LED torch

Legacy_user

I wanna buy...............an LED police torch as they appear to be extremely useful in that they are small, light, reliable and have a spot beam that seemingly takes some beating and sell for about £30. On many website, people give good recommendations, however I'm not too enthusiastic about those write-ups being genuine.

Does anyone have this type of torch and if so, does it fulfil your expectations.

and finally, lumen's?, exactly what is this, I assume it is similar to watts but I'm guessing. Many of the torches say 70 lumen's, whilst others are 120 lumen's.

TiTheRev

Lumens are the measure by which the brightness is measured, but you can get other torches with similar output for less. The more important measure of quality is the LED bulb itself. Cree Q5 is a top quality light that will give you plenty of light and last a long time.

I personally use this one, but got mine for about £25 through a deal on Amazon if memory serves. I use it on my bike, and can see for about 20 meters very clearly when it's on full beam. There are lower settings and a flashing option which elongate the battery time, but I need to be able to see where I'm going in the dark so I just leave it on full whack and use rechargeable AA batteries in it which I change every couple of weeks (around 2-3hrs constant use). The lower settings would last 3 or 4 times longer btw.

Hope that helps

wallbash

Does anyone have this type of torch and if so, does it fulfil your expectations.

Yes and yes . Got mine from Millets for only £19 a real bargain. Went from a Large Magnite to a torch only a few inches long ( looks like a toy, next to the Magnite ) Very happy.

System

TiTheRev

I have entered Fenix L1D Prem Q5 in ebay and seen nothing, then entered cree led torch and a number came up, can I ask you to take a look and see if there is anything worth going for please.

esuhl

I bought a P7 LED torch from Deal Extreme and I'm really impressed with it for the price (£20 delivered). It's supposed to be 900 lumens (but that's very likely to be an exaggeration - a theroretical maximum of the LED itself, rather than the measured output of the torch).

I use mine as a bike light and it's brilliant (literally) in dense forest at night. On the odd occasion I've used it indoors, I notice that it gets pretty warm within 10 minutes or so, but obviously that's not a problem on a bike as it has a constant stream of cool air flowing over it.

Here's the link if you're interested:
http://www.dealextreme.com/p/spiderfire-ssc-p7-ssc-p7-c-2-mode-900-lumen-led-flashlight-with-strap-1-18650-19767

Delivery time is likely to be between 1 and 2 months, however...

TiTheRev

Deal Extreme are worth looking at, but you may have to wait a few weeks for delivery & I've heard of a few items being held at customs for duty because the come from China.

Post the eBay link and I'll check if you like.

System

I've forgotten the exact words used in the ebay search, and history shows lots I looked at, this being one
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-CREE-LED-800-LUMEN-TORCH-FLASHLIGHT-UK-SELLER-/170599635072?pt=UK_SportsLeisure_Camping_LightsLanternsTorches&hash=item27b887d880#ht_942wt_1059

Lube

The p7 LED is awesome light I got on for my poh and it lights right down street. I got mine from Amazon for around £43 at xmas

I think the p7 is around 200 lumens

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lenser-8407GTP-Torch-Test-Pack/dp/B001GSAGJA

Its quite heavy and well built and you can have floodlight and also a smaller focused beam and a low powered version, think it takes 3 AAA batteries

globalds

Lidl are selling a Cree LED for £9.99.

It was part of this weeks specials.

I bought one and it is pretty impressive

http://www.lidl.co.uk/cps/rde/xchg//SID-4A8F5FD2-EC3C3E2E/lidl_uk/hs.xsl/index_17791.htm?offerdate=&idcheck=true&ar2=&id=511&country=GB&zipcode=EH16+4DT&city=Edinburgh&district=Craigmillar&street=Niddrie+Mains+Road&ar=11&nf=True

System

I am stuck between this one:-

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/5-Watt-CREE-LED-Torch-Focusable-Zoom-pro-UK-/140508768106?pt=UK_SportsLeisure_Camping_LightsLanternsTorches&hash=item20b6f9a76a#ht_1598wt_825

and this:-

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-CREE-LED-800-LUMEN-TORCH-FLASHLIGHT-UK-SELLER-/170599635072?pt=UK_SportsLeisure_Camping_LightsLanternsTorches&hash=item27b887d880#ht_942wt_1059

Frank_E

OP islandman
The P7, to clarify, is the LED package made by Seoul Semi. There are numerous flashlights built using the P7 LED.
The LED package itself is listed at £23

I expect the reviews you have read are genuine. I have a few P7-based flashlights and thay are all exceptional. Not much between them in terms of output, beam width, intensity switching and consistency (lack of artefacts). The ergonomics of the flashlight are a matter of personal taste.

What is your intended use of the flashlight?

I would suggest though getting one with two intensity levels; you don't want to be flashing a P7 or CREE in someone's face.

You can get expert advice on:

http://www.candlepowerforums.com
http://www.flashlight-forums.com/

There is a subforum in the LED flashlight forum on CPF for budget lights.
Some of the forum members are serious flashlight collectors and modders.

GlobalDS

The CREE Xlamp MC-E LED packages are listed at about the same as the Seoul P7 packages, so getting a complete flashlight for just under £10 is a deal.