What light do you use?

[MyTripisCut]

Those forks can be wicked.

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These are just laying around in unlit front yards in your neck of the woods?

Ummmm


That’s chicken wire and a forklift

Exactly

I was just marveling at someone putting up chicken wire without any stakes.

I guess the moral of the story is don’t hire a plumber to build a garden.

Don’t hire a plumber that bangs dolls is a good general rule of thumb.

 

[Captain Qwark]

Many years ago somebody loaned me their "Streamlight Stinger".

Pros: Blindingly bright
Small, not bulky and heavy like the old Maglites
Holds a charge for months (did for me anyway)
3 settings: blind your customer, "normal" and strobe

Cons: No indication it's fully charged or low charge
Paid around $100, but well worth the money. It's held up for years.
No carrying pouch and for that kind of money, there should be

 

[Brownslave688]

How many guys who scoff at buying a light so they can see bought UPS socks?

Im a little confused on what I can’t see?

Headlights are part of a proper pretrip

 

[Est.1998]

That was me.

You're free to do what you want with your money.
UPS will pay for any tools they tell me to use.

This goes for phone as well!

 

[SorryLazyPOS]

For you I would recommend….

 

[WTFm8]

Nitecore MH12S. Medium brightness is usually plenty.

 

[eats packages]

My bicycle light had this cheap rubber button that fell off because I kept getting oil on it back when I was working on cars.
Now i turn it on with a pen and am waiting for the rain to zap it.

 

[TearsInRain]

who needs lights, you should see customers faces when i roll up on them like this

 

[Netsua 3:16]

These are just laying around in unlit front yards in your neck of the woods?

Exactly

Don’t hire a plumber that bangs dolls is a good general rule of thumb.

@MyTripisCut is in full on idgaf peak mode with all these zingers lately

 

[Netsua 3:16]

who needs lights, you should see customers faces when i roll up on them like this

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Stay in the office, man. It’s where you belong. If you see another human remember:
Don’t touch
Leave the area
Notify sup

 

[charm299]

Does a flesh light count?

Yes

 

[TheDick]

Any headlamp with zoom for spotlighting house numbers. 500 lumes or beter should do it. Rei has ones you can try b4 buy.

 

[bottomups]

Does a flesh light count?

Depends on whether it has hair or not.

 

[Overpaid Union Thug]

Fenix UC35 2.0.

inb4 everyone comes in to beat their chest over stumbling through the dark and tripping over tomato wire and busting their legs on tow motor forks like a tough guy.

The chest beating happens a lot on this forum. Some people are just jerks. If they truly are comfortable with how they do things then they would not feel the need to respond that way.

Carrying a small but sturdy bright flashlight is something I do anyway. Along with a pocket knife/multi tool. I haven’t had to use my flashlight to help find an address in years but the other purposes I carry it for are enough for me. I’ve used it to blind dogs at night just long enough to give me time to escape to the truck.

I’ve been in public places during power outages where I definitely felt comfortable having a flashlight. For seeing and possible self-defense. You can stun somebody pretty good with a strike of the flashlight. A lot of the “tactical” flashlights are actually designed for that now.

A flashlight is also a good option for traveling out of state, or even to a different country, where my gun carry permit isn’t valid.

I don’t see the point in recommending a particular flashlight though. For me as long as it’s small enough to fit in my pocket, it’s super bright, and won’t fall apart if I have to hit someone with it, then it is good enough.

 

[PASinterference]

Delivering in the pitch black, in my very limited experience, is something that one has to address before one has to deliver after 5 or so. The neighborhoods I deliver to have zero street lighting.
I've used head mounted type lights for other jobs in the past and was never happy with them.
I recently purchased a "chest" light and it doesn't impress me. It has the batteries and a flashing red light in the back. This doesn't work well in a passenger vehicle. I ordered a cap light that looks really promising. It's rechargeable and only weighs a few ounces PLUS it pivots so I can clip it to my UPS vest.
I also made my own chest light but I haven't tested it yet.
What do ya'll use?

The better question is, why do we start so late? Your worthless center manager and the on road sups are all in the bed when you get off work. All management should stay until the last driver gets in. Only then will it be a problem. I can promise you my worthless center manager has never missed a ball game or recital.

 

[BlackFriday]

As a PVD, I get started late. Average start time is after 10:00 AM and that's when I get my load. It takes at least 45 minutes for me to sort out, and pack, my vehicle. I have to reload once which takes another 15-30 minutes. I'm not complaining as I have no right to complain for the short time I'll be doing this BUT i have always wondered why UPS drivers start at 9? My guess is that it's simply not possible to get the thousands of packages sorted at the center earlier?

 

[trickpony1]

You guessed right.

 

[Poop Head]

who needs lights, you should see customers faces when i roll up on them like this

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Green eyed devils.

 

[Dobby the house elf]

They actually do give us mediocre headlamps at my center.

Are they actually worth looking into? I am looking for a headlamp now I am a 22.4 and never know where I am going to be some of it is impossible to see in the dark.

 

[DVIR]

Are they actually worth looking into? I am looking for a headlamp now I am a 22.4 and never know where I am going to be some of it is impossible to see in the dark.

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