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#280125 - 03/27/16 06:53 AM Re: Flashlights [Re: hikermor]
Alex Offline
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Originally Posted By: hikermor

I wonder when one of these barn burners will actually feature a fire lighting function as one of their options.

I would just try a lens with one of them, focusing the entire beam on some fine dark tinder. Should work.

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#280127 - 03/28/16 12:35 AM Re: Flashlights [Re: hikermor]
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Originally Posted By: hikermor
Burning up the forest is great fantasy, but I am more intrigued by the 50-100 lumen light that will last for 200 hours or so - runtime trumps absolute brightness for most of my usage.

I wonder when one of these barn burners will actually feature a fire lighting function as one of their options.


Wicked Lasers torch videos usually have them setting things alight with it.

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#280128 - 03/28/16 06:16 AM Re: Flashlights [Re: Ren]
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I have one of those. Yes, they will fry an egg. The slinky they use for an element is not conducive to battery life, but you can land a plane with it.
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#280129 - 03/28/16 01:23 PM Re: Flashlights [Re: hikermor]
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Originally Posted By: hikermor
Burning up the forest is great fantasy, but I am more intrigued by the 50-100 lumen light that will last for 200 hours or so - runtime trumps absolute brightness for most of my usage.
I have one of these, which claims 12 lumen for 173 hours. So not there yet, but also not far off.
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#280136 - 03/29/16 01:21 PM Re: Flashlights [Re: Brangdon]
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Lat night, just as I was settling in to watch the evening news, we experienced a power outage. I was glad I had a small light on my key ring - instant illumination. Not far away was a good headlight, useful as I scanned the neighborhood and the premises, and decided to read a good book instead.

You really never know when you will need a good, dependable light.
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#280137 - 03/29/16 01:35 PM Re: Flashlights [Re: hikermor]
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Speaking of lights that would be good in a power outage -- I picked up a CountyComm TLL (temporary landing light) strobe. The light runs on a single C cell and has three modes:
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Constant On, Low mode, 40 lumens output for upto 375 hours
Constant On, High mode, 300 lumens output for upto 75 Hours
Strobe mode, 300 Lumens output for upto 150 Hours ( 70 Beats Per Minute )

It always turns on initially in the constant 300 lumen mode and a quick twist puts it in the constant low mode which is the only mode I use. It can illuminate the entire ceiling of a room which in turn lights the entire room at a nice low level.

I'm thinking about a second one for the truck.

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#280138 - 03/29/16 02:50 PM Re: Flashlights [Re: Russ]
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I picked me up one of these little lanterns the other day:

http://www.batteryjunction.com/ust-20-awr05wl03-08.html

I first saw it at an REI store. Nifty little thing. Has a magnetic base and a pop out snap-hook for attaching to things. The frosted lens makes it a good glare-free small area light. It's not super bright, it's not super efficient, it's just a neat little middle of the road small area light, about 4 inches tall. The construction quality is very good. And it's cheap!

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#280142 - 03/30/16 02:53 AM Re: Flashlights [Re: hikermor]
Mark_R Offline
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Originally Posted By: hikermor


I wonder when one of these barn burners will actually feature a fire lighting function as one of their options.


Mrs. O'Leary's lantern.

I've never heard of a commercial 200 hour light, but I've seen some big battery/ small bulb homemade rigs that might do it. 6v lantern batteries hooked up to a 1 watt LED with a current regulator


Edited by Mark_R (03/30/16 03:08 AM)
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#280144 - 03/30/16 03:40 AM Re: Flashlights [Re: Doug_Ritter]
Phaedrus Offline
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Some of the Malkoff M61 modules- specifically the LL and LLL- can fun for 250+ hours on a set of lithium cells. Many of the better makes that have a moonlight or firefly mode will run for hundreds of hours.
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#280245 - 04/10/16 01:21 AM Re: Flashlights [Re: Doug_Ritter]
Steve Offline
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Loc: North Carolina
This Repulsor flashlight on Kickstarter looks brighter than anything I've heard of, 'though at 7911 lumens perhaps some bright flashlight aficionados might know of similar or brighter ones. Has twin Xenon HID lamps.

This is an interesting area... can knowledgable folks share links to some comparable flashlights?

Disclaimer: No association to the folks doing the flashlight and I have not seen it in person.
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