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Posted: 1/18/2015 5:07:58 PM EDT
LAKEWOOD - Many of us have gotten creative when it comes to trying to hold a flashlight while using both hands to look for something.
On Tuesday, Christopher Reid Carrington placed a flashlight in his mouth while searching for tools in the back of his truck. Within seconds, he says the flashlight somehow exploded. Carrington says blood was gushing from his mouth and was unable to talk. His 7-year-old son was able to call 911. Carrington was rushed to the University of Colorado Hospital's Intensive Care Burn Unit where he was told he suffered from third-degree burns to his lip, tongue and throat. Carrington says he spent four days in the hospital with a tube down his throat so he could breathe. No one knows exactly how the flashlight exploded, but doctors say it's possible Carrington won't taste again, and his vocal cords may be damaged indefinitely. The pain and burns are expected to heal within the next month. Carrington says engineers will be studying the flashlight to determine how and why it exploded. The type of flashlight was a 325 LED Flashlight (Lumen). 
Video at link. Flashlight is made by Solarforce L2T P60 LED . Never heard of them. Don't put electronics in your mouth? |
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Posted: 1/18/2015 5:08:49 PM EDT
[#1]
I have nothing good to say about Solarforce, but they havent exploded on me at least!
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Posted: 1/18/2015 5:09:27 PM EDT
[#2]
I'll tell you how it happened
Unbalanced cells discharged, overloaded, out gassed and exploded Shit batteries NOT the flashlight |
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Posted: 1/18/2015 5:11:58 PM EDT
[#3]
Shitty batteries most likely. One reason I use single cell lithium primary lights or AA/AAA lights with Eneloops. Lithiums a are bad juju when things go south.
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Posted: 1/18/2015 5:12:19 PM EDT
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I've heard cheap cr123s (?) cooking off in my flashlight before.... hot and stinky. not a good combo huh? waterproof aluminum and high pressure gas....
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Posted: 1/18/2015 5:13:20 PM EDT
[#5]
That's one of the brands they sell on Dealextreme.com
My money is on the batteries as well.
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Posted: 1/18/2015 5:13:56 PM EDT
[#6]
My cheap chinese flashlight gets very warm if left on too long.
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Posted: 1/18/2015 5:14:10 PM EDT
[#7]
Yep. Let's all pretend the flashlight exploded when everyone who understands the basics gets that the batteries exploded.
"My AR exploded and it's all XYZ's fault." No actually the ammunition exploded. |
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Posted: 1/18/2015 5:15:20 PM EDT
[#8]
Batteries are important...
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Posted: 1/18/2015 5:16:12 PM EDT
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Yep. Let's all pretend the flashlight exploded when everyone who understands the basics gets that the batteries exploded. "My AR exploded and it's all XYZ's fault." No actually the ammunition exploded. I think that's pretty obvious. Nothing in the flashlight itself is combustible; just what it contains. |
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Posted: 1/18/2015 5:17:54 PM EDT
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The type of flashlight was a 325 LED Flashlight (Lumen).
Just when you thought reporters couldn't get any dumber. Sorry gucci fags, this is a reality of all lithium based batteries. There was a long thread here a few years ago where a Surefire flashlight with Surefire batts spontaneously exploded, and went through a sliding glass door. All captured on security cam. |
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Posted: 1/18/2015 5:20:33 PM EDT
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I carry an L2t everyday. It was the batteries that failed and that could have happened with any flashlight, from a cheap ass fireforce to a surefire. DON'T USE SHITTY BATTs PEOPLE.
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Posted: 1/18/2015 5:21:47 PM EDT
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I think that's pretty obvious. Nothing in the flashlight itself is combustible; just what it contains. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Yep. Let's all pretend the flashlight exploded when everyone who understands the basics gets that the batteries exploded. "My AR exploded and it's all XYZ's fault." No actually the ammunition exploded. I think that's pretty obvious. Nothing in the flashlight itself is combustible; just what it contains. Yep, the batteries are a part of the flashlight device. 
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Posted: 1/18/2015 5:23:18 PM EDT
[#13]
Visualize this for one second...
Change the word "flashlight" in the title to "Fleshlight." |
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Posted: 1/18/2015 5:23:43 PM EDT
[#14]
CR123a trash.
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Posted: 1/18/2015 5:24:24 PM EDT
[#15]
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That's one of the brands they sell on Dealextreme.com My money is on the batteries as well. the ones DX sell are fake. |
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Posted: 1/18/2015 5:24:39 PM EDT
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Visualize this for one second... Change the word "flashlight" in the title to "Fleshlight." Why would you have a fleshlight in your mouth? |
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Posted: 1/18/2015 5:25:22 PM EDT
[#17]
Glock makes flashlights?
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Posted: 1/18/2015 5:25:47 PM EDT
[#18]
I've gone back to AA lights as flashlight technology has improved. 123's are an expensive pain in the ass.
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Posted: 1/18/2015 5:29:43 PM EDT
[#19]
I had a vendor that sold lithium battery packs until a few exploded off the walls(Installed in clocks) in a couple of hospitals.
Product got pulled. Something about slow discharge of the clock caused them to be volitile? |
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Posted: 1/18/2015 5:29:43 PM EDT
[#20]
I use quality Sony or Samsung 18650 rechargeable batts in my L2t, 123s are too expensive to just throw away.
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Posted: 1/18/2015 5:31:32 PM EDT
[#21]
Kudos to the 7yo son. Thats a shitty situation all around.
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Posted: 1/18/2015 5:33:29 PM EDT
[#22]
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Why would you have a fleshlight in your mouth? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Visualize this for one second... Change the word "flashlight" in the title to "Fleshlight." Why would you have a fleshlight in your mouth? Why for practicing cunnilingus, of course! |
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Posted: 1/18/2015 6:11:48 PM EDT
[#23]
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Visualize this for one second... Change the word "flashlight" in the title to "Fleshlight." How on earth would you fit a fleshlight in your mouth? |
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Posted: 1/18/2015 6:18:38 PM EDT
[#24]
You are not supposed to insert them into your rectum.
Quote HistoryQuoted: 123's are an expensive pain in the ass. |
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Posted: 1/18/2015 6:18:45 PM EDT
[#25]
Is this another tranny pirate thread?
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Posted: 1/18/2015 6:19:09 PM EDT
[#26]
Quote HistoryQuoted: How on earth would you fit a fleshlight in your mouth? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Visualize this for one second... Change the word "flashlight" in the title to "Fleshlight." How on earth would you fit a fleshlight in your mouth? |
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Posted: 1/18/2015 6:20:02 PM EDT
[#27]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Is this another tranny pirate thread? |
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Posted: 1/18/2015 6:20:19 PM EDT
[#28]
No one knows exactly how the flashlight exploded But substandard batteries is a really good guess. |
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Posted: 1/18/2015 6:22:29 PM EDT
[#29]
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I've gone back to AA lights as flashlight technology has improved. 123's are an expensive pain in the ass. Yep. Diodes are good enough now to get more than enough useable light from even a single AA cell. My EDC light is a single cell 200 lumen light that I have had since 2006 or 7. It is beat to fuck from going to work with me every day and the anodizing is worn on it from rubbing aginst my leather man, but it works like new. Which is more than I can say for the Surefire light that has been in for repair for FIVE MONTHS. |
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Posted: 1/18/2015 6:23:20 PM EDT
[#30]
Damn, that sucks...no matter why it happened. I do that all the time when I am working in a tight space.
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Posted: 1/18/2015 7:02:53 PM EDT
[#31]
I use headlamps. I gave one to my "roommates" brother but he thinks it makes him look dorky so he sticks to the dim flashlights he already has.
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Posted: 1/18/2015 7:09:48 PM EDT
[#32]
Thought the title said "fleshlight"
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Posted: 1/18/2015 7:11:34 PM EDT
[#33]
I agree, it was the batteries.
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Posted: 1/18/2015 7:14:22 PM EDT
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Not a problem with the flashlight body, but with the orientation, condition, or state of the batteries within. Li-ion batteries can be dangerous if not correctly used and maintained. I have switched over to single cell flashlights for this reason.
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Posted: 1/18/2015 7:15:32 PM EDT
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I've gone back to AA lights as flashlight technology has improved. 123's are an expensive pain in the ass. Absolutely. LED technology has generated a flashlight renaissance. |
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Posted: 1/18/2015 7:16:45 PM EDT
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I'll tell you how it happened Unbalanced cells discharged, overloaded, out gassed and exploded Shit batteries NOT the flashlight +1 Let me guess, cheap cells from China? This is the danger of using multiple 123 Lithium Ion cells. One goes empty, the other doesn't. Doesn't usually happen though. I run a single 18650 cell. |
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Posted: 1/18/2015 7:16:57 PM EDT
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Posted: 1/18/2015 7:19:34 PM EDT
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Visualize this for one second... Change the word "flashlight" in the title to "Fleshlight." thats what i thought this thread was about |
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Posted: 1/18/2015 7:46:19 PM EDT
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I'll tell you how it happened Unbalanced cells discharged, overloaded, out gassed and exploded Shit batteries NOT the flashlight Yeah, they were Tenergy 3.0v LiFePO4s I think, being run in series, which is always dicey. Although both the 900mAh and 600mAh cells have low/high voltage protection, that doesn't always prevent venting with flame, or pressure buildup. We don't know the condition of the cells and we don't know the voltages of each cell, while they were in the light. Chris |
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Posted: 1/18/2015 7:53:38 PM EDT
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HoLeeecrap!
 I hold my flashlight in my mouth almost daily, guess I'll stop doing that.
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Posted: 1/18/2015 7:58:38 PM EDT
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Shitty batteries most likely. One reason I use single cell lithium primary lights or AA/AAA lights with Eneloops. Lithiums a are bad juju when things go south. I only use AA or AAA lights anymore. 123s aren't worth it to me. |
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Posted: 1/18/2015 8:03:20 PM EDT
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I only use AA or AAA lights anymore. 123s aren't worth it to me. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Shitty batteries most likely. One reason I use single cell lithium primary lights or AA/AAA lights with Eneloops. Lithiums a are bad juju when things go south. I only use AA or AAA lights anymore. 123s aren't worth it to me. Lithium cells are widely used, but people need to stay with the known brands that make quality cells, like Sony, LG, Samsung, Sanyo and Panasonic--at least in the larger 18650 size. For the smaller RCR123/16340 li-ions, we're only getting stuff from China, as the big 5 don't make those. Still, companies like AW and Kinoko vet their sources pretty well. Running any cells in series requires people to exhibit proper battery/cell practices. Good chargers, a digital multi-meter and quality cells go a long way in mitigating any ka-booms. Chris |
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Posted: 1/18/2015 8:14:32 PM EDT
[#43]
Assault AK fleshlight
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Posted: 1/18/2015 8:19:32 PM EDT
[#44]
I have several Solarforce, some get the crap beat out of them, and I've never had a problem. They use 18650 quality cells that are protected, only way to fly.
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Posted: 1/18/2015 8:20:17 PM EDT
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Physics cannot be escaped.
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Posted: 1/18/2015 8:21:27 PM EDT
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Posted: 1/18/2015 8:23:30 PM EDT
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I only use single 18650's & 14500's in mine, all Panasonic. I only use AA in my headlamp, just in case. This thread reminds me that I need to rotate a couple of old ones out.
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Posted: 1/18/2015 8:24:42 PM EDT
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Glock makes flashlights? No, but China makes shitty batteries. |
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Posted: 1/18/2015 8:25:35 PM EDT
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I have several Solarforce, some get the crap beat out of them, and I've never had a problem. They use 18650 quality cells that are protected, only way to fly. |
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Posted: 1/18/2015 8:27:19 PM EDT
[#50]
Damn lucky for me all the stuff I put in my mouth run AA
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