I found you guys by an led website. I am legally blind and find white leds help me see better, although most lights are dimmer than standard lights.
What I use now is one of those stubby blinkman lights that uses an xenon bulb and 2 camera 123 batteries. Its bright for its size, but only last an hour. I also have a stylus pen lamp which is bright, but it does not always come on without flicking the switch a few times.
Anyway, there seems to be a grey area where led and standard bulbs work and run time. It seems a dim led lamp can last a few days on a set of batteries, where as a bright one can last a few hours. I am trying to find a good mix between the 2 ranges. I would say its a shame they do not make a dual bulb product, but i see on my latest cabelas catalog they have a few products with xenon and led bulbs. tt1, tt2, tt3c, tt2d
They also have a range of led flashlights that seem to be fairly bright on paper. tl series 42 and 85 lumens, then xpg series 30 and 150 lumens and a few other products.
I looked at the top series of forums and could not find a sticky about brightness and the led museum did not either.
What I was wondering, what is out there that is bright, about the size of a blinkman, has a reasonible run time or maybe varable brightness. Lets say I can use the spot light mode to look under a truck and a dim mode if I am stuck in the dark a week.
I have a range of led lamps. THe ccrane trek 3 led lamp before they changed it to 2 led lamps. The stylus single led pen, the stubby blinkman 2 cell single led lamp, the ccrane 20 led aluminun lamp, ccrane knife light (quit working), dorcey single cell (brightest single aaa powered light yet), energizer 2 led area lamp, looks like a CCFL lamp, and numerourious keyring lamps.
Of all, I like the single cell dorcey lamp as it is effing bright on its single aaa battery. The only problem is, it lasts 4 hours then fades off quickly. Second is the ccrane trek one, its fairly bright and I used it as a night light and off and on during the day for 2 weeks on the same set of batteries.
THanks for any help. I think according to the few lamps in the cabelas catalog the xpg 5 watt model is the brightest and last the longest not to mention the dual mode feature, but that is just what the catalog lists.
What I use now is one of those stubby blinkman lights that uses an xenon bulb and 2 camera 123 batteries. Its bright for its size, but only last an hour. I also have a stylus pen lamp which is bright, but it does not always come on without flicking the switch a few times.
Anyway, there seems to be a grey area where led and standard bulbs work and run time. It seems a dim led lamp can last a few days on a set of batteries, where as a bright one can last a few hours. I am trying to find a good mix between the 2 ranges. I would say its a shame they do not make a dual bulb product, but i see on my latest cabelas catalog they have a few products with xenon and led bulbs. tt1, tt2, tt3c, tt2d
They also have a range of led flashlights that seem to be fairly bright on paper. tl series 42 and 85 lumens, then xpg series 30 and 150 lumens and a few other products.
I looked at the top series of forums and could not find a sticky about brightness and the led museum did not either.
What I was wondering, what is out there that is bright, about the size of a blinkman, has a reasonible run time or maybe varable brightness. Lets say I can use the spot light mode to look under a truck and a dim mode if I am stuck in the dark a week.
I have a range of led lamps. THe ccrane trek 3 led lamp before they changed it to 2 led lamps. The stylus single led pen, the stubby blinkman 2 cell single led lamp, the ccrane 20 led aluminun lamp, ccrane knife light (quit working), dorcey single cell (brightest single aaa powered light yet), energizer 2 led area lamp, looks like a CCFL lamp, and numerourious keyring lamps.
Of all, I like the single cell dorcey lamp as it is effing bright on its single aaa battery. The only problem is, it lasts 4 hours then fades off quickly. Second is the ccrane trek one, its fairly bright and I used it as a night light and off and on during the day for 2 weeks on the same set of batteries.
THanks for any help. I think according to the few lamps in the cabelas catalog the xpg 5 watt model is the brightest and last the longest not to mention the dual mode feature, but that is just what the catalog lists.