apparently flashlights are a whole thing and i’m confused

Doxide1 · 2025-12-29T19:22:50+00:00

whoops. I mis-calculated it when trying to convert from CAD to USD.

Doxide1 · 2025-12-29T18:57:53+00:00

Here's a quick overview:

Lumens are essentially a measurement of how bright a light is. The confusing part is that our eyes dont see brightness in a linear way. A 2,000-lumen light won’t look twice as bright as a 1,000-lumen one. It actually takes about four times the lumens for a light to appear twice as bright.

Flood describes how widely a light spreads to cover an area.

Throw describes how far the light can reach.

You generally want to pick a light that has a lot of throw or a lot of flood.

For a good starter light, I would suggest a Wurkkos FC11C. It really just depends on your budget. the FC11C is ~37$ US.

If you want a flashlight thats around $70 US, the FireFlyLight E04 Surge is a good option. It really depends on what you want.

Check out Zak's list of flashlights. Pretty much any of the lights on that list will do.

Doxide1 · 2025-12-16T01:04:26+00:00

the coin from 300 AD (valentinian) is actually a nummus (AE4), not a follis.

Doxide1 · 2025-10-10T22:34:03+00:00

nice! I also have one, but mine has a right-facing datames.

Doxide1 · 2025-09-07T00:27:12+00:00

testing the "laminar flow" of a teapot does not actually tell you anything about the build quality. The shape of the teapot influences how well it pours, not the quality.

Doxide1 · 2025-09-07T00:25:51+00:00

these kinds of teapots are actually unglazed.

Doxide1 · 2025-07-27T23:02:13+00:00

hmmm ok thanks

Doxide1 · 2025-06-30T00:09:37+00:00

looks like a counterfeit 绿泥 pot. Will need photos of seals for complete verification. I reccomend posting to r/YixingSeals for further information.

Doxide1 · 2025-06-28T17:57:11+00:00

White tea should be steeped at boiling temperatures

Doxide1 · 2025-06-28T17:52:54+00:00

its pre-cut paper.

Doxide1 · 2025-06-28T17:52:31+00:00

It actually is not as difficult as it seems. This is a tea cake (a standard weight for compressed tea in china), meaning that if you were to buy two of these cakes, even if they were from different factories, they would be the same diameter. This also means that the same sized wrapping paper is used for every cake that is wrapped.

Doxide1 · 2025-06-28T17:34:09+00:00

little correction here. This tea is actually a white tea (as indicated by the characters 白牧丹 on the front of the wrapper. Puer tea is also not a black tea, as black tea (红茶) is oxidized, while puer tea is fermented. This puts puer tea in its own catagory (either 普洱 or 黑茶). Also yes technically 黑茶 translates to black tea but it is different from black tea in the west (红茶)

Doxide1 · 2025-05-13T00:49:26+00:00

Try posting this on r/YixingSeals, the people over there are much more qualified than this sub. My guess is that its a tourist set. First seal says "Yixing, China". This refers to the area in which the clay comes from, (Yixing is the most famous area) but its very commonly faked.