The Truth That No One Told You About Flashlights
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ต.ค. 2017
- The real knowledge everyone needs to know before buying a flash light, the relationship between Lumens, Light strength and range/throw, how flood affects range, And the Lies manufacturers tell you about their specifications.
Thanks for Expert Advice from the staf att Valostore, especially Linus and Johan.
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Hear, Hear, well spoken *smiles*
For those who want to learn more, I recommend Budget Light Forums.
Jas Holden
Heck yea.
I own several Surefire lights as well as a couple of the cheaper Princeton Tech headlamp models. Use them all the time, but for camping and such I think people forget how little light you need/want most of the time. A red filter is a great thing too.
The real knowledge everyone needs to know before buying a flash light, the relationship between Lumens, Light strength and range/throw, how flood affects range, And the Lies manufacturers tell you about their specifications
I pretty much only use focusing flashlights these days, really nice to be able to go from floodlight to long-range depending on what you need.
WOW - this is great! Thanks so much for the always great videos. Hope you are well.
Thank you for this great vid and information!
I didn’t know about this site!
You rock, brother!!
Mark
I have the thrunite v6 only around 1700 lumens but has amazing throw of over 750 meters, nearly half a mile! Fantastic flashlight!
Very good information indeed my friend. Thanks for sharing.
Although I know most of the presented info...I’m always learning, and the
Valo Store data was a new one for me
Thanks !!!
Very good info, thanks a lot!
Useful video, thanks! I thought I recognised that music too from the Jordan Boostmaster channel
cheers
Thanks for this informative and entertaining video. When assessing the suitability of a torch for your own particular needs, as well as light output, such factors as reliability, shock / waterproofness, shape, handiness have to be taken into account. I tend to favour a headlamp style, as it will leave both hands free for putting up your tent, paddling your kayak etc. It can also be held in your hand if required. Whatever your choice, torches are so much better than they used to be only a few years ago. As with everything, you tend to get what you pay for, in my experience.
+Anthony Taylor that’s right , I might to do a part 2
One problem I found with the headlamps. In areas where there are lots of flying insects you tend to attract them right to your eyes.
its not a thing that troubles me. but in other areas with more bugs I can see what you are talking about
Great video brother for the people that don't know. 👍🤘👊
Yep, far too many people get caught out by lumen numbers, good vid 👍🏻🇬🇧
Good info Dave. Just a tip...if the capacity on an 18650 is much over 3500 mah it is in all likelihood a fake capacity. Top brands like Panasonic haven't yet got the technology to make an 18650 much beyond that capacity. Claims of 9900 ect mha for an 18650 are a red flag . And by the way it's still a torch :-)
always a Torch!
Compromise: Torch to you, flashlight to US. Tradition is a good thing, worth fighting for.
very useful, lots made clear
Vary good info, well put and explained. Short and too the piont👍🇺🇸🧀🔦🇺🇸🇺🇸
cheers !
Bought a cheap 80000 lumen headlamp from China once. Yes eighty thousand lumen according to the advert. I don't think it even produced 8 lumen *lol* It was dirt cheap, and worth it for a laugh.
80000 Micro-LUMENS probably. ! they write whatever they want, an 80000 lumen headlamp would melt you head!!!
I figured if actually WAS 80K lumens I could use it to reignite the sun if it ever went out :D
@@BadManiac if it was it would hurt your head. One problem with fenix/olight/acebeam trying to make these 2000 lumen to 4000 lumen headlamps is the heat hurts people's heads so the mode is very temporary.
Great information brother! Well explained as always! Now go and get warm you look freezing! Lol... best wishes mate 👍🏽👍🏽
I was a bit cold, it was 3 degrees on thermometer but the wind chill was bitter and I hadn't dressed for it
very good info,many people get blinded by the lummen 😄
Thank you
Need to discuss Candela.
I wish there was one flashlight that did it all. I want a fine focused long throw that has a separately attached(or multiple) flood emitters. And a taser, knife, and coffee maker built in.
it should be solar powered
my Astrolux mf04 is one of the longest thrower 2.4 km clamed and does combined With my imalent dx80 700meters and 32000lm i dont need more lights the onley light i wish i had in my colection is light that can do onley 5LM for camping use in a tent the lowest mode in dx80 is way to bright for tent use at night
The led matters a lot. A dedomed led like the m3x olight or the Fenix tk09 has much more throw, and the xpg2 or xpl35hi. Then the large, domed xhp70.2 and xhp50.2. These are high lumens low intensity LEDs
It also depends on the LED likes is well A big difference what place apart with the quality of the LED lights.
Lee Grant
In smaller torches, as long as the LED is of a good brand (i.e. not Latticebright rubbish), it doesn't matter as much as the driver behind it. It's only a significant factor when you start going dual-cell and beyond.
If you look hard enough you might find batches of older top quality lights that are just a bit outdated for very little money - at gearbest they have a excellent Olight M21 for about 30 USD.
Also there are many budget lights that keep the specs and give very good quality for the price. Take i.e. a Thorfire C8 (th-cam.com/video/zFmMluCxM84/w-d-xo.html) and many other Thorfire lights. Other budget lights to go for are from Convoy, HaikeLite, Wowtac or Thrunite to name just a few. But always buy good cells for your lights and read the reviews in the expert forums online. You quickly get a feel for how a light can realistically perform. The cutting edge are now 4000 Lumens for a short moment out of a single high drain 18650 cell (Acebeam L30) but that kind of performance will cost you a bit of money ;-)
Olight M21 Discontinued
Another tip is that you need 4x the lumens to see twice as bright to the human eye. Its the law of diminishing returns. Use that tip to save battery life!
Go to Cree's web page. 2X and 3X LEDs produce around 320 lumens each.......so 3 LEDs will give you around 1000 total....simple. Durration depends on battery voltaGE AND AMPER-HOURS.
best flashlight thorfire c8s
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Sometimes cheapos are very good, i have a Ledeak XM-L2 T6 flashlight since a couple weeks and seems to light up pretty far for just 17 euro.
If you can see the lamb you are sacrificing it does the job
@@verysurvival Just enough to surprisingly find 2 cats mating on my roof when i was investigating the strange noise.
Interesting discovery. I never get that lucky
@@verysurvival I'd rather find a hooker knocking on my door but oh well.
Dude you are cool!!!!
Hey, thanks!
What about the term LUX? Is this a legitimate term or a marketing gimmick?
HI, no that is a real thing, a Lux is 1 Lumen spread over 1 square meter. Lumens measure the total amount of light that comes out of the flashlight and Lux kinda tells you how bright the light is in the area you are in, since a flashlight can be in varous different places big room small room, out doors etc the Lux will always be changing, but lumens always stays the same. greenbusinesslight.com/resources/lighting-lux-lumens-watts/
It's okay, you can say torch I don't mind.
please keep using british words like torch, sounds so much cooler
will do
Okay on a side note if you guys call a flashlight a torch then what do you call a torch?
1acroyear1 a torch of course ;-)
1acroyear1
Torch as well. Burning torch if you insist on saying it.
A big fuckin match🔥
in my country the most known flashlight is ledlenser. good FL overall buy they lie as fck about how much time they light.
I have a Led Lenser headlight ... yeah they are kinda notorious for exaggerating output
I'm old. I spent most of my life using a flashlight with thirty lumens, and I never had a problem. If I could pass one law, it would be that no idiot could bring a high lumen flashlight anywhere near the wilderness. Bunch of jackasses turning the wilderness into the middle of a big city is what I don't need.
don't worry, I'm pretty sure with that attitude you will be left alone.
I laughed hard!!!
From the Old French "torche" meaning "twisted thing,"
iamgav71 makes less sense than flashlight . I will invent a new name.
Humble Trekker Bushcraft how many lumens is a torche?
iamgav71 100-200 for an average sized one
Many of the companies lie. It's a contest to see who can add the most zeros to the actual rating. If you know what the LED is inside (without them lying about that) then you can look up the specs. The battery companies are mega liars.
Those adverts in Sunday paper magazines make me laugh.
Pages of assisted living items, and one torch.
But not ANY old torch! No no, this is a MILITARY GRADE LED TORCH WITH RIDICULOUS LUMENS!
Why do old folk need a MILITARY GRADE LED TORCH with enough lumens (ha!) to blind anyone looking out of the window of the ISS?
And this amazing MILITARY GRADE LED TORCH with a lumen output that is beyond our current understanding of physics can be yours for £6.99!
Buy 2 for £10 and make your own Death Star!
Warning: Careless use can melt your Worther's Originals.
Lol
Did not know Olight was Chinese. Will be using the testing site. Interesting tree. Looks forced down by people. Indians and settlers bent trees in America as markers.
interesting, it is on a path so perhaps it was deliberate bent
@@verysurvival Didn't see broken limbs under. Key is the root ball pulled up as in a storm. They are manipulated as young saplings. May be interesting to check with compass. I enjoy Brit slang. Should I call it Britism?
Great video. Hate to tell you, but there's a furry chinchilla crawling up your chest!! ;-)
will it eat me or will I eat it!
good info
thanks
(you reas sweedish?)
So. Find your need and go to a trusted dealer to get a good light. Too easy to fall in to these ovetated comersials. And, of course, you would besacelly never need so much lumen.
Did anyone understand the first few sentences this guy said?? Talk about an impediment. I'm a positive "feller", aren't I? By the way the subjects he talks about (all both of them) are total common sense. Derrrrrp
Ok honestly I couldn't watch this video, I started feeling dumber right away.
Rico702Vegas you can’t afford to get even dumber.