Coleman Max - 3xAAA - White/Red/Green

ps56k

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Happen to be at Walmart, and picked up the Coleman MAX 3xAAA with the Cree plus the Red + Green leds. Works like a charm, and compared it to our other lights even the Task Force - it does really well. Needed to replace a flashlight in my wife's car; an old Dorcy 4-led 2xAA model that leaked really badly.

The Coleman has lots of spill... but still throws -
Not sure of the working difference between red and green for night reading.

I like a flashlight in the car for searching address signs on homes that are hidden over the garage or not easily seen on the mailbox.
 

darknessemitter

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The Coleman has lots of spill... but still throws -
Not sure of the working difference between red and green for night reading.

Red will help preserve your real (scotoscopic) night vision, but some people like green because it is easy to focus with (but doesn't preserve full night vision).

There tends to be a lot of confusion about the use of green light because it has some special uses when working around night vision equipment. It's supposed to be somewhat less visible to some types of night vision gear, usually still detectable.

For practical purposes specifically when using this Coleman light, the green led will use less power than the Cree, but will be brighter than the red led.
 

DArklite

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Back around 2002 when Peter was selling the Arc AAA in different LED colors, he mentioned that the human eye was most sensitive to the green spectrum. I bought a turquoise LED one and it did seem much brighter when comparing it to the original at the time.
 

Blacklight

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Red will help preserve your real (scotoscopic) night vision, but some people like green because it is easy to focus with (but doesn't preserve full night vision).

There tends to be a lot of confusion about the use of green light because it has some special uses when working around night vision equipment. It's supposed to be somewhat less visible to some types of night vision gear, usually still detectable.

For practical purposes specifically when using this Coleman light, the green led will use less power than the Cree, but will be brighter than the red led.

the green is also good for topographic map reading.
 

Chrontius

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Red will help preserve your real (scotoscopic) night vision, but some people like green because it is easy to focus with (but doesn't preserve full night vision).

There tends to be a lot of confusion about the use of green light because it has some special uses when working around night vision equipment. It's supposed to be somewhat less visible to some types of night vision gear, usually still detectable.

For practical purposes specifically when using this Coleman light, the green led will use less power than the Cree, but will be brighter than the red led.

Thing is with NVGs, green light doesn't cause *OMG XBOX BLOOM* when someone flicks on a light.
 

kramer5150

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I wish more manufacturers made multi mode lights like this. High current Cree for output and throw, and a Nichia-GS or two placed off center in the reflector for long run times and night vision preservation.
 
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