Mark Ellis
Newly Enlightened
I'm kind of new to all this, so bear with me.
Joe public have no idea what the Lumen rating or LED numbers mean. People see a torch on eBay with 3 LED and presume that it's brighter than a torch with 1 LED. Supermarkets sell torches with 95 LEDs, but how bright and far far a throw does that torch have compared to a cheaper single T6 LED running off 4 AAA batteries.
I own a couple of dogs, and walk them in the dark during the winter months. So like many, I need a torch that will give a bright light so that I can pick up after the dog- and throw that light some distance if the dog wanders off across the field.
My preference when buying a torch is to see a picture of the light at night illuminating something - but when have you ever seen that on eBay? Shining it on a blank wall, or pointing up in the sky doesn't really achieve anything for the average buyer. Because I own a website about responsible dog ownership, I set up my own torch test and made a slide show about it.
So how can we get torch manufacturers to include photos of a standard test?
My webpage of torch review is here www.dorsetdog.com/torch-flashlight-review
PS. I would have posted this as a new thread in General Flashlight Discussion, but this is my first post and "Make a new post" wasn't an option
Mark
Joe public have no idea what the Lumen rating or LED numbers mean. People see a torch on eBay with 3 LED and presume that it's brighter than a torch with 1 LED. Supermarkets sell torches with 95 LEDs, but how bright and far far a throw does that torch have compared to a cheaper single T6 LED running off 4 AAA batteries.
I own a couple of dogs, and walk them in the dark during the winter months. So like many, I need a torch that will give a bright light so that I can pick up after the dog- and throw that light some distance if the dog wanders off across the field.
My preference when buying a torch is to see a picture of the light at night illuminating something - but when have you ever seen that on eBay? Shining it on a blank wall, or pointing up in the sky doesn't really achieve anything for the average buyer. Because I own a website about responsible dog ownership, I set up my own torch test and made a slide show about it.
So how can we get torch manufacturers to include photos of a standard test?
My webpage of torch review is here www.dorsetdog.com/torch-flashlight-review
PS. I would have posted this as a new thread in General Flashlight Discussion, but this is my first post and "Make a new post" wasn't an option
Mark