Military Tactical Flashlight is I4U Top 100 Holiday Gift Guide Tip #7

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A flashlight cannot be missing in a Holiday Gift Guide. We picked the most versatile U.S. Military Tactical Flashlight available from cult gadget shop Hammacher Schlemmer.
Slightly longer than a cell phone the flashlight provides 20 tactical light functions.

The flashlight has a 185° articulating head that houses four different LEDs. It has a bright 1/2-watt bright white LED housed inside a waterproof, gasket-sealed polycarbonate lens used for general lighting purposes.
Its red LED is used for ambient illumination by military aviators at night, and can be used at night for reading maps or observing insects.
The green LED is used to preserve night vision; can be used with night vision goggles during wildlife observation. Read more

Posted on Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Duracell Introduces Daylight Flashlights

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Duracell has introduced its latest line of flashlights called the Daylite series, which is available in three models. Duracell uses patented TrueBeam technology that captures, focuses, and projects more light than the typical LED or bulb technologies used on most flashlights.

Duracell says that a standard flashlight only captures 70% of the total light in a 180-degree pattern. Its TrueBeam technology is able to capture and project up to 100% of the light, illuminating dark spots that are common with typical flashlights. Read more

Posted on Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Spotlight Rechargable Car Flashlight Review

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Today we are checking out a tiny little flashlight that is big on brightness. The Spotlight is less than 2-inches long and is designed to be charged in a car cigarette lighter. It may not fit in your cars accessory power port, it didn’t fit in mine.

If you want a small flashlight for the car or home the Spotlight is a great option. Accessories are available that allow it to be charged in car accessory power adapters and AC outlets in the home. Read more

Posted on Wed, 28 May 2008 13:58:56 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Flashlight with integrated digital Video Camcorder

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Japanese Carrot Systems developed a LED flashlight with integrated video camera. The Video camera flashlight enables security personal to record evidence as it happens with just one handheld device.

The AD-1500 flashlight has a built-in 300,000 pixel CMOS camera and microphone. The flashlight records MP4 video onto miniSD cards. Read more

Posted on Sun, 25 May 2008 01:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Led Lenser Flashlight for Law Enforcement Available Soon

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Police officers, fire men, hunters and plain old people all need a really bright flashlight at some point. Whether you are trying to find your camp on a moonless night or trying to take your 3-year old to the bathroom during a power outage, flashlights are one of those things you just need around the home.

A new flashlight called the Lenser high performance LED flashlight will be available for purchase starting this month. The products available will include the LED Lenser HP8407 P7 and HP8420 T7. The first light is focusable and targeted to police officers producing 167 lumens of light and featuring a battery life of 130 hours of continuous use. The P7 retails for $120. The T7 has the same features and focus of the P7 and will retail for $130. Read more

Posted on Tue, 20 May 2008 14:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Polarion claims World's most powerful Flashlight with 5,000lm

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It was only a matter of time until Polarion-USA would hit back and claim the title of World's brightest Flashlight again. About a week ago Wicked Lasers introduced "The Torch" Flashlight featuring 4,100lm brightness.
The Polarion Helios PH40 and PF40 have 4,000lm. Ken Good, founder of Polarion-USA, told us today that the PH40 and PF40 searchlights actually have close to 4,200lm, they just never cared to specify the exact brightness and just stated 4,000+ lumens.
To paint a clear picture, Polarion-USA ups the ante with the release of the new PH50 and PF50 Flashlights that deliver an astonishing 5,000 lumens raising the bar for the most powerful Flashlight by almost 1,000 lumens. Read more

Posted on Thu, 7 Feb 2008 07:47:56 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Wicked Lasers Flashlight can make Fire

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We have reported in the past about the cool and dangerous laser products from Wicked Lasers (e.g.: Green Laser, Blu-ray Laser. Now they topped themselves with THE TORCH.

The Torch is the world's brightest and most powerful flashlight.

Update 02/07/08:
New 5,000lm Polarion PH50/PF50 is now the World's most powerful flashlight

It is capable of melting plastic, lighting paper on fire within seconds, and if you like, fry an egg or a marshmallow on a stick. See a video below that shows how the flashlight burns up a pile of paper. Read more

Posted on Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:23:56 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

C3100 Mobile Phone with Six LED Flashlight Built-in

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Chinese mobile handset maker Qiao Xing Mobile Communication Co. and its subsidiary CEC Telecom Co. announced a new mobile phone today called the C3100. The new handset is aimed at low-end and rural markets and has a feature you don’t see often on a mobile phone.

The C3100 includes an integrated LED flashlight that features six LED’s for illumination. The handset claims a standby time of 25 days without a recharge. Read more

Posted on Fri, 18 Jan 2008 10:08:12 CST | by Shane McGlaun

New Wristwatch counts BPM and has Flashlight

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Our watch news site Wrist Dreams reports about a new cool timepiece from Japan that can count beats per minutes and has a small flashlight built-in.

You have to tap the rhythm you want to measure on the watch. You need to tap at least 5 times for the BPM to show, but you can keep tapping and the watch will average out your last 5 taps to display the BPM. Read more

Posted on Tue, 12 Jun 2007 08:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

TrueLite LED Flashlight Review

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LED as light source are the big new trend. You can find LED in light bulbs, new cars or in the True Utility TrueLite flashlight I am testing below today.

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"The pocket size LED torch features 21 LED lights generating 5 lumens. True Utility highlights that the light comes on in 0.01 seconds compared to 0.1 seconds of a normal light bulb. I am really not sure who would need this speed, but it does not hurt either. The 3 AAA batteries keep the 21 LEDs giving light for 30 hours. That is pretty nice. "
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Posted on Fri, 27 Oct 2006 12:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Electrilite Emergency - This Flashlight has you Covered

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The Electrilite Emergency is a flashlight that has you covered in the case of an emergency situation like a hurricane.

The Electrilite Emergency features 3 Mega Bright LEDs providing over 100,000 hours of light.
The flashlight has an integrated radio and is able to charge your mobile phone.
Charging your phone is done by cranking the handle at a rate of approximately 2-3 cranks per second, which generates a steady 6.2 volts. Three minutes of cranking will provide 2-8 minutes of talk time. Read more

Posted on Fri, 19 May 2006 08:06:17 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

New Cordless Outdoor DECT Phone with 1KM Reach and Flashlight

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German DeTeWe announced a new DECT phone for the outdoors with a reach of 1000m.

The DECT (Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications) standard is very common in Europe. Some DECT cordless phones are also available in the United States.
Usually DECT phones have a reach of a couple hundred meters. I had to deploy a repeater for my Siemens Gigaset cordless phone in our new house, because the signal quality was to low across all three floors.
With the new DeTeWe BeeTel 1000, I guess I would not need a repeater. Besides its great reach, the BeeTel 1000 is water resistent and has a built-in flashlight. The keys have of course a backlight. Other features including SMS, phonebook and speaker phone. Read more

Posted on Tue, 28 Mar 2006 09:31:38 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

First PC Programmable Flashlight: Angus Noble Indium

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The Angus Noble Indium Smart Flashlight is the World’s first PC programmable flashlight.

The high-end Flashlight has a modular design that gives users the ability to use a variety of different LED modules, containing Luxeon 3W, 5W, and in the future the new Luxeon K2 emitters.
Via a PC the flashlight can be programmed to show complex sequences of strobes, fades and Morse code.
The Angus Noble Indium flashlight is shipping in 6 weeks for a hefty $350. Read more

Posted on Sun, 6 Nov 2005 09:47:03 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Swiss Army Night Vision Flashlight Wristwatch

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Wrist Dreams reports about the Swiss Army Night Vision Watch that has a built-in bright flash-light and other features that help in the dark.

The Swiss Army Night Vision Watch can shine a beam to lead the wearer through a darkness. It also has a small red LED locator light that flashes every 10 seconds to guide users to it in a darkened room. At the push of a button, a soft blue light illuminates the dial; a second push activates the white LED flashlight at the front of the watch. A third push of the button activates a powerful strobe to guide others to the watch wearers location.
More details on Wrist Dreams.

Buy the Swiss Army Night Vision Watch at Hammacher Schlemmer for $295.95.

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Posted on Mon, 7 Feb 2005 00:30:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

USB Flashlight and Thumb Drive

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EverythingUSB reports about a USB drive that also has a flashlight built-in.

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"This USB Flashlight may come in handy should you need to crawl under your desk to plug a USB cable in darkness. Since the USB flashlight should always be plugged in, you don't need to search for it in your toolkit.
Japanese Sanwa is selling a USB powered portable flashlight. About the size of a flash drive, the miniature flashlight powers a single LED light for four continuous hours that can be controlled by an On / Off switch, with an even longer charging time of 4.5 hours. "
More details on EverythingUSB.

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Posted on Thu, 3 Feb 2005 08:18:02 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Vandisori MP3 Player with Mirror, Flashlight and Retro LED Review

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We are again bringing you an exclusive review of a Gadget before anybody else. This time a unique new MP3 Player from Korea. Do not miss our exclusive Wearable TV Review.

We reported about the new Vandisori MP3 Player early May.
Korean MP3 Manufacturer Vandisori sent us a sample of their new MP3 player that features a unique retro-style LED Equalizer display, a mirror and a flashlight besides a full set of MP3 Player features for review.

Vandisori is a compound word that is composed of Vandi (lighting bug in Korean) and Sori (sound in Korean).

The small egg shaped hip styled MP3 Player is currently available for resellers to bring it to the market.
Read our exclusive full Vandisori Review.

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