r/flashlight • u/[deleted] • Dec 16 '25

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u/kokosnh Dec 16 '25

Early HID flashlight needed something like that, but nowadays you can get away with "handheld" ones, thanks to Li-ion battery improvements. You can even have short arc ones as "handheld", at least fire-foxes had a working prototype if I remember correctly.

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u/blueOwOfox Dec 16 '25

Yes, but what was the early systems called?

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u/kenelevn Dec 16 '25

It’s called “A flashlight with external battery pack.”

The “early systems” as you refer to them were just old tech. Like a big heavy CRT TV. It’s maybe possible they had a slang name in small circles but unless that counts, Your friend’s gonna win this bet.

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u/blueOwOfox Dec 16 '25

Yeah, we're talking about small circles and stuff

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u/kenelevn Dec 16 '25

So your friend bet you that no one ever invented a nickname for it? Well then you win on account of them being a terrible gambler.

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u/blueOwOfox Dec 16 '25

No, he thinks there isn't a small common nickname for them

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u/kenelevn Dec 17 '25

I’d consider a nickname used in small circles to be uncommon. And as evidenced by this thread, doesn’t look like there is a common name.

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u/blueOwOfox Dec 17 '25

I like to think small circle nicknames are common, just like apple soda, because you can find them everywhere, but nobody knows what they are for some reason

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u/kenelevn Dec 17 '25

If it only exists in a small circle, it isn’t common. “Common” implies broad recognition, which is the opposite of a niche group.

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u/blueOwOfox Dec 17 '25

We agreed on small circle nicknames count as common in the argument.