Are you dissing my house?
CY: yes! Cut back on the chickens, please.
That's an interesting light!
CY: Lot of fun.
Perfect. Need at least one.
CY: Walmart, in the electrical section.
Yeah -- got one, but never use it.
CY: Maybe some day.
Now you're dissing my neighborhood!
CY: Nah-noo, Nah-noo. (If you don't get that, google search Robin Williams, in Mork and Mindy.)
Thanks for your input, Christopher Jm
CY: Y'welcome.
Yeah, my friends' "tactical" flashlights were well over $100, and they use relatively expensive CR-123 batteries. Customary issue for police dept though. I think part of the cost is for more reliable switches, better contacts, etc. That's important in that case.
For regular use, the ones on that site are fine. And under $20 with shipping included. Some of the laser hotrodders buy those just to get the case.
The Cree LEDs are surprisingly bright. I researched that a bit before ending up with the Q5, but they may have newer brighter ones now.
I may look into this flashlight.
"Streetwise Rechargeable 1 Million Volts Mini Stun Baton 10""
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Please post a URL if you find it on the net.
For cheap light to use occasionally and briefly. Ebay has Xenon lights. Light is about $15 postpaid. They take the camera batteries, expensive. But once in a while to find a house number at night, they are excellent.
Do what I do.... go drive to Walmart, and stand in the flashlight aisle.
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I consider 4100 lumens to be an incredibly tall claim for a 100 watt halogen bulb, even one that is run very aggressively.
The highest luminous efficacy I have heard of so far for tungsten incandescent lamps is 35 lumens/watt. One that gets close to this is the EHJ halogen lamp, a 24 volt 250 watt one. That one achieves 32 lumens/watt. Even with its very thick filament, it is only rated to last 40 hours.
I have heard various figures in the 32 to 35 lumen/watt range for the #2 and #4 photoflood lamps, 500 and 1000 watts respectively, and rated to last 6 and 10 hours respectively.
So, maybe a 100 watt halogen lamp with short life expectancy would produce 3500 lumens, minus losses in the flashlight's optics.
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Just a bunch of laser pointers. No torch that I can find.
"The Torch" flashlight scrambled an egg in a tuna can (video).
Problems - they cost $300 dollars and the battery ONLY last 15 minutes.
Check it out :-/
Look on the left under the heading "Flashlight".
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So...What do you think about the light?
I think it's fun to watch once or twice. Aside from night time search and rescues, I can't think of much use. Blinding attackers, during a night mugging?
I think you being a flashlight type of guy would have it for the wow effect. Every time you would shine it at someone they would exclaim "Jesus!".
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