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LED Flashlights
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A new hobby of mine is LED flashlights. These aren't your father's flashlights! These lights use li-ion batteries and crank out ALOT of light. So much so that you could be temporary blinded if you look into them on high power. Whereas a 4 D cell Maglite may put out about 75 lumens, my big 7 LED light puts out over 3000 lumens! |
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| The Big Daddy of my lights, the Trustfire TR-J18. Puts out over 3000 lumen and it is like daylight when you fire it up at night. Uses 7 LEDs and 3 26650 or 3 18650 li-ion batteries. To compare, a 4 D cell Maglite puts out 75 lumens. A 2 D cell Duracell LED Daylite puts out 125 lumens. Has the standard 5 modes, HIGH, MEDIUM, LOW, STROBE and SOS. | |
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| End cap on/off. Switches the 5 modes. | 7 high power LEDs. |
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| Light disassembles easily. | Trustfire rates it at 8000 lumens but in real life it is more like 3000. Still... |
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| Heat sink fins to keep it cool. | Light is a good flood light. |
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| Three of these puppies power the J18 for a long time. Each battery is 3.7 volts, 5 amps. | |
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| These are 18650 batteries, 3.7 volts, 4 amps. | 18650 batteries salvaged from an old laptop. Almost all laptops use the 18650 batteries. Many times the laptop is junked but the batteries are still good. |
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| The back of the head unit of the Trustfire J18. | The back of the head unit of the Skyray STL V2. |
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| From left to right, the Trustfire TR J18, Skyray STL-V2, Uniquefire T20 and a generic 1200 lumen light. | From top to bottom, Trustfire TR J18, Skyray STL V2, Unique T20 and no name. |
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| Skyray STL-V2 2 18650 1000 lumen thrower with 5 modes. | |
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| Head unit of the Skyray STL-V2. | |
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| Uniquefire UF-T20, a one cell 18650 zoomable (flood to throw), 1200 lumens. Has 5 modes. | |
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| No name CREE LED XM-L T6 1200LM 5 Modes light using one 18650 battery. | |
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| My old 4 D cell incandescent light. | The 2 D cell Duracell Daylite LED light. |
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| Trustfire comes with all this for less than $80. | This actually was my father's flashlight!! It is a 6 volt "Big Beam" with rear flasher. |
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| My 10,000,000 candle power search light. Runs on a 12 volt lead acid battery and is quite bright. But it weighs alot and is not an led light. | My Power-to-Go spot light. |
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| Target was 180' away, shot at ISO 400, 1.3", daylight white balance. | |
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| Target was 180' away, shot at ISO 400, 1.3", daylight white balance. | |
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| Target was 180' away, shot at ISO 400, 1.3", daylight white balance. | |
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| Target was 180' away, shot at ISO 400, 1.3", daylight white balance. | |
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| Beam of the no name 1000 lumen light. | |
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| Beam of the Uniquefire throw to flood. Here it is set to throw. The beam actually show the square outline of the led. | The same light zoomed out, set to flood. |
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| Beam of Skyray STL-V2 | Beam pattern of Trustfire TR J18. |
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