Posted: 3/29/2013 5:50:09 PM EDT
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It seems here of late flashlights have been getting brighter and brighter. I'm sure some could illuminate a threat at long range and cook a link of sausage at close range. This is part of the evolution of a product and I understand that.
I guess my question is will there ever be a push to make more efficient circuitry or LEDs to extend battery life? |
| I think LED's have come a long way, I know in the off road world the headlights and driving lights are starting to become LED. Heck even fish lights are now LED and conserve energy, the only problem I see is the only super bright LED flashlights are larger because of the heat dissipation needed, but with any technology it will only get better. |
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Even poorly regulated or unregulated lights using LED are better preformers than what many still consider to be their gold standard of flashlights the incendescent Surefire 6P or G2 making 60lumen+/- out the front with a runtime of about 20 minutes on 2 CR123.
Better LED with lower forward voltage, good regulation using even rudimentary curcuitry, and the use of buck boost cicuitry have outputs high and run times long already.There are many many options out there with otf lumen ratings over 300 and run times in hours not minutes. Better LED will produce longer run times but only marginally so at this stage, the quantum leaps have largely been made already. Elzetta is exactly right that brighter is not always better, but brighter with longer run times is almost always better. |