Joe Talmadge
Flashlight Enthusiast
Just wondering where you guys see LEDs working better than incandescents in practice. A lot of us are getting LED lights just for the sake of LED lights, which is cool, but where do you think they honestly, truly, work better than incandescents?
For me, so far there's three areas:
<UL TYPE=SQUARE><LI>Keychain lights: Photon and its ilk smaller than any incandescent. Arc clearly better than its closest incandescent competitor (Maglite Solitaire)
<LI>Mini lights: Arc LS 123A has no real competitors. It outshines and provides more useable light than everything from its low-cost (UK 2AAA) to high-cost (SF E1) incandescent competitors
<LI>Dimming: the dimmable features of lights like the EternaLite make these types of lights incredibly useful, from night light to book light to utility light. No real incandescent competition.
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And for me, that's about it. There are plenty of other LED lights I like, but I can usually find an incadescent that works better for me. E.g., As much as I admire the Inova X5, at around the same size I can get an E2 or UKE 2L, which give me big advantages in brightness/runtime tradeoffs.
Joe
For me, so far there's three areas:
<UL TYPE=SQUARE><LI>Keychain lights: Photon and its ilk smaller than any incandescent. Arc clearly better than its closest incandescent competitor (Maglite Solitaire)
<LI>Mini lights: Arc LS 123A has no real competitors. It outshines and provides more useable light than everything from its low-cost (UK 2AAA) to high-cost (SF E1) incandescent competitors
<LI>Dimming: the dimmable features of lights like the EternaLite make these types of lights incredibly useful, from night light to book light to utility light. No real incandescent competition.
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And for me, that's about it. There are plenty of other LED lights I like, but I can usually find an incadescent that works better for me. E.g., As much as I admire the Inova X5, at around the same size I can get an E2 or UKE 2L, which give me big advantages in brightness/runtime tradeoffs.
Joe