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| Topic: | New tool This thread has 27 replies. Displaying posts 1 through 15. |
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| Post 1 made on Monday February 18, 2019 at 18:53 |
thecapnredfish Senior Member |
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Illumagear.com
360 degree helmet light. Works awesome.
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| Post 2 made on Monday February 18, 2019 at 20:10 |
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Yeah, because that wouldn’t be blinding to everyone else around you.
Go camping with a group of cub scouts and you’ll decide that a headlamp is the worst invention to ever be created. 20 kids running around with their headlamps pointed up, constantly hitting you right in the eyes. This halo light would be like 10 kids in one.
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| Post 3 made on Monday February 18, 2019 at 21:43 |
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I could see wearing them while working on the highway...so you dont get hit by an idiot. Everywhere else would be annoying as hell.
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| OP | Post 4 made on Tuesday February 19, 2019 at 05:50 |
thecapnredfish Senior Member |
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Fins, it is not. LEDs angle slightly down. And the task mode, LEDs in front are full brightness and other three fourths are dim, just illuminating around you. And I would not take 20 kids camping. Certainly wouldn’t pass around 20 headlamps because they shouldn’t be running around in the woods at night. MAC, it’s not a spot light trying to find channel markers in a river at night.
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| Post 5 made on Tuesday February 19, 2019 at 09:29 |
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good in a commercial attic when you are by yourself
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| Post 6 made on Tuesday February 19, 2019 at 10:02 |
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On February 18, 2019 at 21:43, Mac Burks (39) said...
I could see wearing them while working on the highway...so you dont get hit by an idiot. Everywhere else would be annoying as hell. Never underestimate the ability of an idiot to overcome preventive measures- we just lost a member of the DPW road crew as he was filling potholes, DURING THE DAY. Apparently, the driver is legally blind, but he was behind the wheel, anyway.
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| Post 7 made on Tuesday February 19, 2019 at 20:52 |
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On February 19, 2019 at 05:50, thecapnredfish said...
Fins, it is not. LEDs angle slightly down. And the task mode, LEDs in front are full brightness and other three fourths are dim, just illuminating around you. And I would not take 20 kids camping. Certainly wouldn’t pass around 20 headlamps because they shouldn’t be running around in the woods at night. MAC, it’s not a spot light trying to find channel markers in a river at night. You don’t have kids do you. I still think this light would be extremely annoying
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| Post 8 made on Tuesday February 19, 2019 at 22:47 |
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I actually don’t think it would be blinding for others. It looks like it is diffused enough that it wouldn’t matter.
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| Post 9 made on Tuesday February 19, 2019 at 23:14 |
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While it does serve a purpose, our industry is NOT one of them. There is no reason for us to every wear these. Why do we need to light up whats behind us? Looks annoying, however, it brilliant for highway workers.
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| OP | Post 10 made on Wednesday February 20, 2019 at 06:54 |
thecapnredfish Senior Member |
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You may not need to light up behind you. However the task mode works well in condos which many are rather dark at times. For residential it may not be useful. At night it does work well for anything you may need a headlamp for. I going to use it to take a piss at night.
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| Post 11 made on Wednesday February 20, 2019 at 12:33 |
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And it's FINS for the totally negative comment! On February 19, 2019 at 05:50, thecapnredfish said...
Fins, it is not. LEDs angle slightly down. And the task mode, LEDs in front are full brightness and other three fourths are dim, just illuminating around you. And I would not take 20 kids camping. Certainly wouldn’t pass around 20 headlamps because they shouldn’t be running around in the woods at night. MAC, it’s not a spot light trying to find channel markers in a river at night. This wonderful tool can be misused. It's totally possible to be a pain in the ass with it. But it's also possible for it to work really well for you. We don't eschew cars because they can't pull a plow. Don't call this thing worthless because it's easy to think of a situation where using it would be idiotic. On that basis, everything with a sharp edge would be forbidden everywhere. The scenario with the cub scouts is the perfect scenario for teaching kids that they have to think of other people, as well as teaching the adult leaders that just because they are adults, doesn't mean they can't have bad ideas... like harnessing up a bunch of kids with lights like this.
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| Post 12 made on Wednesday February 20, 2019 at 13:16 |
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On February 20, 2019 at 12:33, Ernie Gilman said...
And it's FINS for the totally negative comment! Because I’m the only one that thought this thing looks like a bad idea. Btw, did you bother to look and see the light is $170? The scenario with the cub scouts is the perfect scenario for teaching kids that they have to think of other people, as well as teaching the adult leaders that just because they are adults, doesn't mean they can't have bad ideas... like harnessing up a bunch of kids with lights like this. You’ve never tried to control 20 kids have you? You dont issue them lights. They all bring their own. Then they don’t listen. It’s like trying to train cats.
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| OP | Post 13 made on Wednesday February 20, 2019 at 16:15 |
thecapnredfish Senior Member |
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Well. Guess I’ll just wait for a new Kobalt gimmick tool to come out. I won’t buy it. Although some might like to know about it.
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| Post 14 made on Friday February 22, 2019 at 09:09 |
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On February 20, 2019 at 13:16, Fins said...
It’s like trying to train cats. HA! (there is no better way to get me to read a post than to put "new tool" in the topic, lol. Tools are my weakness).
Last edited by Ranger Home on February 22, 2019 13:52.
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| Post 15 made on Friday February 22, 2019 at 09:46 |
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