Who makes the best "mini" LED?

I have a couple of the new Streamlight Stylus series of LED lights. They are very bright, and easy to carry, as they are no bigger than a good quality ball point pen. They use AAAA (yes, 4 A's) batteries, and come as either the Stylus 2, or the Stylus 3, with each holding 2 or 3 batteries respectively. I have a red one in the 2 cell, and a white one in the 3 cell. They are also available in other colors. I bought mine thru my local fire equipment dealer.

For more info, and a dealer near you, visit Streamlight at www.streamlight.com

Mike
 
I utilise the ASP sapphire lites and the Photons as well
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But nothing came close to this when it comes to burn time and brightness in the wilderness...
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Hi Samo,

I use the Green "supercharged" Photon II (Walt Welch put 2 CR2032 batteries in it) or a White Photon II (has already 2 CR2032's) and these give me the most light per weight.

I'm currently testing a pre-production Teknolite flashlight from Traser (http://www.Traser-UK.com).

This lamp "looks" a little like the one you showed only does it have a very ergonomic handle, a real pleasure to hold, and it has 2 Green Traser glowsticks in the head spaced 180 degrees apart that make shure you'll see your flashlight in complete darkness.

I'm currently testing the battery drain and have just completed 40 hours ! of burn time.
Now the light output of the 4 superbright LED's has dropped below that of my White Photon II with fresh batteries but its still throwing out enough light to read maps/book, walk around in the woods etc.

This Teknolite flashlight uses 3 AA batteries and has 4 LED's it's a real nice piece of equipement waterproof to 300 feet, Hydrogen gas absorption Platinum catalist pellet in the lamphead to absorb H2 gas produced by batteries when they are used, split ring safely tucked away in recessed bottom and wrist lanyard.

In short, it's a real winner
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Best Scouting wishes from Holland,

Bagheera

LS. when you contact Traser-UK sales tell them "Piet" from Scouting de Bevers has referred you to them
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I utilise the ASP sapphire lites and the Photons as well
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What kind of light is that?

Does anyone know anything about the Pelican LED model?



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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Bob41081:
Dennis,
It is a C. Crane "CC Trek Light" from the c. Crane company at www.ccrane.com. It uses 3 AA batteries,about $25.

I sure like my Wegner!!

Bob
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If I could find a light that I liked as much as my Wegner I would be a happy man
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LS. when you contact Traser-UK sales tell them "Piet" from Scouting de Bevers has referred you to them
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Thanks for the tip dude!
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I have several white Photon IIs. Tried the little ASP LED, but the Photon is brighter.
Recently bought a CMG Infinity Task Light which uses a single AA. The Photon is brighter, and much, much smaller and more convenient. Task light is like wearing a roll of nickels around your neck, and prints noticeably.
 
I belong to an outdoor club in which one of the members is doing a lot of experimental work with LED's. He says that there are some Japanese units that put out five times the light of what is currently on the market. He expects that they will be commercially available in a couple years. He claims they'll give Surefire performance out of a package not much bigger than a Photon. If it's true, I'll be buying some.

DPD.
 
The brightest LEDs currently being used in flashlights are produced by the Nichia Corporation in Japan, and are built on sapphire substrates, doped with either Indium Gallium or Gallium Arsenide, depending on the color.

However, the CREE corporation, of North Carolina, has recently had some breakthroughs and come out with a new generation of Silicon Carbide substrate LEDs (called "MegaBright") that are equally bright to slightly brighter, smaller, and use less power per amount of light output.

These should be finding their way into flashlights within a matter of weeks to months, so the answer to your question is about to change. I don't yet know what the best LED flashlights are about to be, but I do expect it to be changing quite soon.

Ask your question again in a few weeks.
 
Well it depends on what you want to do with the light. My personal favorite right now is the Arc, a single AAA light very close to the Photon with new batteries. The Arc holds this brightness for about 4 hours. If you want bright you could look at Tek-Tite's Expedition 1900, a 3 C cell 19 LED light, it is the brightest light in production right now.

As some other people mentioned there are some new LED types about to come out (maybe a year?) that should be quite a bit brighter. I have a collection of about 30 LED lights and reviews of most of them on my site.

Brock

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