Brightest Flashlights for ~$150

[Sawt al Hurriyah]

Hey, I am looking to get REALLY bright flashlight, it dosen't have to burn or anything, and honestly that be more of a liability than an advantageous ability. ;) Anyway I can only spend around $150 or less. So many flashlights, I just don't know were to even start. Anyone know what is the brightest I could get within this budget?

Thanks,

[laserwanabe]

any of theses xenon lights are extremely bright, and very cheap.

http://www.dealextreme.com/products.dx/category.908

they also sell a variety of drop in bulbs so upgrade some lights, or you can just got with a large number of LED's. LED's are very bright and more of a white color then xenon lights, but some are special made to order.

[Dr.LaSeR]

SOLARFORCE L1200 its really bright and its burner 1200 lumens
http://www.kaidomain.com/WEBUI/Produ...px?TranID=4185
availble on ebay
xenon is more bright than LED or CREE
flashlights with 300 lumens power or over can smoke black leather but cant burn and its bright
my dx xenon is ~250 lumens
WL TORCH 4100 lumens !

[Helioplasma]

I've got a question : how much lumen is produced by a 80mW 532nm laser ? I mean is 200 lumen bright compared to a 2mW blue LED ? (I just need comparaison)

A standard North American 100 watt incandescent light bulb emits 1500–1700 lumens,[1] while a standard European 230 V model emits 1200–1400 lm. A 100 watt high-pressure sodium vapor lamp emits around 15,000 lumens. The number of lumens produced per watt of power consumed is the wall-plug luminous efficacy of the source

So 200 lumen is not enough to light a room ?

[laserwanabe]

most light bulbs are like 900 lumen's but i think 200 could light a room, doesn't its depend on the size and color of the room and it's walls

[Sawt al Hurriyah]

Well for now I just got the 'SuperFire WF-501B', it looked like a great little flashlight and for that price I could hardly go wrong. Only thing is that I didn't order any batteries, lets hope I can buy some were I live. I didn't take the EMS shipping option with DX cause I have a 10mW greenie coming with it, so this could take a while. :D

[laserwanabe]

hope it turns out good for you, i think the batteries are cheaper on DX then around where you live most likely.

[wannabe]

So 200 lumen is not enough to light a room ?

I think not... I got this at wikipedia: "A standard North American 100 watt incandescent light bulb emits 1500–1700 lumens."

And brightness depends of surface you wish to light. Bigger room, more lumens you need.

[Sawt al Hurriyah]

Wow! I got my SuperFire WF-501B from DX today!......and I only ordered on the 24th! So 6 business days after ordering! Thats great considering I used regular shipping. Will post pics as soon as I get some batteries for this baby!

[laserwanabe]

nice, looking forward to seeing it in action!