Zero Halliburton Lighting Solution (step-by-step)

[DBall]

What you will need:

* A Sylvania LED Flute found at Lowe's, Home Depot or, if the outdoors is too adventurous, Amazon. Roughly $10.

* About 30 seconds.

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Here's the LED Flute:

http://i725.photobucket.com/albums/ww254/dichotomyx/h1.jpg

Here's the top of the Hali with foam in it:

http://i725.photobucket.com/albums/ww254/dichotomyx/h2.jpg

Shove the flute in there (that sounds so dirty). It will be nestled against the little lip (which is where the latch ends). May sound confusing, but you'll understand once you put it in place (Note that you could get all fancy and mount clips and stuff, but you really don't need to... it stays in place perfectly. Also, bear in mind that if you do want to affix it, don't do so permanently... you're gonna need to swap those batteries out at some point):

http://i725.photobucket.com/albums/ww254/dichotomyx/h3.jpg

It's a little push button, independently powered by 3 AAA batteries. Angle it a bit so it is directed at your cigars. Being that it's a cylinder, that's easy to do:

http://i725.photobucket.com/albums/ww254/dichotomyx/h4.jpg

Here's a pic of it in a pitch black room (no flash in the picture, either):

http://i725.photobucket.com/albums/ww254/dichotomyx/h5.jpg


Done. No more carrying around flashlights and rummaging through your cigars 1 handed.



This would work on any travel case, all I have are Hali's now, though, so I can't test it on other ones... you may need to get little aluminum clips and cut the foam (if you even have any in there) or it may be able to wedge in there like this.

[replicant_argent]

Gonna paint it baby blue to match the Halli?
;)
Good solution.
I put an LED version of a lightstick in mine, Sylvania brand also. Yours is much more elegant of a solution.
Oh, and I like yours quite a bit better.

I suppose I should actually herf more often. But I really don't like people.



You need a step 4. Grab a cigar and smoke it while admiring your hard work.
Tell the significant other it took about 2 hours to install custom lighting, she will be impressed.

[NCRadioMan]

You are a freaking genius, Dan! I dig it! :banger

[DBall]

I put an LED version of a lightstick in mine, Sylvania brand also.


This one is LED. Possibly the same as yours...


I suppose I should actually herf more often. But I really don't like people.



Come to Shack this year, dammit! :D

[DBall]

Oh... if you wanted to change the color of the lights, just get some colored cellophane and tape that shiz on... :tu

[SmokinCozy]

Going to Homedepot tonight..........

[T.G]

Very cool Dan, although all the BABOTL are good about paying their power bills, so we have lights at our herfs, but next time I'm in upstate NY I'll pick one up...
















;s :r

[bobarian]

Very cool Dan, although all the BABOTL are good about paying their power bills, so we have lights at our herfs, but next time I'm in upstate NY I'll pick one up...
















;s :r

:tpd: I dont often herf in the dark but if I did....:sh

Lookin good Dan. :tu

[DBall]

:tpd: I dont often herf in the dark but if I did....:sh

Lookin good Dan. :tu


Hahaha... The cigar bar I smoke at is dark as hell. Also, Shack gets dark especially under the tent or at the edge of the pier late at night (which, by the way, is the most relaxing damned thing in the world).

[GoodFella]

i like it. i just got a small led flashlight for my case but i never looked at any thing like this before. thanks for showing me the light:D

[icehog3]

shack edge of the pier late at night (which, by the way, is the most relaxing damned thing in the world).

QFT. :) :tu

[awsmith4]

I am going to put one in my 40ct caddy this weekend, thanks for the tip :tu

[DBall]

I am going to put one in my 40ct caddy this weekend, thanks for the tip :tu


Take a pic of how it works and fits if ya can... I'd be curious to see how other people are doing it.

[14holestogie]

Take a pic of how it works and fits if ya can... I'd be curious to see how other people are doing it.

Sounds just a hint perverse. ;)

Great idea, Dan! :tu

[OLS]

I'd be curious to see how other people are doing it.

Bic lighter..................................Or a small LED flashlight POSING as a cigar. Of course
you don't have to root around for either one.

[DBall]

Take a pic of how it works and fits if ya can... I'd be curious to see how other people are doing it.

Hahaha... by this I meant installing the LED flute in other cases. For perverse, see the original post:



Shove the flute in there (that sounds so dirty).


:D

[LasciviousXXX]

Thanks Dan! Love this post!

I'm painting my LED lights Gold


http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o278/LasciviousXXX/pulp_fiction1170.jpg

[shilala]

Well done, Dan!!! :tu

[replicant_argent]

Thanks Dan! Love this post!

I'm painting my LED lights Gold


http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o278/LasciviousXXX/pulp_fiction1170.jpg

We Happy.




(I thought of this too.)

[markem]

Nice lighting trick, Dan. Simple, low cost and no physical mods to the case.

Have you been on an airplane with the light? TSA is a funny beast, at times.

[T.G]

We Happy.




(I thought of this too.)


This is what I thought of...


http://img809.imageshack.us/img809/3655/glown.jpg


Yeah, I'm a bit strange...

[DBall]

Have you been on an airplane with the light? TSA is a funny beast, at times.

I thought of that. Considering it is just wedged in there and is absurdly simple to take out, I'll just pack it in my carry-on outside of the hali (like, in one of my pockets in the bookbag where I carry my laptop).

[DennisP]

Hmmm, those could look cool in my Aristocrat.....

[replicant_argent]

This is what I thought of...


http://img809.imageshack.us/img809/3655/glown.jpg


Yeah, I'm a bit strange...

A Cigar Man lives for Tense Situations.
Smoking boots would have been a funnier pic. :D

[DBall]

Hmmm, those could look cool in my Aristocrat.....

Oh hell yeah... never really thought of that. 1 of these would be bad ass in the cabinet!

[DennisP]

Oh hell yeah... never really thought of that. 1 of these would be bad ass in the cabinet!

The only thing I'm not a huge fan of is the battery and having to turn it on/off that way. Wondering if there is one with a removable AC adapter that can be threaded through the hole to power humidification I have, then I could have it on all the time or control it easily when I wanted it.

I've got a glass door so it would look pretty sweet to light it up.

[DBall]

The only thing I'm not a huge fan of is the battery and having to turn it on/off that way. Wondering if there is one with a removable AC adapter that can be threaded through the hole to power humidification I have, then I could have it on all the time or control it easily when I wanted it.

I've got a glass door so it would look pretty sweet to light it up.


the batteries are inside the cylinder and all ya have to do is press a little button to turn it on



I have another one for my other hali that needs to be repainted. I'll put it in my cabinet and take a quick picture of it tonight.

[DennisP]

the batteries are inside the cylinder and all ya have to do is press a little button to turn it on


I was mainly thinking I'd like to have it on a lot and would drain the batteries. Any idea on the battery life?

[DBall]

I was mainly thinking I'd like to have it on a lot and would drain the batteries. Any idea on the battery life?

None yet... figured it'd last for a crazy long time in the hali, but I spent $10 more on a 20 pack of batteries while I was standing in line at Lowes just in case I was wrong. Hahaha...

[T.G]

A Cigar Man lives for Tense Situations.
Smoking boots would have been a funnier pic. :D

:)

Agreed, but I couldn't find a grab of that frame.

[DBall]

A note about picture #4:

You really can't see the "flute" when it is in there. I specifically angled the Hali so you could see how it rests against that lip. What it looks like in the real world is like photo #5 (where all you see are the lights).

[shilala]

I was mainly thinking I'd like to have it on a lot and would drain the batteries. Any idea on the battery life?
We have one in our pantry that's from Lowe's, but it's different. No click, just two metal touch things. The kids leave it on all the time, and the batteries last a good, long time.
It's 10 bucks, give it a shot. You're not making a major investment, ya know? :tu

[DBall]

I have another one for my other hali that needs to be repainted. I'll put it in my cabinet and take a quick picture of it tonight.

It doesn't work well in the cabinet... (mine's about 7' tall and really full). No use in taking a pic for that.

[Tikihut27]

http://mimg.ugo.com/201001/35098/cuts/fear_288x288.bmp

"OMG! NO NC's!"

[ahc4353]

As cool as that is, the best, and I mean THE BEST part of the post is..


.......

This would work on any travel case, all I have are Hali's now, though, so I can't test it on other ones... you may need to get little aluminum clips and cut the foam (if you even have any in there) or it may be able to wedge in there like this.

He said Hali's! Plural! How many do you need? :r













Nice job Dan, it is cool as chit. :tu

[CasaDooley]

Your idea rocks Dan.:tu I modified the location of the light to work better on mine as it has convoluted foam:
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk110/casadooley/Cigar%20Stuff/001.jpg
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk110/casadooley/Cigar%20Stuff/006.jpg

[DBall]

Very cool, man!

[Volusianator]

I don't get it, how many of you need to get into your boxes in the darkness? Or is this more of just a bling thing?

[DBall]

I don't get it, how many of you need to get into your boxes in the darkness? Or is this more of just a bling thing?

At the big herfs (like shack herf or any of the ones where you are outdoors) it gets dark at night... big pain in the ass to try to pick a cigar when you can't see what's in there and you're looking for something specific... at those you see guys all passing around the LED flashlights so they can see what they are doing. Also, the cigar bar I'm at every week has atrocious lighting... I've had to try to use the light from my cell phone to find what I'm looking for many, many times.

This costs about the same as the LED flashlight, keeps itself in place pretty well and works like a charm.

[Volusianator]

Hmmm, never would've thought a B&M would that THAT bad of lighting, but I can see a night time herf would come in handy, or by the firepit. Cool idea.

[DBall]

Hmmm, never would've thought a B&M would that THAT bad of lighting, but I can see a night time herf would come in handy, or by the firepit. Cool idea.

Not a B&M, tis a bar. They take 'mood lighting' to the extreme...

[Duke9192]

Looking into getting a Zero myself. This is great way to light the case. Thanks.

[jonumberone]

I tried this mod on my 40ct Cigar caddy.

I grabbed the caddy, and tried to place the light in the same location as the Hali.
No go, the foam isn't rigid enough to hold the light in place.
I started to look for another way to rig it, and pulled out the foam humidifier, since I don't use it.

http://i867.photobucket.com/albums/ab234/jonumberone/cigar/df48aa27.jpg

The round mounting bracket fit nicely into the hole left by the missing humidifier.
It is also magnetic and clings nicely to the metal plate in the caddy.
With the bracket in place I try to put the light in and it wont stay in place.
The foam keeps pushing the light out of the bracket.
Next I looked for ways to secure the light to the bracket, I thought about glue or cable ties, but felt the bracket might not stay put.
I decided the foam was in the way, so it needed to go.

http://i867.photobucket.com/albums/ab234/jonumberone/cigar/38a61903.jpg

I slid the bracket under the foam, placed the light where I wanted it, and used a scissor to make little slits as I traced around the outline of the light.
I removed the light and connected the slits to fully remove the pieces of foam that were in the way.
Ta-da, it fit like a glove!

http://i867.photobucket.com/albums/ab234/jonumberone/cigar/23731314.jpg

http://i867.photobucket.com/albums/ab234/jonumberone/cigar/9c78d744.jpg

If using the foam trays, I would recommend putting smaller RG cigars in the top tray, since the light is a little thicker than the top foam.
If you pull out the trays and use baggies, it might be a good idea to cover your sticks with an empty tray.
Not sure if it's necessary, but I don't want to be responsible for ruining your sticks! :gary

[kelmac07]

Updated mine with the help of this thread and from Dom. :tu :tu

http://i672.photobucket.com/albums/vv82/kelmac07_photo/IMG_3924.jpg

http://i672.photobucket.com/albums/vv82/kelmac07_photo/IMG_3925.jpg

http://i672.photobucket.com/albums/vv82/kelmac07_photo/IMG_3928.jpg

[Crownedone]

Anyone know where to get the cool cigar curved foam? I have a case I want to do this to but it needs foam.

[RonC]

www.cigarsolutions.com for foam cigar trays