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light l light

Lot of light comp. been looking I found
One light builder that lists how many
Lumens of light so when buying a light
How do you know who has the brightness
Light . No one list the lumens

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Hurricane Jack
Screaming Maggie

I've found that Lumen ratings can be deceiving anyway. I have a 75 Lumen Coleman flashlight that will cast a spot twice as far as my 130 lumen flashlight. I can't explain the science behind it, but just because one light advertises more lumens than another, it doesn't necessarily mean it will shine farther, or have a nice tight spot.

As far as coon hunters are concerned what you are really looking for is a lux reading. To simplify it you can think of it as how much of the light falls on the object you are shinning it on.

You see you can have a light that has a large lumen rating and it not be very bright at all. Lumen is the total out put of light.

You want a light that has a good lumen rating and a high lux reading. One without the other is not good.

You could have a light that is 2000 lumen and 10,000 Lux. That light would be a flood

You can have one that is 200 lumen and 50,000 lux. That light would be a small bright spot. That would be difficult to see to walk with and you would have to shine each limb inch by inch.

You could have a light that has 1000 lumen and 50,000 lux. That light would have a good size walking halo and a nice bright medium sized spot.

The size of the spot does not matter as far as to how far the light will shine only the lux reading. If it has a higher lux reading it will shine further brighter, it doesn't matter if the spot is large or small.

Now you run into the problem of misinformation. I have heard it said that a lux reading can be manipulated. Thats not true. It can be done improperly or lied about but not manipulated. There are only a very few lights out there that will actually do what they say they will. Very few.

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Michael Rosamond
Sunspot Lights
936-827-6309
http://www.sunspotlights.com/
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Dude check out the Sunfires. So far they are the brightest light I have seen. I have had mine about 6 months and it wonderful. It is listed at I think 4 hours on high and I burnt mine on high way longer than that. I charge mine about every 5th hunt and I have never burnt it all the way out nor has it ever dimmed out on me. I have ran mine on the first and second setting well over 80 plus hours without charging. I promise if you can't find it with a SUNFIRE brother it aint there.....You can get it in a cap light or on a long cord belt light. Mine is a long cord version and it weighs next to nothing and the battery is super small. I have put it up against a lot of lights and so far it makes them look like a kids toy......

joey

Are you going to be at walker days
With some of those sunfire lights
Im am interested i like to see what
I buy

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Hurricane Jack
Screaming Maggie

I'm not a dealer man. But I'm sure someone there will be carrying sunfire lights. I just thought I would tell you what my experience with the light has been.