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Halogen or LED?
victorj19
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Considering getting a tactical flashlight. Which is better the CREE/LED, Xenon or Halogen bulb? Is the bulb life longest with the CREE/LED? More battery life with the CREE/LED? What range of lumens would you recommend for an average guy?
BTW got my carry permit this week.
BTW got my carry permit this week.
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LEDs use less power, and produce less light. Adequate for most tasks, but substandard in terms of disabling. Distracting, sure. Interfering, ok. But not disabling.
So it depends on what you want to do with it. If you plan to use it more to find lost keys under the couch, go les or you'll go broke feeding it batteries
Canceled my questions and am doing a search of posts. There's a lot of posts there so the topic has had a lot of coverage and there's no use for the original post.
BTW got my carry permit this week.
I like LED's I really do and I own a couple. They are very bight in the right situations. If you look right at them they are bright. If you are in TOTAL dark they are bright. I have a problem with them when used in partially lit areas which is where I use mine most. The LED's have a different "color" to them and I dont feel like they light up an area that is partially lit very well.
I have had my 225 Lumen Surefire light out with guys that have the 200+ lumen LED lights to compare them. I dont want to look at the LED lights or even catch the glare off of them. When it comes to actually putting out light I like mine way better.
The Blueish color of the average LED wont shine as far as a white light, even if the LED puts out more energy then the white light.
Well, a good quality LED last 10.000 hours.
I put in CREE 260Lumen im my Surefire 6P - and batteries last much longer at 260Lumen, than with 65 or 120lumen incandecent (xenon).
I think it lasts about 20 minutes at 120, and 60minutes at 65lumen - and the LED is about 3 hours at 260Lumen.
Go for Panasonic PhotoPower CR123 batteries instead of Surefire's own.
Higher capacity - and cheaper.
CR123 batteries, never mix them, I have seen a light catch on fire when batteries have been mixed. I have heard poor reviews of chinese made CR123 batteries.