Bright LED Flashlight

Bright LED Flashlight | Compact

noreply@blogger.com (Jessie) — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:03:00 +0000

I thought I'd take a look at some of the bright LED flashlight products available out there, just to get a feel for what's currently on the market. So I went and searched around online a bit, trying to find sort of a sample type of product.

After a search for bright LED flashlights, I found something called the Compact Super Bright Luxeon LED Flashlight - Black Satin Weatherproof Aluminum - Holster and Gift case. Quite a mouthful of a name there. And some of the words strike me as a bit odd. Compact, I get. Super Bright, of course makes sense. But Satin? And how can something have black satin and yet also have aluminum? Strange, strange.

It says that the Luxeon LED is ten times brighter than the regular super bright LED flashlight, and has a 100,000 hour lifespan. Hmmm. 100,000 hours. That's how many days? About 4,000 days? That's how many years? Maybe something a bit more than 10 years? That doesn't sound so bad. At the same time though, I'd take claims like this with a grain of salt since it's quite easy to over promise and under deliver. The product's just 4 inches long so the flashlight is supposed to be pretty convenient and portable. Makes sense.

It's supposed to be durable, weatherproof, and very cool looking (I kid you not. The description actually says, cool looking.). Talk about self praise. Again, the black satin aluminum body. Black satin aluminum? I think maybe there's something here I don't get. The grip is supposed to be textured to allow for a firm grip, which also makes sense. It says that the LED flashlight can provide up to 20 hours of light, powered by 3 AAA batteries which are included in the package. And the product comes with a 1 year warranty.

Actually, going through the product description, it just seems a little bit to enthusiastic for my taste. Granted, it's the official product description so of course it's supposed to sell the product, but I don't know. Anyway, I'm looking at the customer reviews now.

The first one I see says that the brightness is good, and the flashlight is of a nice compact size. The reviewer bought several in order to make use of them as promo items. He says though that there was a problem whereby when the flashlight gets moved around, the light flickers or goes out, but then when the flashlight is moved around some more, the light returns. That doesn't sound so good.

I'm thinking I'll continue to read about the bright LED flashlights available for sale online, and maybe I'll write a bit more about some of the products that jump out at me.

Bright LED Flashlight

noreply@blogger.com (Jessie) — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 07:58:00 +0000

Welcome to this site about bright LED flashlight products, and other similar consumer devices. I personally find the idea of the application of LED technology to consumer products to be inspired, and I look forward to seeing LEDs more and more in products that we use everday.

I'm excited about the increased usage of LEDs in more mainstream devices, such as bright LED flashlights, because of the advantages they offer. A quick check over at Wikipedia provides quite a list of these advantages. First of all, LEDs are more efficient at producing light compared to incandescent bulbs. This means that a device is able to get more light out of a particular amount of energy, or it is able to remain on for longer, while powered by a battery. Second, LEDs can emit light of different color, without having to rely on color filters. This isn't quite applicable to this site though because, since we're looking primarily at bright LED flashlights, then the color most applicable to this use is white, bright white. Third, LEDs can be of quite small size so they will work well even for especially small devices. Fourth, LEDs light up very quickly compared to other types of bulbs. Then again, this advantage may not be particularly important where they're used in flashlights as small differences in start up time may not be noticeable.

Fifth, LEDs run cooler compared to other bulbs. While the fact that they do not radiate much heat may not necessarily be readily apparent, this could still prove useful in some flashlight related situations, as well as in situations involving other types of LED products. Sixth, when LEDs fail, they do not abruptly go out like other bulbs. Instead, they tend to dim over a certain period of time, so the user gets a bit of an advanced warning before the light completely goes out, and in the meantime, the flashlight is still able to provide some degree of illumination. Seventh, LEDs have a much longer lifetime compared to other types of bulbs. The numbers mentioned in the Wikipedia article point to LEDs lasting around 30 times longer than incandescent bulbs, and more than 3 times longer compared to fluorescent light. Eighth, LEDs are much tougher than some of these other bulb types. They're more difficult to damage in the event of an external shock or sudden movement or impact. Ninth, and this one's for the environment, LEDs do not contain mercury, unlike some of the other bulbs.

So, those are some of the advantages offered by LEDs compared to other types of lighting. As this blog continues to take a look at bright LED flashlights in particular, and discuss some of the products offered out there, we'll see how some of the advantages translate in terms of actual concrete products. I look forward to taking a closer look at the bright LED flashlight products out there.

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