308Mike wrote:I was also looking at high-output small flashlights a while back, and came across
this VERY PRICY little number (I have to wonder hot hot it gets):
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But is it worth $200????
From the makers of the world's most refined lasers, comes the ultimate in handheld flashlights. The Flashtorch is a compact, portable searchlight that is capable of producing an incredible 4100 lumens of intense white light. Use this power to guide your way home, light a fire, or even fry an egg!
I would LOVE to hear from anyone who has one, used one, or knows someone who has one and is willing to talk about it!!!
It's a 100W incandescent. Using the higher capacity battery pack (note the custom battery pack this requires), you get a runtime of 20 minutes on high. Not that you'd run it continuously for that long, or you're liable to set something on fire. Getting rid of that much heat is problematic.
Hotwire (very high power incandescent) builds like this are nothing new. It was *the* path to extremely bright flashlights before power LED's started to get really good. It's a very niche item, yes which implies expensive. It's hard on your batteries, hard on the bulbs (your bulb life is going to be very short, and the bulbs are going to be very expensive), but when it's running it's bright.
You can get similar output in a cheaper LED light nowadays, but they use something like 4 XM-L2 LED's and multiple lithium batteries. Without quite as much waste heat, or short life of very expensive bulbs.
If you really like the color rendition of incandescents compared to LED's it might be worth it use this, or a different hotwire build, but they are less practical and efficient than LED's.
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