LED Flashlight

Every homeowner should have at least two flashlights in the house. These are not only valuable during emergencies but also when you are doing regular tasks and projects. If you are surveying the market for a particular flashlight, it is strongly recommended that you get an LED flashlight such as the Pelican 7060 LAPD LED Flashlight.

The Pelican 7060 LAPD LED Flashlight is unlike no other flashlights. It is highly modern and possesses several amazing features. It doesn’t come as a big surprise as to why even the Los Angeles Policemen rely on this wonderful device.

Equipped with a dual light switch, the Pelican 7060 LAPD LED Flashlight can be turned on using one switch and turned off using the other one. It might not be overly sophisticated by it works like a charm. This LED flashlight does not break any filaments so it is brighter, lasts longer, consumes less power and burns less hot.

In terms of brightness and power, the Pelican 7060 LAPD LED Flashlight gives off a clean, white LED beam that can reach up to 100 yards. This 3-watt flashlight is able to generate 130 lumens which means that it is as bright as the incandescent bulb in your home.

The Pelican 7060 LAPD LED Flashlight throws out a focused, high intensity center beam that forms a spot 3 feet in diameter at 30 feet distance. Showcasing its signature octagonal shape, this particular LED flashlight stays in place and won’t roll over even when placed in an inclined surface.

Flashlights have been around for a long time, although the batteries of the first units were enclosed in paper tubes. The reflectors were made of rough brass, and the lamps were carbon-filament bulbs. These bulbs were grossly energy-inefficient requiring them to be turned off periodically so as not to quickly drain the flashlight's zinc-carbon batteries. Light was available only in short flashes, and it is from this that the name "flashlight" was coined.

Today, flashlights can run continuously for long periods, even hours depending on the source of its power supply and lamp's power usage. While most flashlights still run on batteries, there are now different types, some of which are disposable while others are rechargeable. Common among the former are the zinc-carbon and alkaline batteries. Rechargeable batteries, on the other hand, include NiCad (nickel cadmium), NiMH (nickel metal hydride), and LiIon (lithium ion).

The carbon-filament bulbs have since been phased out in favor the more efficient and sturdy tungsten-filament incandescent lamp. A variation of this is the halogen lamp, which includes either iodine or bromine to improve its efficacy and lifespan. In 1999, the Lumileds Corporation of San Jose, California introduced another innovation with flashlights –the use of LED lights, which are even more efficient and longer lasting that incandescent bulbs.

LED has previously been used only as indicator lights for a number of electronic gadgets. Lumileds, however, was able to develop a high-powered diode that emitted white light, dubbed the Luxeon LED. Designed in 2001, the first flashlight that used the Luxeon LED is the Arc LS.

Although the low wattage of LED flashlights is often the reason why people opt for them, equally significant is the brightness of the flashlight. Check out its lumens rating, as this will give you a better idea of its brightness rather than its wattage. You may also want to check its footcandles rating. This measures the light that reaches the surface towards which the flashlight is directed. This is perhaps a better measure as a flashlight is primarily used for directional lighting. Indeed, LED lamps themselves are inherently directional.