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    Saving on house lights electricity by using an LED flashlight

    In my case it's certainly a lot less than 10% of my electricity bill, but that's not (in my case) the point. The point is to have a good answer ready when I get asked "That new flashlight looks expensive. How much did that cost us?" :-)
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    Saving on house lights electricity by using an LED flashlight

    I've been slowly converting my house lights from incandescent to CFL, and recently, from CFL to LED, and even more recently, some of them to LED with sensors which turn them on a few minutes after they detect a moving heat source. Initially those sensor ones seemed like a great idea, but now...
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    Saving on house lights electricity by using an LED flashlight

    My MTE SF-23, a single LED single 18650 cell flashlight bought in 2010, pushing out a claimed max of 900 lumens (which a number of reviewers claimed was more like 3-400 lumens), with the kind of smooth transition between hot spot and flood that comes from an "orange peel" reflector, was my first...
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    Random thoughts on flashlight lifespan.

    My first serious LED flashlight was a CMG Infinity, bought in 2001, which I still have! Used a lot in its first few years, it's now a backup emergency light for when I need to make my last AA cell last as long as possible.
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    All about information. IMALENT and NITECORE. Moving us into the future.

    Definitely agree about the digital voltage read out. Saves me having to unscrew the torch to get the battery out in order to check the voltage. I too find the hard to find buttons on the DN70 annoying, or I did until I decided to fit the lanyard supplied with the latest DN70 which has a black...
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