On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 01:07:47 GMT, mike wrote:


If you have lots of extra cash to burn, buy a led flashlight. They make
'em with as many zillion lights as you want. And they're cheaper than
buying leds in low quantity.

The "Dollar General" had some led flashlights for $4 sans batteries.
14 LEDs and 3 AAA batteries. It's the first light I reach for.

I agree, ledshoppe and dealextreme, both good sources for LEDs and
flash lights. You may get a dud when buying hundreds of leds but that
is rare. In 300 leds I had 4 bad ones from ledshoppe.

http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.3874 Ready made light for
what the poster contemplates with 100+ degree beam spread.
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