Last week my wife and I were shopping for furniture in a store inside a mall. It was between 12:00 PM and 1:00 PM on a very hot, sunny day. About 20 minutes into our shopping the lights go out – everywhere in the mall. I guess that kind of thing can happen on super hot days when everybody is running their air conditioners.
Fortunately we were not so deep into the furniture store that we couldn’t see some of the daylight filtering in through the skylights out in the center of the mall. However, if we had come in later and been in the mall a while, we would have now found ourselves in low light. If we had been all the way in the back of the furniture store, we would have been in low light conditions on a bright sunny day.
Moral of the story: carry a flashlight, even in the daytime.
ExurbanKevin
July 19th, 2010
A-freaking-men. I’ve got a small Coast LED light with me all the time, and Surefire and Streamlight both make smaller, pocket-sized lights. With lights like these, there’s no reason not to have one on you at all times.
Christopher Frank
August 27th, 2010
I carry a Surefire E1B with me every where.
Jon
August 27th, 2010
Right on !!!!! Always a good idea. I usually have one on me at all times (one on me, usually a Fenix TK-10, and I’ve also got a Surefire Aviator in the ride). I get some weird stares sometimes, but F&8ck them if they can’t deal with it.
As well, you might run into a situation where you have to go into a dark place in broad daylight (with the sun blazing on you), and it helps to have a light on you.
Of course, it goes without saying to have one when you’re strolling around the neighborhood at night. I’ve found it does seem to make some folks disperse an area (in my case, kids that are loitering around where they shouldn’t be). No harm, no fuss, no muss. Everyone stays safe
The_Katar
August 28th, 2010
I’ve recently been carrying a 4Sevens Quark123 – pretty cool little light.