hey gordon, i know you love flashlights

[nature boy]

so i thought i'd share this to maybe fulfil your fetish.
http://www.supertorch.eu/en/

[geForce]

I've seen this one before. I read that the battery life on this is horrible due to the cpu processor in it. Plus it doesn't really do anything that special other than the light focus which a lot of cheaper flashlights do as well.

[nature boy]

for 300 meters? that sounds pretty far to me.

[nature boy]

and lol at the fact that you already did research on probably the most obscure flashlight out there.
a fleshlight, on the other hand...

...or perhaps no hand at all.

[Wetundies]

I wonder how they test the light to claim 300m.

[nature boy]

you mean other than turning it on and measuring how far you can see?

[Wetundies]

The LED street lights that are 100W don't even make that claim.

[Wetundies]

if their light meter comes up with 0.001 lumens, that can be from the moon.

[geForce]

Street lights have a wide angle focus, so the light output is spread out. This flashlight has a focus lens, so the light output goes far rather than wide.

Like I said, this flashlight actually isn't really that special, other than maybe that processor chip that regulates output, which is probably overkill on a flashlight. There are way fancier flashlights out there though. LIke this bad boy:
http://www.surefire.com/illumination/fl ... utput.html

[nature boy]

man alive when i said you love flashlights, it was a total understatement.

but just like how hid's are focussed light, i'd think that flashlights are focussed as well as opposed to street lamps.

[Wetundies]

There are focused ones as well at 8 degree beams angles, so that is pretty focused, still, they don't claim 300m. I have them, i would know. Mr. Singh has a flashlight that was good for 3 city blocks, but it was a $300 flashlight and the size of a canon.

All these light output ratings, 500, 1000, 10,000 is at the source of the light. When it's 20 feet away, it's a lot lower, at 300m (1050ft), like it said, it could be the moon. That flashlight was 5W. If it was a 5W laser beam flashlight, maybe.

[nature boy]

i don't get what you mean by it could be the moon. the moon doesn't emit light, it just reflects it.

either case, i don't even know why you'd need a flashlight to shine up to 300m. what the heck is so far that you need to see it? can you even see it if it's lit up anyway?

[Wetundies]

For hardcore flashlight enthusiasts, you should visit http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/forum.php.

[geForce]

[Wetundies]

it's a highbay, but the same components are used for the street light version. Of course with the street light your not going with a 8 degree pattern.