[AT] LED flashlights

[Bill Brueck]

In my other life I'm a cave explorer, and EVERYBODY in the caving community
has had LED lights for a season or more now.  The big draw is the battery
life; we go from 2-4 hours on incandescent lights to many 10's of hours with
the LED's.  But I don't like the focus of the lights as well.  In the cave
where we're trying to see limited distances they are fine but I also have an
LED Mag light at home, multiple D cells kind of light, and you can't see any
distance with it because it doesn't focus.  The panel of LED's is too broad
to focus.

Actually, I still use a carbide lamp for most of my caving, unless I'll be
down in serious water.  But there aren't many of us carbide cavers left.  I
think most cavers quit before they get to my age.  I'm just more careful
about what kind of trip I get myself into any more.  Mainly I don't want to
spoil a good trip for those in the crew who are more capable.

Where battery life isn't an issue, I stick with incandescent.

B²
 
Bill Brueck (brick)
Chatfield, MN, USA
 
Confusion is a higher state of knowledge than ignorance.


-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of charlie hill
Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2005 8:33 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: [AT] LED flashlights

I guess it was a year or more ago that we were all talking about the handy
new LED flashlights.  I've been wanting one and haven't gotten around to
getting one yet.  Well last night I was at a friends house.  He had just
come home from work and still had his mini-mag lite in it's holster on his 
belt.  He pulled it out to look at something and it was different.   I said,

is that an LED flashlight.
He said well it's a regular mag lite but now they make an adapter for it
that turns it into an LED.

Hmmmm where do you get those?  He said Wal-Mart.
I haven't seen them but I'll sure be looking.  Anybody seen one at Wally
world or anywhere?

Charlie

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