Comments on: Worlds Brightest Flashlight

By: Ken

Ken — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 01:54:50 +0000

Hey PB,

That Stanley HID 3000 is a lot bulkier than the Borealis, something that would not be practical on walks, but $80 (what I found was the average) is a great deal for the power.

Thanks!

By: PB Turgeon

PB Turgeon — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:12:47 +0000

UPDATE – I now see the Stanley HID0109 (aka Stanley HID3000) is said to produce *3,000* lumens, not 1,365. Things are much, much brighter it seems…!

By: PB Turgeon

PB Turgeon — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:08:57 +0000

Excellent information, James: thanks for publicizing the results of your research. The $70 Stanley HID0109 hand-held spotlight has gotten a lot of positive notice and at 1,365 lumens it stands out in the "$50-$100" category. The run time isn't great with the supplied SLA battery (20-25 min), but it'll run indefinitely on a supplied car-cord, and there's talk at CPF of using a LiMnNi battery pack to extend that to over an hour, at a total price still below that of the Borealis. Things are getting brighter out there!

By: UWdude

UWdude — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 03:09:40 +0000

We have used underwater flashlights that utilizes 250w HID bulbs, which give out roughly 25,000 lumens. It lights up a pitch dark underwater cave to look like it was outdoors when in its widest zoom setting. That’s not even the brightest out there.

By: Jack

Jack — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 06:54:43 +0000

Check out Cabelas XPG LED light. It is a 3 “bulb”cree unit with an AC/DC rechargeable LI-Ion battery. It is rated at 534 lumen for $175.00. 90 min run time.

Also Dorcy sells a one “bulb” cree unit that puts out 220 lumen. It is a Ni-Cad unit and comes with an AC/DC recharging system. It’s available at Sears or Amazon for about $50.00. Not sure what the run time is but I have left it on over night cycling the Ni-Cad and it still shined a dim light.

I have them both, while I like the Cabelas unit better, I’m not sure it’s worth the money over the Dorcy. I got them both as gifts.