

LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes) have come a long way.
They can now be manufactured to produce a very high brighness level and they come in a variety of new colors such as blue and white.
I will focus on the white LEDs here because of their utility as normal light sources.
LEDs are solid state.
They have no filiment, no vacume or gasses, and they have an incredible operating life.
In fact, the primary manufacturer of ultra bright LEDs (Nichia) specs their parts at 100,000 hours of operations, which comes out
to eleven years of continuous use.
In addition, they use a lot less current (battery power) than other light bulbs because they don't have to super heat
a piece of steel until it glows.
As a result, they run a lot cooler and are shock resistant.
They also produce a more natural light than other bulbs because their color tempeature more closely matches that of the Sun.
I used to carry the two cell AA mini-mag aluminum flashlights on backpacking trips.
I have had pretty bad experience with flashlight bulbs and carried four working flashlighs on a particular 4-day trip
into a very remote area with my wife.
Before the first night was over, we were down to two working flashlights.
It was then that I decided technology had to offer a solution to my problem and I subsequently discovered a wealth of LED solutions.
I proceeded to buy a variety of LED flashlights in order to find the ultimate solution for hiking, backpacking, scuba diving, and
even household lights.
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