why no "white" flashlights ???

Seems to me like "white" would be the best color for a flashlight.

I mean you usually only need a light in the dark, and a black light can be impossible to find when you need it the most.

Assuming there may be "some" light, a white flashlight would be much, much easier to find.

I think some have been made with a small blinking tail-light, a great idea. But a reflective white color would be a simple way to make it easier to find at no cost.

Chrome.

Chrome, raw aluminum, and stainless steel work well. I guess the recent trend toward tactical lights has put a damper on non-black lights.

Why not highly reflective 3M material!

lightmania also had some ideas too...

https://www.candlepowerforums.com/threads/176977

actually one made out of some kind of clear plastic with suspended powder Strontium aluminate
would be nice too.

I just think it wouldnt look that cool to regular people? i mean, its the total opposite of the "tacti-cool" look

Crenshaw

The reason why black is such a common color is because at one time, police officers in America used chrome lights. Then, during the era of Peace & Love, some officers were murdered by Counter-culture radicals; due to their lights giving away their position. Black-colored lights came out to put a stop to that.

That's why black is far more common than white.

Another factor is that scratch resistant anodized coating (HA-III) is inherently black, gray, or brown.

Finally, when it comes to high power LED lights, a dark matte surface, like anodized aluminum is ideal for heat dissipation. Bright surfaces, particularly glossy/polished ones, are much worse at heat dissipation.

For incans, pretty much any of the above ideas would work great.

The tailcap indicator light is a good idea though. A tiny indicator LED drawing on the order of micro-amps would be visible in the dark, and would take decades to drain a 2AA light

I think an all (optional) "glow in the dark" coat would be great, just like the tailcaps of dereelights for instance. it would also greatly enhance the grip and would be very helpful to find flashlights in the dark for those who don't have a need for tactical (stealthy)purposes...


regards, holger

Brushed aluminum or stainless with tritium tube accents looks much better for that purpose, IMHO.

White always reminds me of toilets. Ipods, consumer electronics...etc... please not flashlights too.

souptree said:

Chrome.

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But chrome mostly reflects darkness when it's dark. White would reflect whatever light there was going around.

The FlikLites from 2003-2006 came to life again recently.
I played around with White & GITD Fliks back then.

I would quite like to produce a White hard wearing light in the future.

Yellow and Orange are common colors for polymer lights for high visibility.

I have wrapped a band of white tape around my black body red led X5. I use a light gray lanyard with my black body sconic. That lanyard originally came with a Swiss Army / Inova led flashlight. I use the X5 at amateur astronomy events.

The issue with white tape, electrical or "bandage" tape, is that it gets messy very quickly. So you need to replace it from time to time.

Thanks,
Bob

Buy a roll of high reflective tape from home depot and it's even better than white. I have some wrapped on my 3d mag.

orb said:

The FlikLites from 2003-2006 came to life again recently.
I played around with White & GITD Fliks back then.

I would quite like to produce a White hard wearing light in the future.

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HEY! My girlfriend has one of the lights in her dresser. I didn't know she was a flashaholic...undercover!!:shrug::thinking:


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DaFABRICATA said:

HEY! My girlfriend has one of the lights in her dresser. I didn't know she was a flashaholic...undercover!!:shrug::thinking:

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Did you try turning it on? What type of beam did you get?

cal..45 said:

I think an all (optional) "glow in the dark" coat would be great, just like the tailcaps of dereelights for instance. it would also greatly enhance the grip and would be very helpful to find flashlights in the dark for those who don't have a need for tactical (stealthy)purposes...


regards, holger

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I put both glow tape and reflective tape on all my lights and would pick yellow for the body if it was available.
If I have to put it down in a dark field while helping somebody I want to find it again. It also helps a bit while directing traffic.

DaFABRICATA said:

HEY! My girlfriend has one of the lights in her dresser. I didn't know she was a flashaholic...undercover!!:shrug::thinking:

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Did you ever ask her why she keeps a flashlight that looks like that in her dresser? :laughing:

WadeF said:

Did you ever ask her why she keeps a flashlight that looks like that in her dresser? :laughing:

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If she has her own "flashlight," she'll never need to use his.

Somebody did a white ceramic coating on some maglights a while back.

~Chip

Monocrom said:

Did you try turning it on? What type of beam did you get?

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A beam that lit up the room without producing any light.