LED Flashlight 3 5 7 or 8 watt

3 watt LEDI bought 5 LED flashlights in the last year for me and my family and feel I may help

someone in the market for an extremely small / extremely bright

flashlight. These lights are rated by the manufacturers as 3 watt, 5

watt and 8 watt. These are not to be confused with single or multiple

ordinary LED bulbs. (actually, not a bulb, but a light emitting diode). They use one LED bulb (or emitter), either Luxeon,

made by Lumileds, a division of Phillips (an American company) or

Lumleds, an Asian company, recently acquired by Phillips, as I

understand it. Either way, they are both very bright. They were all

manufactured in and shipped from China or Taiwan. I ordered from three different vendors and would

recommend any of them. Just pay with Paypal and there should not

be a problem.

3 watt LED The 3 watt light is machined aluminum, and has an anodized coating,

like paint only much harder. It is brighter than a two cell C or D

battery flashlight, but is much smaller. It measures

1.1875 inch X 4.25 inch The 3 watt lights I have use 3 AAA batteries. The

only complaint I have is that it is hard to keep the batteries in

contact. The springs holding the batteries seem to not have

enough tension, thus you have to stretch them occasionally to get a

good contact point.



The 5 watt and 8 watt lights are almost identical with the 3 watt

except they are 1.3125 inch X 5.5 inch, use 2 RCR123A LI-ION batteries

and come with a charger. The 5 watt and the 8 watt LED lights are very dependable and are a joy

to use. 8 WATT LED ON TOP, MAKITA ON BOTTOM WHICH ONE WOULD YOU RATHER CARRY? The 8 watt LED is about twice as bright as the 3 watt

and 5 times as bright as my Makita 7.2 volt flashlight (which

measures 2.5 inch X 10.5 inch). Measured with a light meter, the 8 watt puts out 35 foot candles while the Makita puts out 7 foot candles at the same distance. (about 12 feet). The 8 watt is awsome for it's size. Beam of 8 watt LEDThe pieces of the light screw together and are sealed with O-rings

and are advertised as submersible. The O-rings are metric and available at any well

stocked hardware store. One word of caution----Don't shine these in any one's eyes. I

accidentally shined the 5 watt in my eyes and it was like an arc welder

burn. I had a retina burn for two hours.



I hope this helps. If it does, check yes below. It will let me know if it was worthwhile to write this.

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