Heartland America 16 LED flashlight?

UnknownVT

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This Heartland America 16 LED flashlight claims to be as bright as a 525W standard bulb(!)

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This Flashlight features 16 LEDs that produce a beam that's roughly equivalent to a standard 525W bulb. And because the light is focused in the same direction, it's much brighter.
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There's also a 3xD cell 10 LED version

Any comments?
 

Charles Bradshaw

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This should be in LED Forum.

Other than that, I do not believe the 525 Watt light bulb claim one teeny bit. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Heartland usually doesn't make errors like that. They must have copied the AD copy for that light. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif
 

Alaric Darconville

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5.25W, maybe 52.5W... never 525...
Considering a 60W soft white bulb is about 870 lumens, I'd say that 5.25W would be the most accurate approximation. Or maybe they're going by "candlepower"... the idiots...
 

Kiessling

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yes ... one comment ...
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don't we LOVE those claims of some manufacturers ?
bernhard
 

UnknownVT

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[ QUOTE ]
Charles Bradshaw said:
This should be in LED Forum.

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You're absolutely right - I have browser bookmark/link that used to point to the LED forum, which seems now appears to point to this Electroluminescent/Lasers Headlamps/Hybrids section.

Thanks for bringing this to my attention - I've corrected my link/bookmark and will go post over at LED.

My apologies for the mistake here.
 

haertig

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Hey, you could use this bright little sucker with that wonder 2000x $39 telescope you got from WalMart. You could use the flashlight to add "extra light" to those distant stars 2M light years away that are too dim for you to see!
 
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