Dave_H
Flashlight Enthusiast
Mine back in 2003 was a small keychain light which had been adapted from 1AAA to single LED (5mm white) using a small stack of four LR41's. Not very bright and not much runtime but it was a start.
Dave
Dave
You are right about the Photon, it was the first commercially marketed LED however, the second light was the ASP Saphire, I was involved in the design of this light.First one was a photon microlight, followed by the Q-III.
I have the V2, with the white & red. The red button has started to fail and inly turns on about 30% of the time.While that Syclone was my first purchase with an LED, I think the little Coast LED Lenser “V” I bought at a gun show was my first pure LED light. It uses three AAAA cells, hasn’t ridden in my pocket for years but still hangs on a hook above my bed/night stand.
Nichia CS l.e.d. version was 5.5 lumens. Not sure if that was the first version or not. If not, probably around 2-3 lumens.great input everyone.ps anyone recal how many lumens the first arc aaa had?
It's ironic to see the fellow who played a role in the industry and even invented some of it be ranked "newly enlightened" here at CPF.Welcome, Don Keller! Nice to hear from someone who was there at the beginning.
I'm sure Mr. Keller never designed a flashlight that stopped working just when you need it, and then says "abort, retry, fail".It's ironic to see the fellow who played a role in the industry and even invented some of it be ranked "newly enlightened" here at CPF.
That's like saying Bill Gates knows a little bit about computers.
And also never said no one would ever needed more than 640 lumens in a flashlightI'm sure Mr. Keller never designed a flashlight that stopped working just when you need it, and then says "abort, retry, fail".