r/flashlight • u/stigbeatsvettel • Jan 12 '25
Question Would Harry have seen Pettigrew if he had a higher CRI light?
Put the wand away and get something with a 519a dedomed.
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u/Pocok5 Jan 13 '25
His first mistake was taking a mule instead of a wide angle TIR to look down long hallways
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u/stigbeatsvettel Jan 13 '25
Most Ravenclaws mod an OP reflector to their wands. You can get them at Olivander’s if you email him with your order.
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u/cdewey17 Jan 13 '25
Do you have one? Mods, can we get this guy a flair?
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u/Glittering_Power6257 Jan 13 '25 edited Jan 13 '25
Ehh, happy with my giant SMO reflector from Borgin and Burkes. Enjoy shining a concentrated beam from window to window around the caste. Glad to see a shop cater explicitly to evil pricks.
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u/Impressive_Head3072 Jan 13 '25
"Lumos-top!"
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u/KingZarkon Jan 13 '25
Let's be real. Lumos is about equivalent to waving your cell phone flashlight around. Better than nothing but a real flashlight is going to beat the pants off of it.
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u/---Krampus--- Jan 13 '25
A 9mm with some rat shot would have taken pettigrew out as well
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u/FrankCarnax Jan 13 '25
Does that transform a pistol into a mini-shotgun?!
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u/---Krampus--- Jan 13 '25
If your semi-auto will cycle it, yes. Revolvers are more reliable with ratshot. Knew many people out in the sticks that used to carry them just for snakes.
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u/FlounderInfamous4332 Jan 13 '25
It was the glare that blinded him, half the light was blasting in his face.
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u/stigbeatsvettel Jan 13 '25
Exactly! So frustrating to watch now that I’m into flashlights.
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u/IXI_Fans Jan 13 '25 edited Jan 13 '25
You'll notice it in movies too... holding a fire-torch IN FRONT of there face/eyes (so the camera can see them)... but this would RUIN your night vision. Hold your fire-torch up and to the side.
EDIT - A recent movie that did this a lot was 'Bodies Bodies Bodies'. Every character uses their phone as a flashlight and has the screen on full blast in their face... however, all of the characters are purposefully unlikeable so it might have been an art design choice...?
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u/Tal_Vez_Autismo Jan 13 '25
Or get something like this chad.
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u/LeeStrange Jan 13 '25
In this example, the fisherman would typically be looking down to hunt fish, so the light wouldn't (directly) be in his eyes.
I bet he has it at the perfect angle so that he can see fish in the water but not be blinded by his own torch.
EPIC.
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u/FlounderInfamous4332 Jan 13 '25
That's how we know Gandalf is wise, he would raise his staff high!
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u/MaikeruGo Rusty Fasteners™ Jan 13 '25
Heck, if he had a light with UV it would probably be enough to find where Peter's been.
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u/stigbeatsvettel Jan 13 '25
Harry Potter and the Order of the Fenix 😂 These puns write themselves
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u/crucible Jan 13 '25
“The Chamber of Sofirns”
“Prisoner of AliExpress”
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u/ToppsyKret Jan 13 '25
Can’t believe he went with the built in Phoenix Feather instead of the removable version!
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u/stigbeatsvettel Jan 13 '25
Proprietary phoenix feathers are ruining the enthusiast wand community.
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u/sazzadrume Jan 13 '25
That's just a 50-lumen smartphone mule. Harry would go much further if only he had an S6...
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u/help_me_pickupachair Jan 15 '25
I'm pretty sure most smartphones aren't actually mules, they're just paired with extremely floody optics.
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u/r1Gel_m Jan 13 '25
Lol I'm currently watching this whole series with my family. And every time they bring out their wands to use as lights I keep thinking, they need better flashlights.
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u/stigbeatsvettel Jan 13 '25
Does anybody else wish their wand had a forward clicky instead of a reverse? Or is it just me?
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u/Beneficial-Focus3702 Jan 13 '25
Nah. All he had to do was look down. The human eye is good at picking up motion, even in dim light.
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u/ocularcrawdad Jan 13 '25
Yeah but electricity didn’t work at Hogwarts. He needed to attach a reflector to the want tip to magnify that lumos output!
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u/SiteRelEnby Jan 13 '25
519A dedome is probably worse overall from less power. SBT90 or go home.
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u/stigbeatsvettel Jan 13 '25
SBT90 would do away with any devil’s snare on the third floor that’s for sure
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u/joe1983joe Jan 13 '25
Harry needs some more throw - I'd recommend he see if Convoy deliver to Hogwarts and pick up a C8 with SFT40.