Brightness Isn't Everything

[EngrPaul]

Just curious what people used for thousands of years before the invention of the flashlight.

:sleepy:

 

[Lightcrazycanuck]

My point exactly.

Candle power.:twothumbs:twothumbs

How many lumens does a candle have?

 

[brucec]

and, did you ever turn on a C3 or something like it, in the middle of the night, to see what time it is?

:laughing: Um, no, never tried that... My wife would probably roll out of bed thinking it was high noon.

 

[EngrPaul]

Fireflies in a jar!

 

[Lightcrazycanuck]

:laughing:

 

[brucec]

Fireflies in a jar!

Tried that. Emitter lifetime is an issue.

 

[Sgt. LED]

Every try to charge their batteries?!
They just pop really loud and burst into flames. :shakehead Maybe a bug zapper isn't the right way to charge them?:shrug:

 

[Lightcrazycanuck]

I did not know they were rechargable.


😀😀😀

 

[fireboltr]

Fireflys are rechargable....

They are one of those shake light thingies.....

They go dim, you shake the jar they light back up, but....dont shake to hard!!!!

 

[Lightcrazycanuck]

Fireflys are rechargable....

They are one of those shake light thingies.....

They go dim, you shake the jar they light back up, but....dont shake to hard!!!!

I'd like to see you EDC that in your front pocket.

 

[Black Rose]

I'd like to see you EDC that in your front pocket.

Cargo pants 😀

 

[Kestrel]

And at the grave risk of wearing out a previously-funny joke, I'd like to see what Milky could do with a jar of them...

 

[metlarules]

I was just playing around outside tonight with my Gerber Infinity Ultra.
This light is quickly becoming one of my favorites.It puts out enough light for 80% of the task that I use a flashlight for.It's reasonably priced for what it is.Simple UI(on/off)😀. From what I gathered from this forum it's pretty darn reliable too.

 

[dudemar]

Brightness certainly isn't everything. I think waaaaay too many folks get caught up with lumen numbers. Not the build quality, reflector quality, runtime or throw.

I guess it's kinda similar to cars and horsepower.

 

[Crenshaw]

And at the grave risk of wearing out a previously-funny joke, I'd like to see what Milky could do with a jar of them...

he would pour some Bailey's in there,and add an acorn, and this combination will increase the Brightness of the Fireflies by about 2 fold, but because youre driving them near their limit, they wont last as long.

:tinfoil:

Crenshaw

 

[brucec]

Every try to charge their batteries?!
They just pop really loud and burst into flames. :shakehead Maybe a bug zapper isn't the right way to charge them?:shrug:

Venting with flames? :thinking: They must be using some kind of Li-ion chemistry without a protection circuit. OK, I'll stop now...

 

[DHart]

That's why we like to have so many different lights.

If I had to use just one light for inside around the house at night and outdoors on the acreage, the Liteflux LF3XT would be the one. Thus, I have really come to appreciate the value of such a versatile, simple, wide range light which has a luscious soft beam, a bright hot spot, and a bright and very useable spill, like the LF3XT. This light is not my brightest, not my throwiest, not my floodiest, but what a beautiful and useable beam it has and such a wide range of brightness. No, brightness isn't everything. But a versatile output range, a nice UI, and a great beam will get you close.

 

[Zeruel]

I'm soooo tempted to dehorn mine too.... :naughty:

 

[firefly99]

@ firefly99: I'm already looking at an E1L. This one has a very nice low with only 3 Lumens, and a GRRRRREAT runtime indeed! 48 hours on low, and still 8,5 hours on the high setting of 45 Lumens. This really is TOP-usability. Thank you, Surefire, for making such a light.... eventually I'll own it.
Also, incans are not dead. Not even near-dead for me! In fact, most flashlights I buy are of that species. LEDs still don't give the satisfaction I find in good incans. Next buy will be an E1e or an A2...


Timmo.

hi 325addict, my previous post is about agreeing with carrot's statement and we had a similar experience (blinding ourselves trying to read small text).

The last paragraph of my previous post is more for general audience. Glad you come to this hobby with an open mind.

If you get the old L1 which has a low beam of 1.1 lumen for 90hours.

Cheers

 

[firefly99]

I still grab my 1.1 lumen older L1......

I freak'in love that 1.1 L1 probably one of the greatest production lights ever made

Agreed, this is one of the best light for emergency use because of the runtime of 90hours at 1.1lumens.

Pity they upgraded it.