It is time to enter the hot weather, and the temperature is continuing to warm every day, so that friends who like night riding can feel the warmth of the weather and a little bit cool, if you can take a flashlight, ride a bike, shuttle in the cool night, it is also a very comfortable thing, so in this case the flashlight is very key, not only bright enough, And it has to last long enough so that you don't get bored and walk away.
The commonality of outdoor portable flashlight
1. High reliability
Outdoor sports lighting tools are required to be "always available", poor reliability of lighting tools, in the critical moment of failure to work is fatal, the most serious may lead to life danger. Therefore, high reliability is the most important principle for selecting outdoor sports lighting tools.
2. Good waterproof performance
Relative to the home, the first problem to be solved in the outdoors is waterproof, the reassuring waterproof standard is of course IPX-8, soaked in shallow water (generally refers to 2 meters within) can be used normally, of course, against rain is no longer a word, in a sense, waterproof also belongs to the content of outdoor reliability. |
3. Small and light.
Outdoor portable flashlight should be as small in size and light in weight as possible, do not increase the weight when carrying out and save energy. Generally, personal outdoor portable flashlight should be controlled within 100g. Of course, the strong (specialty store) type of outdoor portable flashlight needs to give a greater cost in weight and volume.
4. Save electricity
The license has sufficient brightness and long battery life. It is best to have a flashlight with a low brightness of dozens of hours or more, so that it can be lit continuously for more than a week in extreme circumstances.
5. High brightness
There's no guarantee what you'll face in a complex outdoor environment, and it's dangerous to have a flashlight that doesn't work when high lighting is needed. Therefore, a high-brightness flashlight is an essential lighting tool, especially for exploring unfamiliar roads. The maximum brightness of the flashlight is better than 100 lumens.
6. Multi-level dimming
With the advent of multi-speed dimming technology, brightness and battery life can finally be found on the same flashlight. You can choose the best brightness for different uses, such as camping, hiking, searching, etc., while saving precious energy wisely. In the meantime, the multilevel dimming technology has spawned several auxiliary functions, such as SOS, which can be used to send out a Morse code to rescue rescuers in case of danger.
7. Constant brightness
While the flashlight is working, the battery is getting lower and lower with the energy consumption voltage, and the brightness of the conventional flashlight also decreases, and the lighting effect gradually becomes worse. When the brightness of the flashlight falls to a certain degree, it can not provide proper lighting, so only the battery is replaced, and at this time the battery often has half of the power, so this part of the power is wasted. The appearance of constant brightness technology solves this problem. Constant brightness flashlight can ignore the change of battery voltage and provide almost constant brightness in most of the time, which not only improves the lighting effect, but also makes full use of every minute of battery energy.
Easy access to batteries
It is best to use a battery that can be bought in a small village store in any part of the world. In most cases, the ideal (specialty store) battery with this feature is AA battery. Like rechargeable batteries, you can take several groups of spare.
According to the use of electricity
After talking about the commonality of outdoor flashlight, the following is mainly analyzed according to different categories of sports need to consider what specific characteristics.
1. Hike
Hiking does not need too high brightness, due to the longer time, you can try to choose some light, at the same time to have a long endurance. Under normal circumstances, the flashlight needs to take into account moderate focus and flood light. The leader, however, still needs a brighter flashlight with a range that makes it easier to explore the terrain.
2. Camping
Flood light must be better, low demand for brightness, but need to choose a long endurance flashlight, it is best to continuously illuminate more than the whole night, such a flashlight has advantages in convenience and use cost.
3. Night riding
Because the speed is fast, so it needs good brightness, and also has high requirements for the endurance time, it is best to keep lighting for 4 hours. Floodlight is important for night riding, but don't focus too much. Night rider electric weight is not sensitive, so in order to achieve the performance requirements, can be appropriate to select a larger torch, X attention to whether it is conducive to operation and whether it is conducive to clamping.
Friendly reminder
Night rider, be sure to choose a flashlight that is not easy to jump gear, otherwise would rather choose a single gear without dimming flashlight. Otherwise, in the severe turbulence, the flashlight jump gear, will bring serious unpredictable consequences!
City night riding, can choose itp SA2, the reasons are: 1, use 2 AA batteries, batteries are easy to get! 2, driven by 2AA, the brightness is as high as 190 lumens, concentrating light flooding light is good! 3 battery reverse protection, installed in the dark battery, installed reverse will not burn the torch! 4. Side press dimming, easy to operate! 5. And most importantly, this flashlight won't jump in sharp oscillations! Especially suitable for cycling, safety is the most important!
For mountain biking, consider brighter products.
4. Hunt
The brightness must be high, the endurance can be relatively short, and the flashlight had better have anti-impact characteristics, so as not to be part of the recoil gun impact damage. The flash of this kind of flashlight need not be too wide and the focus is moderate. Knight Cole P25 Saber-toothed Tiger is a good choice, bright light up to 860 lumens. Knight Cole TM26 God Beast up to 3500 lumens.
The demand for brightness is almost as bright as the better, the range is also important, weight and volume had to be placed in the second consideration, you can choose bright and large flashlight.
5. Diving:
The flashlight emphasizes absolute water resistance and reliability. It also requires a high level of brightness and only enough time (depending on the type of diving you do). The requirements of volume and weight are not harsh, handheld lamps are appropriate to hold some large, the use of flexibility is better. The switch should be able to resist water pressure (usually push-button switch can not fight water pressure, diving flashlight is mostly rotating or toggle switch). In addition, it is advisable to have a hand cord with locking function to prevent accidental shedding.
6. Dig holes
The environment corresponding to the cave is more sinister, and the cave rock reflectivity is low, so the brightness must be high! There is water in the hole, and the flashlight is generally required to have good waterproof characteristics. At the same time, the flashlight should be strong and durable, and can withstand the impact and fall of the stone without damage. Knight Cole TM26 God Beast up to 3500 lumens is optional.
7. EDC is short for Every Day Carry. It means to carry a flashlight with you. This kind of light is usually miniature spare light, must be small and light, so that it is easy to carry and use at any time. In some emergency situations, it is often this kind of flashlight that can save your life. EDC flashlight due to the limitation of power volume, the general brightness will be lower, some with gear adjustment of the torch, endurance will be very long, the function will not be too much. AA, AAA bobbin now a lot, personal like 3 gear touch switch, stainless steel can.
