ransley wrote:
On Oct 15, 6:01 am, Frank wrote:
frank1492 wrote:
Should have Li-Ion battery, with good life, and be rechargeable. Saw a
nice bike light, but would like this to be hand-held. Would prefer
flood to spot, high lumen.
Recos much appreciated. Thank you!
Frank
I have a 3 watt Cree, believe it is called, from Lowes, although not
sure it is still there. Uses 2 C batteries but I guess you could use
rechargables. Cost $30. Rated output is something like 170 lumens.
All the multi led's I've seen are OK for close use but are anemic on
light output.

Cree is the name of the led bulb, they are bright, Ledlenser has one
with 7 Cree leds, it sells for something like 400$

Yes, I would look for the led and look for watt, candlepower or lumen
output. I bought a 12 led lantern for my wife's use during power
failures and it does not even give off enough light to read by. She
bought me one with 20 leds focused in one direction and you can read by
it. I have several other led lights and, as I said, they are adequate
for close work. What I really like about led's is that they get much
more effective power out of a battery.

My main use is hunting and just this week I was out at 5am in an area I
was somewhat familiar with but needed a light to find the public stand
and the Lowes light was great illuminating trail markers 200 yards away.