4 Apr
2002
4 Apr
'02
3:06 a.m.
While we're on flashlights I really should rave
again
for white LED ones. My favorite can cast a 150
degree solid pyramid of pure white light, absent of
any filament artifacts, for 10 hours off one 9v battery.
If you turn it down 1 notch, you get 100 hours life.
These things are incredible.
I have one of those squeeze model LED ones clipped to my keys. Works
nicely for temp lighting (the squeeze and hold activation makes it a bit
hard to use for long term lighting).
It was marketed as a "white LED", but it definitely casts a blue tint in
my opinion. Not enough to off set colors to an indistinguishable point,
but enough to tell that it looks blue.
I use the thing all the time when glancing for wires in a dropped
ceiling, or when looking into the dark corners in or behind a computer
case (just to bring it on topic).
Overall, not bad for a $3 item (actually, I got it free as a gift, but
have seen it sold for $3)
-chris
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