Best \'building disaster\' light
As part of our ongoing anti-terrorism/disaster posture, the management here recently bought a bunch of 'industrial' 2D lights for the offices (I know, but nobody asked me). It got me thinking, though. What are the desirable characteristics of a light for this purpose? Assume there's been some event, power is out, maybe smoke, it's probably daylight. What type of beam (shape, color, etc) will pierce through the smoke without glaring back at you? I guess you want a tough construction, with the ability to use lithiums for long shelf life (or should you not limit yourself and replace the batteries every so often)?
I'm interested in your thoughts in general on this subject, which hopefully will never come up... 'Course now that we have soldiers with M-16's at the gate, you gotta at least consider it.
I've got my required Arc-AAA on my keychain, as well as an Ultra-G and Inova X5T in my bag. May not be optimal, but it's something. I guess another consideration would be cost, I mean if we start talking $100+ per light, that can be pretty hard to justify (even in the DoD).
Thoughts?
-bj
As part of our ongoing anti-terrorism/disaster posture, the management here recently bought a bunch of 'industrial' 2D lights for the offices (I know, but nobody asked me). It got me thinking, though. What are the desirable characteristics of a light for this purpose? Assume there's been some event, power is out, maybe smoke, it's probably daylight. What type of beam (shape, color, etc) will pierce through the smoke without glaring back at you? I guess you want a tough construction, with the ability to use lithiums for long shelf life (or should you not limit yourself and replace the batteries every so often)?
I'm interested in your thoughts in general on this subject, which hopefully will never come up... 'Course now that we have soldiers with M-16's at the gate, you gotta at least consider it.
I've got my required Arc-AAA on my keychain, as well as an Ultra-G and Inova X5T in my bag. May not be optimal, but it's something. I guess another consideration would be cost, I mean if we start talking $100+ per light, that can be pretty hard to justify (even in the DoD).
Thoughts?
-bj