The problem with flying is it's about as much fun as a human being can have (legal or illegal) and that makes it highly addictive.

I agree about not going cheap on life saving equipment. I fly a lot over Georgia Straight and a lot in the mountains and that's why I chose the ACR products. They are top rated and the Firefly2 is about as good as it gets for an emergency strobe. I also ordered the C-Light for life jackets for the reason you state...it would drive a helo pilot or SAR tech nuts looking into strobe for several minutes. The Firefly, I see more as a device to signal from a distance, or through a canopy of trees in failing light. I will continue to carry signal mirrors however, and would use them if light the was adequate...not to say I wouldn't also use the strobe...heck, I'd use everything I had to get rescued.