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Wednesday, April 27, 2005
Are these LED torches better than my Petzl and Maglite?
Last night I added a selection of the best LED torches we can find to the outdoors shop. We were introduced to these a few months ago and at that time had never heard of Mellert torches. What makes them different from standard LED torches? I'm glad you asked! Mellert engineer these torches in Germany (where they know a thing or two about engineering) so that there is a lens in front of every LED bulb to manipulate the beam. What this means is that the intensity of light remains just as bright right across the illuminated area - there's no bleeding away towards the edges.
On top of the techy stuff, they are bombproof, and they feel kinda nice in your hand. The top of the range led headtorch that we stock is a step up on most headtorches, with 3 settings at different angles, and 5 LED's working with those high intensity beams. It really is something special. So, that's my Petzl and Maglite relegated to the cupboard (where they will continue be pulled out of as extremely worthy spares whenever I can't find my Mellert for years to come). Long live the Mellert torches. Posted by bigcrags @
11:21 AM
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It's amazing how far LED Technology has come. The recent surge in ultra bright LED's has resulted in an abundence of LED lighting hittin the market, only need to look at shops like http://www.ledlightingshop.co.uk to see that this tech is the future of lighting. Some of these new LED's so bright they can blind you # posted by
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