You have to choose flashlight with a cold, warm or neutral LED, what you choose?

Warm for me!

4000 ~ 4300K is more on the low Neutral tint scale. (where 4500 ~ 5000K is the higher neutral tints. Warm White has always been known as the natural candle flame to incandescent tints, usually from 2700K to 3500K range. For flooder flashlights i prefer neutral tints from 4000K to 4500K range, for long range dedicated throwers then i prefer from the 5000K to 6500K range, and for lanterns and area lighting i prefer the warmer tints in the 3000K to 3500K range.

3000K. I’ve tried 3500K, not warm enough.

I prefer 8000K, I’ve tried 6500k, not cool enough.

I also want as cool as possible for taking beamshots.

Gotta have a cool LED if you wanna be a cool kid :slight_smile:

If I had to pick just one? Warm at 3000K, 80+ CRI.

Love 4000k, it’s really close to the sunlight.

5000k, perfect!

Isn’t warm white below 3700K according to cree ?

CW in snowy winter will hurt your eyes a lot… NW will look good and actually let me see things despite it’s “darker”….

FTFY :innocent:

In a flashlight I prefer 5000K, but what’s even more important is high CRI (>90).

I also love 5000K;)
Is there any LED 5000K and CRI90 +?

Nichia 219B and 219C, which you can find in lights like Emisar D4 and Astrolux MF-01.

Neutral White - Nichia 219CT 90CRI, 5000K
:+1:

4000K, which i consider to be Neutral.

I would agree with that.

I’ve found. (With MY old eyes)
That Neutral 4000 to 5500, is better for looking AT things within sensible and closer radii.

Long Distance. “spot” type range\ usage.(5600 to 7000)
I find the white seems to give me sharper definition t’ween items in the beam
Easier for me to define them…

3 to 4000 is nah. to me.
But there again. Good days. Bad days. they vary.

That S-R5 I find the most comfortable lamp to hold in hand in over 60 yrs of holding the things.
Side sw in leiu of tail. with a short zoom.
It’d be perfect.

How about a modder sorting out one.
With XP-L-hi, and 7135 x 6 or 8 driver.
Running it on mid or Hi.
It wouldn’t get hot? with enough power in beam for normal work
and a Turbo for longer shots.
with good battery life.

Possible??. Wife will buy for anniversary for me.
or are there others of that config.
With hand comfort to match?.

My Option is missing :frowning:
I’d chose the one with the highest CRI value :smiley: