1000 (!) watts, seen in magazine, February 2007

[PABLO2]

1000 watt torch, power equal to car headlight. 3 LED's, nice design, silvery finish. Will also set you back $ 1000.00. The thing apparently gets hot, head incorporates fins, acting as heatsink. And I thought that the Wiseled Tactical ($599.00) was cutting edge......

 

[BBL]

Re: New, seen in magazine, February 2007

3x 300W leds? riiight...

 

[bfg9000]

Those must be extremely inefficient LEDs to require 1000w to be only as bright as a 45w incandescent car headlight.

 

[Erasmus]

He copied the information wrong, it's not 1000 watts but 1000 lumens. The particular light is ugly and has 3 high-power low-efficient Osram LEDs (the one with multiple dies) inside. Price is set at 1000 USD. I can not remember the manufacturer.

EDIT : I think it's from FoxFury, anouncement at http://flashlightnews.org/story493.shtml and manufacturer website at http://www.foxfury.com/products/mf_1000_series/tacfire.htm . It is featured in the February 2007 Issue of Popular Science.

 

[parnass]

I saw it in the latest issue of Popular Science magazine but did not have time to read about it further.

 

[Erasmus]

And I thought that the Wiseled Tactical ($599.00) was cutting edge......

Nor the FoxFury nor the Wiseled 1000 lumen flashlight are cutting edge. They are quite inefficient since the Cree EZ1000 chip is released. I think Elektrolumens also makes a custom 1000 lumen flashlight featuring the Cree LEDs. Much higher efficiency there! Now THAT is cutting edge at the moment

 

[Arcoholic]

This has been discussed in another thread...


http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?t=148943&highlight=foxfury+1000