An important emergency tool is the flashlight. We have them in our homes, offices, attached to our keys and even our vehicles in case we need a source of light. Their portability adds to their appeal and for the past decades, these flashlights have evolved and become even more powerful, thanks to LED light.
LED vs Standard or Incandescent Light Bulbs
The popularity of the LED flashlights can be attributed, of course, to the fact that they feature the LED lightbulbs. DEveloped in 1993 by the Japanese, the LED or Light Emitting Diode for the past decades, these flashlights have evolved and become even more powerful, thanks to the LED light.
Source of light: LED produce light electronically while standard bulbs depend on filaments which are heated to become incandescent
Product: LED produces mostly light and little heat while regular lights produce almost the same light with nearly twice the heat
Fragility: the filaments in regular lights are more prone to breakage caused by dropping, knocking against an object and other forms of shock. Meanwhile, LEDs are encased in shockproof epoxy and will not suffer from damage when dropped.
Life Expectancy: LEDs can last for as long as 100,000 hours while incandescent light bulbs can be expected to burn out after 6 hours.
Battery Comsumption: Regular lights can drain a battery in just few hours while LED in 60 hours
Colour: LEDs produce white light, regular bulbs do yellow light
Other Advantages Offered by LED Flashlights
LED torches come with several light levels, thanks to their use of electronics. You should not be surprised if your LED torch can go from dim to medium bright to very bright by simply choosing a switch. Such setting allows for the conversation of battery life and would really bode well in emergency power outages.
With their longer battery life. the need to bring along packets of batteries is eliminated, making the flashlights practical choice during work, camping, hiking, backpacking or simply emergency situation. LED lights are known to be chemical free and 100% recyclable.
