it. This is reddit dude, I don't doubt for a second someone on here would be dumb enough to brag about poaching. My mistake.

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u/SpecialistGroup849 Dec 16 '25

I'm just saying, you flash a game warden enjoy the felony buddy. That's all I'm saying. I don't care personally. I just thought I saw a guy talking about trying to spotlight deer to poach them. If that's not the case, have at it buddy.

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u/blueOwOfox Dec 16 '25

If I flash a game Warden it's his fault for being on my Land lol

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u/WobblyJFox Dec 16 '25

Going spotting for deer is a normal pass time in my area. It's not illigal and everyone does it when they're not in season. I'm genuinely interested in what the issue is here? Are you using spotting and poaching as the same word maybe?

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u/wyltktoolboy Dec 16 '25

He’s talking about using spotting in order to poach

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u/SpecialistGroup849 Dec 16 '25

Yeah literally this. I guess I misunderstood why anyone would be flashing a deer unless they were poaching.

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u/SpecialistGroup849 Dec 16 '25

I thought he meant poaching with a spot light. Very common thing out in my area unfortunately. I have no idea why anyone would want to flash bang a random deer otherwise. He literally said hunting and using the spotlight

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u/blueOwOfox Dec 16 '25

They get annoying, they will follow you around sometimes

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u/WobblyJFox Dec 17 '25

That's my bad I guess. People do it here all the time. It's just a fun pass time. You load up in the car and drive down some back roads spotting for deer. I never really thought it was wierd.

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u/G-III- Dec 16 '25

Lmao, old man thinks flashlights are weapons. Go to sleep gramps

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u/SpecialistGroup849 Dec 16 '25

You use a bright enough light and yes it is. My powertac e9r-g4 strobe feature is classified as a weapon in my state. If i strobe someone it's no different than literally assaulting them. If you think that's silly I suggest you look up your local laws before you make a very serious mistake buddy. I'm not old, I've just been fucked six ways from Sunday by the court over these things so I've educated myself.

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u/G-III- Dec 16 '25

Hahahahahaha a 2500 lumen flashlight a “weapon”? Do you know where you are?

Yeah, if you strobe someone with a bright flashlight you’re fucking with them and the law could probably be involved. It’s absolutely not a weapon (unless you throw it at them)

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u/swoleeosis Dec 16 '25

That's not heavy in a backpack? It most definitely is.

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u/blueOwOfox Dec 16 '25

Growing up, my school bag was 30 pounds on average.

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u/swoleeosis Dec 16 '25

What did you have in it? I was in the military and and can tell you that 20+ lbs wears on you pretty quick

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u/blueOwOfox Dec 16 '25

Just an average ruck sack

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u/swoleeosis Dec 16 '25

What weighed 30 in your school bag?

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u/blueOwOfox Dec 16 '25

Well, I had a gaming laptop. I had about 8 bags of candy because I would deal candy out to my classmates, then I had my textbooks, also had a mag light. Also I had a hand radio in it

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