Brinkmann 4 LED flashlight

[dda]

I recently experienced an alternator failure several miles from home. I left my parking lights on, but not my headlights to conserve the battery. The only LED light that I had that put out enough of a beam to drive by @45-50 mph was the Brinkmann 4 LED flashlight. My Cabelas extreme 20 LED flashlight seemed to put out a lot of light, but did not have the throw to drive by.

 

[shankus]

Welcome to CPF!

Well now, that is an interesting story.
How dark of a night was it? Do you recall the phase of the moon on that night?
I would not have thought that 4 LEDs was up to that task. You learn something new everyday, huh?

Thanks for posting that.

 

[RAH]

Somehow this seems appropriate, since the Brinkmann is almost as large as a car! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif Actually, I really like the flashlight, although it doesn't seem to get much respect in this forum, mainly because of its size. It has a great throw (as your adventure shows), and with 2 D batteries, it must have incredible run-time, although I haven't seen any figures. I also think that it is good at lighting up a room, even with its spotlight beam, because there is enough of a side halo to do the trick - almost as much as the main halo of a Newbeam, to my eyes.

 

[dda]

It was between 12AM and 1AM Monday morning on the 28th of July. It was very dark. It was actually easier to see in complete darkness than when there were some lights present. My GPS says the moon did not rise until 4:47 AM. As far as the run time, I stood the light on its tail on top of my pc and 68 hours later, I could still see the light on the ceiling. (all 4 LEDs were lit)I mentioned this in another post, I believe at that time the light was drawing about 140ma. or so. dda