Tips for shtf - The Firearms Forum

cycloneman · 09-01-2012, 05:31 PM

I have learned alot this last go round with this storm. I will offer you all some tips in the next few days as i write them down. In a shtf situation I have learned that as you bunker down in your home you should have a Q-beam and a way to power it in the front of your house and the back of your house. Plus if at all possibe make it so that you can use it inside your house to spot outside. If you loose power and are running a generator this is still important. The creepies are out there and the flashlights do not compair.

You would be suprised but the creepies do walk amoung you property lines in the dead and dark of night. You really need to develop a security plan.

I can tell you this is a must and the difference between life and death. Heed my warning. I have seen this twice now for both katrina and isaac. SO have my neighbors. You must form a tight group with your immed neighbors and communicate with them and keep it going.

Insulation Tim · 09-01-2012, 05:39 PM

Thanks for the heads up. I have never heard of a "Q-Beam" but Google set me straight.

ozo · 09-01-2012, 05:43 PM

Sometimes it requires 'standing watch'....
Spouse in the daylight, you in the dark of night.
Yes, you [we,us] need MORE than a tactical flashlight
to spot brightly an 'object' not relatively close.

cycloneman · 09-01-2012, 05:48 PM

When the police showed up here we all went into the woods with flashlights and that was a joke. I went to my boat and pulled out the qbeam and lit the woods up. You really need alot of light and a broad area of light to cut the night and expose that ghost. Even tho he was long gone the Q-beam is the tool for the job.

ozo · 09-01-2012, 05:50 PM

Q-Beam....
If you've had a boat, or [thought] about spotlighting deer,
you know what it is......[sorry deer, just a reference].
A handheld spotlight with several million candlepower intensity......
of a 12V persuasion ........
Some lenses with a 'tint' to avoid reflection off water, etc.
[boat guy, not illegal deer guy

]

JLA · 09-01-2012, 07:13 PM

I have several Q beams. And one of them is like 15 million candle power. Itll give you a dang sunburn.

mogunner · 09-01-2012, 10:37 PM

I remember the first one I bought, had to turn it toward my face when I turned it on... never did that again, was about 10 minutes before I could see again.

jack404 · 09-01-2012, 11:20 PM

i've these but got a friend in the US to get them

http://www.motorcycleaccessoriesaust...ic-4-cell-evo2

they give a solid hour (75 mins new) on a 2.4 Mill cp hand held with a full charge and take 6 hours to full charge

carver · 09-02-2012, 05:38 AM

Here at my house they can run the property lines all they want to, the dogs will tell me where they are, day, or night! The spot light will light them up in the darkness. http://www.basspro.com/Optronics-QR2...product/52298/ Spot light gets recharged off a battery Jump Starter, with a inverter, or can be plugged into the car using the inverter, when the power is down.

09-01-2012, 05:31 PM	#1
cycloneman Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Louisiana Posts: 7,401	Tips for shtf I have learned alot this last go round with this storm. I will offer you all some tips in the next few days as i write them down. In a shtf situation I have learned that as you bunker down in your home you should have a Q-beam and a way to power it in the front of your house and the back of your house. Plus if at all possibe make it so that you can use it inside your house to spot outside. If you loose power and are running a generator this is still important. The creepies are out there and the flashlights do not compair. You would be suprised but the creepies do walk amoung you property lines in the dead and dark of night. You really need to develop a security plan. I can tell you this is a must and the difference between life and death. Heed my warning. I have seen this twice now for both katrina and isaac. SO have my neighbors. You must form a tight group with your immed neighbors and communicate with them and keep it going. __________________ Who are you going to serve today? --> Last edited by cycloneman; 09-01-2012 at 05:32 PM..

09-01-2012, 05:39 PM	#2
Insulation Tim Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Ohio Contributor Posts: 2,295	Re: Tips for shtf Thanks for the heads up. I have never heard of a "Q-Beam" but Google set me straight. __________________ Tim *"Remember the Ark was built by amateurs....Professionals built the Titanic"*

09-01-2012, 05:43 PM	#3
ozo Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Nashville TN Posts: 2,770	Re: Tips for shtf Sometimes it requires 'standing watch'.... Spouse in the daylight, you in the dark of night. Yes, you [we,us] need MORE than a tactical flashlight to spot brightly an 'object' not relatively close. __________________ http://www.nranews.com/#/nranews, "ozo. you're off your rocker sir." -johnlives4christ http://www.prisonplanet.com/ -America,Bless GOD-

09-01-2012, 05:48 PM	#4
cycloneman Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Louisiana Posts: 7,401	Re: Tips for shtf When the police showed up here we all went into the woods with flashlights and that was a joke. I went to my boat and pulled out the qbeam and lit the woods up. You really need alot of light and a broad area of light to cut the night and expose that ghost. Even tho he was long gone the Q-beam is the tool for the job. __________________ Who are you going to serve today?

09-01-2012, 05:50 PM	#5
ozo Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Nashville TN Posts: 2,770	Re: Tips for shtf Q-Beam.... If you've had a boat, or [thought] about spotlighting deer, you know what it is......[sorry deer, just a reference]. A handheld spotlight with several million candlepower intensity...... of a 12V persuasion ........ Some lenses with a 'tint' to avoid reflection off water, etc. [boat guy, not illegal deer guy ] __________________ http://www.nranews.com/#/nranews, "ozo. you're off your rocker sir." -johnlives4christ http://www.prisonplanet.com/ -America,Bless GOD-

09-01-2012, 07:13 PM	#6
JLA TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Heart Of Texas Contributor Posts: 17,315	Re: Tips for shtf I have several Q beams. And one of them is like 15 million candle power. Itll give you a dang sunburn. __________________ It takes 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 3 for proper trigger squeeze. The latest caliber or gear is no substitute for experience and skill. Rifles and cartridges don't make hits -- shooters do. Fact of life: After Monday and Tuesday, even the calendar says WTF!

09-01-2012, 10:37 PM	#7
mogunner Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Eastern Missouri Posts: 1,026	Re: Tips for shtf I remember the first one I bought, had to turn it toward my face when I turned it on... never did that again, was about 10 minutes before I could see again.

09-01-2012, 11:20 PM	#8
jack404 Former Guest Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Australia Contributor Posts: 17,622	Re: Tips for shtf i've these but got a friend in the US to get them http://www.motorcycleaccessoriesaust...ic-4-cell-evo2 they give a solid hour (75 mins new) on a 2.4 Mill cp hand held with a full charge and take 6 hours to full charge

09-02-2012, 05:38 AM	#9
carver TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: DAV, Deep in the Pineywoods of East Texas, just west of Shreveport, LA Contributor Posts: 11,251	Re: Tips for shtf Here at my house they can run the property lines all they want to, the dogs will tell me where they are, day, or night! The spot light will light them up in the darkness. http://www.basspro.com/Optronics-QR2...product/52298/ Spot light gets recharged off a battery Jump Starter, with a inverter, or can be plugged into the car using the inverter, when the power is down. __________________ Y'all be safe now, ya hear! Lamentations Chapter 5: 1. Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach. 2. Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. 3. We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows. 5. Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest. 16. The crown is fallen [from] our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned! 21. Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old. Last edited by carver; 09-02-2012 at 05:42 AM..