Bright LED Flashlight

Welcome to this site about bright LED flashlight products, and other similar consumer devices. I personally find the idea of the application of LED technology to consumer products to be inspired, and I look forward to seeing LEDs more and more in products that we use everday.

I'm excited about the increased usage of LEDs in more mainstream devices, such as bright LED flashlights, because of the advantages they offer. A quick check over at Wikipedia provides quite a list of these advantages. First of all, LEDs are more efficient at producing light compared to incandescent bulbs. This means that a device is able to get more light out of a particular amount of energy, or it is able to remain on for longer, while powered by a battery. Second, LEDs can emit light of different color, without having to rely on color filters. This isn't quite applicable to this site though because, since we're looking primarily at bright LED flashlights, then the color most applicable to this use is white, bright white. Third, LEDs can be of quite small size so they will work well even for especially small devices. Fourth, LEDs light up very quickly compared to other types of bulbs. Then again, this advantage may not be particularly important where they're used in flashlights as small differences in start up time may not be noticeable.

Fifth, LEDs run cooler compared to other bulbs. While the fact that they do not radiate much heat may not necessarily be readily apparent, this could still prove useful in some flashlight related situations, as well as in situations involving other types of LED products. Sixth, when LEDs fail, they do not abruptly go out like other bulbs. Instead, they tend to dim over a certain period of time, so the user gets a bit of an advanced warning before the light completely goes out, and in the meantime, the flashlight is still able to provide some degree of illumination. Seventh, LEDs have a much longer lifetime compared to other types of bulbs. The numbers mentioned in the Wikipedia article point to LEDs lasting around 30 times longer than incandescent bulbs, and more than 3 times longer compared to fluorescent light. Eighth, LEDs are much tougher than some of these other bulb types. They're more difficult to damage in the event of an external shock or sudden movement or impact. Ninth, and this one's for the environment, LEDs do not contain mercury, unlike some of the other bulbs.

So, those are some of the advantages offered by LEDs compared to other types of lighting. As this blog continues to take a look at bright LED flashlights in particular, and discuss some of the products offered out there, we'll see how some of the advantages translate in terms of actual concrete products. I look forward to taking a closer look at the bright LED flashlight products out there.