I think that head diameter and weight are the determining criteria for larger items that have internal battery.
Acebeam X65: Internal battery, 4.25 inch head diameter, almost 3 pounds. This is near the upper end of what could reasonably be called a flashlight.
XeVision XV-LX70 HID: Internal battery, 4.6 inch head diameter, almost 5 pounds. This is too heavy to be a flashlight. I would call it a hand held internal battery HID light.
Lemax Superpower: Internal battery, 8.6 inch head diameter, 8 pounds. Definitely not a flashlight. I would call it a very large hand held internal battery HID light.
4.5 inch head and under, four pounds and under, could be called a Flashlight, in my estimation.
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I guess you could call those searchlights, since there isn’t any kind of size or weight or power limits on searchlights.
I also think that the diameter has a lot to do with something being a flaslight or not, there is some point where big is just too big.
It’s not a clear line though, I think it’s a gray area since it’s not logical to say that (for example) 110mm is a flashlight, but 110.1mm isn’t a flashlight.
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I say any flashlight not approved by BLF is no flashlight at all …it’s just junk … and a flashlight stops being a flashlight when you chock your rear wheel or use it to beat someone senseless .
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Yes, yes… when you utilize your flashlight to WHAK! some idjit upside the head? Scien-tech-nically and all, it is referred to as a “lateral cranial impact enhancer”.
I think when the enegy sorce is not electricity.
Uranium is good alternative for example. :sunglasses:
Atomic flashlight or just A light. Next level is H light.
I would not consider a lantern with that kind of attachment a flashlight. In terms of ergos, design and practicality… that is still more effective as a lantern than a flashlight.
FWIW those lantern “reflectors” block and absorb more lumens than they reflect. I bought one for my UCO lantern… but I never even pack it, its so useless.
Depends… again on design ergos and practicality. If a detach-able headlamp design can not be hand held, body mounted, weapon mounted in a “practical fashion”, its still a headlamp in my book.
IMHO this is a POU discussion as much as physical design / semantics.
An SRK with a large diffuser cone would absolutely be a 50/50 crossover design thats practical and fully functional as BOTH a hand held flashlight and a lantern… of the small table-top variety.
Zebralight, armytek and Rofis have some 50/50 crossover designs as well that function very well as a headlamp or flashlight
