My buddies over at 5.11 Tactical want to shine some light into the darkness that one of you lucky readers operates in, with an ATAC™ L1 Tactical Flashlight.
The L1 is a powerful compact product with industry leading performance for a single Lithium battery power source.
Powered by (1) CR123A battery the ATAC™ L1 Tactical Flashlight throws a brilliant 173 ANSI FL1 Lumens of light in a smooth tactical beam pattern while providing 2 hours of runtime on (HIGH) and 46 hours of runtime on (LOW). The tactical Intelligent Switch is designed to silently cycle through all 3 light modes (High/Low/Strobe) using only the Momentary-On function to prevent the “Click” sound from potentially giving up your location. The rotary Dial Lock-Out Switch allows you to instantly lock or unlock the light with just one hand using your thumb to prevent inadvertent activation. Another tactical feature developed by professionals for professionals is the Break-Away Lanyard designed to free your arm from the flashlight in the event of an emergency.
- Aerospace Grade Aluminum
- (1) CR123A Duracell® Battery Included
- Regulated Circuit for Maximum Output
- Cree® XP-G LED
- Gold Plated Contacts
- Intelligent Switch w. High/Low/Strobe
- Momentary-On Switch
- Rotary Dial Lock-Out Switch
- Stamped Metal Pocket Clip
- Black TPR Soft Touch Anti-Roll Ring
- Break-Away Lanyard Included
- Water Resistant Construction
- Compatible with the 53144 – ATAC™ Belt Clip/ Holster Accessory
- Tested To ANSI FL1 Standard
Be sure to check out 5.11’s full line of polo shirts, cargo pants, hiking boots, and flashlights.
Giveaway Rules:
- You must be located in the U.S.
- Don’t be a dick (this always applies) and enter the contest if you are just planning on selling the item if you win.
How to enter:
- Just leave ONE comment on this post completing the sentence “The darkness is…”. Don’t reply to anyone. More than one comment will disqualify you. Funnier the better! Entertain me!
- Use a valid email address so I can contact you if you win. Your email address will not be used for anything else but notifying you of a win.
The Draw:
- At midnight tonight I’ll close the comments and generate a random number. The number will correspond to the winner, who I will then contact for their mailing address.
Good luck!
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The darkness is the light of my life and I’m drunk!
The darkness is everything that scares me at night =)
The darkness is…. the nickname I give to my black girlfriend when I want to piss her off :).
The darkness is, alas, in the White house….
The darkness is more fun with night vision. Or a really bright flashlight.
The darkness is….is a one hit wonder
the darkness is not the way to shoot
the darkness is only a block of knowledge to the individual
The Darkness is dangerous, take this!
The darkness is no longer dark with this flashlight!
The darkness is not to be feared
the darkness is the good ship lollipop!
The darkness is something to be embraced; it lives within all of us. It should be feared by my enemies and bring peace unto my blackened heart.
The darkness is everywhere…beware the Riddick
The darkness temporary.
The darkness is mostly just the absence of light
The darkness is broken by the light.
The darkness is one of the greatest bands ever.
The darkness is being attacked by my magic missile…
The darkness is where the cookies are.
the darkness is in my heart. fear the darkness.
The darkness is DARK
The Darkness is the absence of light.
The darkness is… scary… I need a great flashlight…
danielthelion
The darkness is bound by duct tape!
The darkness is… CHARLIE MURPHY!
I want one!
The darkness is home
The darkness is…
Imprisoning me!
All that I see!
Absolute horror!?
I cannot live!
I cannot die!
Trapped in myself!
Body my holding cell!
The darkness is scary so send me a flashlight.
“The darkness is comfort to heroes and thieves.”
The darkness is what my furniture uses to be able to surreptitiously attack me on the way to the bathroom at night.
The Darkness is a band that isn’t good.
The Darkness is close behind… quick, gimme a flashlight!
The Darkness is…an awesome rock band that had an amazing first album, but then promptly followed it up with a mediocre-at-best second release.
The darkness is calling me to 5.11
The darkness is dark
The Darkness should not be feared when you walk in the Light.
The darkness is…I dunno I just want the light
The darkness is going to be so scared of my new ATAC L1!
I’m afraid of the dark I need this light.
the darkness is the best way to make a girl a 10.
The darkness is banished by the incidence of the light.
The darkness is all around me, consuming everything.
The darkness is cliche name for the bad guys.
The darkness is…BLINDING ME.
The darkness is… nothing to fear, for there is nothing in the dark that cannot be found or seen in the light. Although darkness does tend to hide things sheeple want to ignore quite well – scene from I AM LEGEND – Dark room full of heebie jeebies / Batman with Micheal Keaton *dead parents….. lolololol. That being said, any light you can shed on a dark environment especially in a combat situation be it on a battlefield/urban enviroment or tactical/tacticool environment is beneficial to you – the operator – At this point I have run out of anything worthwhile and educational/coherent. Hell I’m not even sure why I’m full of this much material at 0240hrs, but I digress. Ultimately it all comes down to me needing another flashlight, because two is one. And one is none.
“Titty Sprinkles” – Discuss
The darkness is receding! Hoorah for summer.
The darkness is… nonexistent to those who are prepared and have a flashlight like this one.
The Darkness is where evil hunts, light up the night!
The darkness is… Where I do my best work!
The darkness is… blinding..
The darkness is where I remember a thing called love.
The darkness is full of scary monsters, nannies with fire pokers, dinosaurs, and evil monkeys.
The darkness is… not very bright…
The darkness is not needed in order to operate in operations!
The darkness is where the magic happens….
The darkness is people man, it is made of people!!!
… the best place for my 5.11 tactical flashlight to be used
the darkness is tactical
… a nickname for Killswitch Engage’s ex singer Howard Jones lololol!!
The darkness is where I’d like to build a weekend getaway.
The darkness is afraid of this tactical flashlight.
The darkness is… well, dark. Which is a good thing and a bad thing. It’s good when you’re trying to conceal yourself against things out to do you harm, and it’s bad when you know things out to do you harm are concealed. The wise man said it’s better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. Bullshit. I want to light up that sweet ATAC™ L1 Tactical Flashlight and curse whatever is out there in the darkness before blowing its ass away. Or something like that. Anyway, I had a SureFire light that got dropped chasing after some punks on Halloween and the lamp assembly busted, so I could REALLY use this flashlight… PLEASE???? (I’m not above groveling…)
The darkness is dark!
The Darkness is that band that sings “I Believe in a Thing Called Love”
the darkness is… scared of the 5.11 ATAC L1
The darkness is half of my shift every night, and it’s really nice getting to use a handheld instead of flipping switches all night.
The darkness is consuming my soul.
The darkness is where the forever alone guy has fun with his “friend” jill.
The darkness is where the real monsters live and the nightlight is not enough.
The darkness is my old friend.
The darkness is a . . . tool
The darkness is beating on my legs!
The darkness is only in your mind.
The darkness is in need of some serious sucking.
The darkness is best used for sleeping
The darkness is creeping in.
The darkness is winning!
The darkness is black
The darkness is no longer with a 5.11 flashlight!
“Run to the light, Carol Anne. Run as fast as you can! Mommy is in the light! Mommy is waiting for you in the light!!!!!!!”
Carol Anne: Mommy, where are you? I can’t find you. I can’t. I’m afraid of the Light, mommy. I’m afraid of the Light.
Dr. Lesh: Tell her to stay away from the light.
Diane: Maybe it’s a way out —
Dr. Lesh: It is — it is a way out, but not for her. Tell her, quickly.
Diane: Stay away from the light. The light is dangerous. Don’t go near it. Don’t even look at the light.
The darkness is defeated by a good tube of dark repellent.
The darkness is afraid of Chuck Norris.
The darkness is…my only salvation.
The darkness is… where my dog likes to go poo
The darkness is scary, hence why I carry two flashlights and a spare set of CR123s.
The darkness is immaterial
The darkness is why this light exists.
The darkness is… a bowl of corn flakes in the morning.
The darkness is what I wake up to every morning.
The darkness is Charlie Murphy.
The darkness is… Where you are likely to be eaten by a Grue.
The darkness is upon us.
The Darkness is a decent first person shooter, though it gets rather repetitive towards the end.
The darkness is something something something, dark side.
…relentless, without a great flashlight.
The darkness is… where there is the least drag to operate high speed.
The darkness is the creator of fear and the destroyer of hope, but, it has a funky beat and I can dance to it.
The darkness is… what makes any woman beautiful.
The darkness is… where the clowns lurk.
The darkness is… SCARY!
The darkness is when you’ve had way too much to drink.
The Darkness is deep
Wish I had a flashlight here
I stepped in dog poo
The darkness is unbearable when I can’t read ENDO Gun Blog! Yes, I am sucking up because that is a really cool flashlight!
The Darkness is touring again!
The darkness is… in need of light.
The darkness is because you are wearing sunglasses at night, only real operators can get away with that.
The darkness is my play ground
The darkness is what I want to be able to switch off with the ON button.
The darkness is… to light what Mr. Hyde is to Dr. Jekyll. Think about it – have you ever seen light and darkness occupy the same space? Well, have ya – have ya?!?!?!? :-)
The darkness is…Charlie Murphy.
“The darkness is not to be feared but used as a tool for those who would fear it.”
The darkness is where the hands reach out and the voices come from. Always asking me if I like grape jelly on my salad?
The darkness is not a good place for a fight.
The Darkness is a really, really bad band.
The darkness is… like a warm blanket until you hear that stray, unexplainable noise in the middle of the night. Then you can’t get clear of that blanket soon enough…
The darkness is the absence of lightness
The darkness is night and full of terrors.
The darkness is where the grue lie in wait to consume your soul.
The darkness is the best british band of the last 15 years
The darkness is…my day job in a call center.
The darkness is… My cloak, too bad I didn’t win my dagger… =P
The darkness is close behind, please give me a flashlight.
The darkness is the opposite of lightness.
The darkness is deafening.
The darkness is a plague that covers the lands, blankets them in sorrow, and needs to smitten by the light of the almighty 5.11 ATAC™ L1 Tactical Flashlight.
The darkness is doomed.
The darkness is my friend. For I am vengeance! I am the night! I AM AN OPERATOR. Although I need to find my way to my front door from where I parked my car on the street, and I need a tacticool tool to do it.
The darkness is no longer scary once I win this sweet flashlight!
The darkness is making it hard to findthe bathroom.
The darkness is…an all-encompassing shroud of ethereal night.
The darkness is… a band according to google who will probably now link fans here and completely confuse them about all this “The Darkness” talk.
The darkness is.. Sam Fisher’s playground..
The darkness is nothing compared to the light.
The Darkness is…Spreading. HA HA CHARLIE MURPHY!
The darkness is… gone, hopefully.
The darkness is cool band.
The darkness is…I am Ripper… Tearer… Slasher… Gouger. I am the Teeth in the Darkness, the Talons in the Night. Mine is Strength… and Lust… and Power!
The darkness is where you’ll be able to see the stars at night. Silly city folk and their…*mumble* have to trek all the way up north to see anything…
The darkness is my bestest friend
The darkness is my play ground.
The darkness is. And the light is, too.
The darkness is a good thing for a flashaholic.
The darkness is within your pants.
The darkness is when the zombies have the upper hand!
The darkness is…Dark?
The darkness is….?
The darkness is….?
The darkness is….?
Nope, I got nothing.
“The darkness is…NO MORE!
…..when I win this flashlight.
The darkness is… the name of a band I used to listen too.
The darkness is…My bitch, if I win this flash-lite.
The darkness is spreading…
The darkness is where the wolves lurk and stalk me unaware that I am a sheepdog, soon to blind them with this light.
The darkness is…..’The horror! The horror!’
-Joseph Conrad
The darkness is… fearfull… FEAR OF THE DARK!
Doo dood dooo dooo doooo do do doo doo doo dooo do do do do
I am a man who walks alone
And when I’m walking a dark road
At night or strolling through the park
When the light begins to change
I sometimes feel a little strange
A little anxious when it’s dark
Fear of the dark, fear of the dark
I have constant fear that something’s
always near
Fear of the dark, fear of the dark
I have a phobia that someone’s
always there
Have you run your fingers down
the wall
And have you felt your neck skin crawl
When you’re searching for the light?
Sometimes when you’re scared
to take a look
At the corner of the room
You’ve sensed that something’s
watching you
Have you ever been alone at night
Thought you heard footsteps behind
And turned around and no one’s there?
And as you quicken up your pace
You find it hard to look again
Because you’re sure there’s
someone there
Watching horror films the night before
Debating witches and folklores
The unknown troubles on your mind
Maybe your mind is playing tricks
You sense, and suddenly eyes fix
On dancing shadows from behind
Fear of the dark, fear of the dark
I have constant fear that something’s
always near
Fear of the dark, fear of the dark
I have a phobia that someone’s
always there
When I’m walking a dark road
I am a man who walks alone
The darkness is the only place we are safe from the reflection off Yeagers dome
The darkness is….not.
The darkness is where love is made.
The darkness is where I go to play.
The darkness is… a firm believer in a thing called love. If I win this flashlight, I can use it to distract them while I administer a righteous kick to their collective junk for making crappy music… or to just find stuff… At night… like the collective junk of “The darkness”.
the darkness is nothing to be feared when you have a 5.11 Tactical Series Flashlight
The darkness is….cheaper than leaving all the doggone lights on in the house.
How many time have I told you kids………..
The Darkness is…
…rising!
But only if you read Susan Cooper.
The darkness is… all around me now give me a damn flashlight!
The darkness resides within every man’s heart…and that’s why you need a good flashlight
The darkness is…….no friend of mine but with the 5.11 flash light, I can………..I dont have anything witty to say.
Maybe find my lost carebear.
The darkness is bad, mmkay?
The Darkness is just the absence of light, a situation that can be rectified with a flashlight. Muzzle flash works well too.
The darkness is something that will go away if I get this light.
the darkness is gone when sporting a 5.11 flashlight!
The darkness is full of terrors, and winter is coming.
The darkness is closing in… I need a good light!
The darkness is…where the enemy tries to hide, and where we hunt them.
The darkness is a so-so band, their one hit I Believe In A Thing Called Love was catchy but nothing else of note from them…they piss me off because of this…my rage is growing…the darkness fears me…
The darkness is where your fears hide, lest they be exposed by your light.
The Darkness is where light fears to go.
The darkness is no longer while I wield this mighty beacon of light
The darkness is full of scary clowns.
The darkness is going to go away if I finally get a nice tac light
The darkness is spreading and there is nothing you can do about it, the only thing that can save you is the flashlight and not being a dick.
The darkness is now owned
The darkness is illuminating.
The darkness is nothing compared to light.
The darkness is afraid of this light.
The darkness is waiting to be banished.
Cool flashlight!
tha darkness is where is strive!!!!
The darkness is when I use my flashlight.
The darkness is… filled with things that go bump in the night, I’m pretty sure its just a cat but without a 173 lumen flashlight I can’t be sure.
The darkness can be destroyed by a magic missile.
The darkness is scared of the new 511 ATAC. Thats right darkness, run hide, run and hide ass hole
The darkness is no longer a problem now that I have my 5.11 Tactical Series ATAC L1 Aerospace Grade Water Resistant Tactical Flashlight.
The darkness is my solace.
It’s dark and I can’t see !!!
“CALL 5.11 ! CALL 5.11!! “
The darkness is closing around, but in my hand is the cure.
The darkness is the perfect environment for flatulence. Not so silent, very sneaky. And deadly…
The darkness is.. not problem with the right EDC light.
The darkness is only afraid of Chuck Norris and ENDO Mike.
“The darkness is…” on the far side of the moon.
The darkness is DARK.
The darkness is, I believe, in a thing called love.
The darkness is greatest just before the light
The darkness is where I ” cry havoc and let loose the dogs of war”
Blinded by the light!!!
The darkness is scary, please turn on the lights!
The darkness is…the absense of light.
The darkness is Charlie Murphy
The darkness is where light prevails.
“The darkness is my favorite place to reach out from and choke out punks” – Batman
The darkness is where I keep my private thoughts…
The darkness is full of terrors. (or so Melisandre says..)
The darkness is about to disappear when I win this awesome light!!!
The darkness on the edge of town is a good tune, although the singer can be a bit of a pain sometimes.
The darkness is no problem when you’ve got your 5.11 mounted and at the ready to send zombie brains out into the moonlight.
The darkness is…going to end on November 6th.
the “Darkness” is Charlie Murphy
“The darkness is every night no nights off”.
The darkness is dark, unless I had a ATAC L1 playboyyy
The darkness is..so cold…all around…my mind is going. I can feel it. I know a song. Would you like me to sing it for you? Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer true.
The darkness is Eddie Murphy’s brother…
The darkness is…a warm blanket of furry love
The darkness is… where I’ve been living since Jan 2008, looking for something to show me the way out
the darkness is… a mediorce rock band
The darkness is…just a dead battery away.
The darkness is…. where my Kimber Custom 2 is waiting with the 5.11 tactical light to allow me to see.
The darkness is where I hide my stuff.
Tis better to light a flamethrower than to curse the darkness.
The darkness is present where good men do nothing.
The darkness is unnecessary
The darkness is dark.
The darkness never sees the light.
Show me the light y’all.
The darkness makes my muzzle flash look awesome possum
The darkness is…where the boogie man finds you
The darkness is sure to be undone with each and every one of the glorious 173 lumens from this sweet ass flashlight! (for at least 2 hours lol)
The darkness is…a british band that sang “I believe in a thing called love”.
The darkness is concealment–not cover.
The darkness is simply caused by a lack of photons.
The darkness is the darkest after tripping over the coffee table and ramming my head into the wall, knocking my self out at 10am because my eyes were closed because I had a hangover.
The darkness is now on the run from me!
The darkness is my friend.
The darkness is gone.
The darkness is… my friend…
The darkness is where I do my best cogitation
The darkness is how I walk around at night because my last torch took water damage and died.
The Darkness is Berry Berry SCARY!
The darkness is your greatest ally, but she is a fickle lady, quickly and without warning withdrawing her favor.
The Darkness is the band behind that really shitty song ‘I Believe in a thing Called Love,’ which I never would have known had I not googled ‘darkness’ for this contest and now the song is in my head. Thanks ENDO. Thanks for nothing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRYNYb30nxU
A very scary place when you don’t have your 1911 on your hip!
The darkness is the result of a crappy flashlight.
The Darkness is falling from my eyes, as I am come forth, leading the way with my new ATAC L1 173 Lumen Tactical flashlight, the deputy shouting “What the hell is that thing?”. I reply, “I just won the best.flashlight.ever, just in time for my birthday!”.
The darkness is turned to day with the ATAC™ L1 Tactical Flashlight
The Darkness is for cowards. This message is James Yeager approved.
The Darkness is… a place where assholes do bad things to good people.
The darkness is where the bad men feel safe.
The darkness is really dark!
The darkness is ’bout to be Chuck-Norris’d!
The darkness is my bitch ;D
The darkness is an awesome band (saw them live at Summerfest).
The darkness is waiting for you
The darkness is how i stub my toe!
The darkness is making my t.v. float.
Do I need to make a witty or funny comment to be eligible ?
No, the draw is random. Just complete the sentence and you’ll be just as eligible to win as anyone else.
The Darkness is no match for my new tac light.
The darkness is my hiding place… Please man, I need to win something I missed the mega million jackpot by 6 numbers….
The darkness is closing in… I can hear the chittering of some unknown horror in it.
Quick, someone hand me a light!
Oh, its just a raccoon. That light helped a lot.
-Mark
The darkness is an ass kicking band.
The darkness is the night time. THE NIGHT TIME IS THE RIGHT TIME…
The darkness is what defines the light, and the light defines the dark.
The darkness is…and will be forever eaten by this light.
The darkness is afraid of my girlish screams to go away.
The darkness is attacked by magic missile.
The darkness terrifies James Yeager.
This would be perfect for late night fridge raids.
The darkness is… no match for this flashlight… perhaps.
The darkness is stuck in my head now, thanks a lot.
The darkness is not there after I have this light.
The Darkness Is…light leaving the, um body? No, wait, it’s my old friend! Yeah, that’s it. Just like the Simon and Garfunkle song, right?
The darkness is that stripe in the back of my undies.
The darkness is where the bad clowns live…
The darkness is Charlie Murphy. Everybody know dat!
The darkness is a really shity band.
The darkness is… scary.
The darkness is why I pee myself. – JY
“The darkness is where I found your mother son.”
The darkness is our country that is falling apart right infront of us give me a light so that i can find my way through.
B_GerK
The darkness is spreading
The Darkness is a place where an Army roams and Ash rolls in blasting with his shotgun-arm while one-lining the whole way.
I’m going to shine it in dark places.
The darkness is a hindrance, hence the need for this super sweet flashlight.
The darkness is an ugly ladies best friend.
The darkness is cold, and welcoming.
The darkness is inside us all, but a free flashlight might help brighten me up.
The darkness is afraid of Chuck Norris
The darkness is when you travel alone
“The Darkness is tricking you, Jackie!”
The darkness is trying to steals my precious. I must blind it. It must not steal my birthday present. If I blinds it, I can see what is in it’s pockets. Yesss…
“The Darkness is Evicted” -511
The Darkness is a bad name for a rock band, a worse name for a porno, and a reasonably good name for a mixed drink.
The darkness is …passing away and the true light is already shining
The Darkness is … awesome!