Am seeking a flashlight that will serve indoor, industrial needs. For inspecting equipment, technology, infrastructure and for reading. The ideal light would focus at lower lumens to facilitate close inspection and for reading manuals, books and prints. Another mode at 50-400lms is needed to investigate equipment at 10-30 feet.
Glare and hotspots are issues. Given this color temps from 2700 to 4000k seem appropriate. Even distribution across the beam; to reduce glare, hotspots and shadows is another requirement. Lastly, the light should not be less than 4" and not longer than 6".
Thought it may be tempting to recommend lights with greater lumens or compromised specs, the application is industrial and enterprise related and have yet to find success within the; sofirn, lumentop, acebeam and streamlight domain.
Am aware that the needs noted run counter to goals that drive industry to greater lumens and throws; thus my query may not be exciting or realistic. But people posting here are familiar with specs and perhaps have good recommendations! Thank-you.
Wurkkos HD15 4000k. Also available in 5000k but you don’t want that one. You’ll have to go to the wurkkos website to get the 4000k one as it is not available on Amazon.
Two separate LEDs.
Both are high Cri.
The flood led will do all of your reading and things up to 10 ft in poorly lit areas. Beyond that distance the spot led would serve better. It will cycle through low, medium and high and that will cover 95% of your needs. Press and hold from off to go to moonlight which is useless unless in total darkness. Double click for turbo which is only good for a minute.
If you already own a lamp which is too “throwy” firstly, you could try some frosted scotch tape (very slight diffusion) or, for more diffusion, frosted window privacy film, often referred to on BLF as DC-Fix.
I didn’t see a preference to budget in your original post, also, do you have a preference to where you order the light from?
FYI, “Floody” lighting options always includE discussion about “mule” type lights with no optic or reflector. Personally, I’d not reccomend a “mule” type light as I find the intensity insufficient for longer viewing distances.
@gravelmonkey
The fostly film approach is nifty idea!
Thank-you.
But alas, am starting from the beginning.
My outdoor light is too big and cold and has most of the negatives noted.
My inside lamps are too small and also have prohibitive negatives.
With respect to budget, $25-$70 seems reasonable, do you agree?
Medical penlights have modes with lower lumen values, high CRI,
reasonable floods and price points in this range. If no other better
options emerge, will likely purchase from this category.
Viewing longer distances is the least important consideration in this
use case. One mode which illuminates from 30 to 60 feet will be fine.
Have no issue purchasing from second tier or from offshore vendors,
if the source can be verified. Thanks-again.
If you had stated you were looking for a pen light I wouldn’t have wasted my time giving you my opinion on best possible answer for your use case based on your first post.
It seems highly unlikely that you’re going to look 30 to 60 ft away at a machine when there is other ambient light and add light to the subject with a medical penlight. Medical penlights are designed to be looking at things at arm’s length max. You obviously want something that you can clip in your shirt pocket. The issue of how to comfortably and conveniently carry something other than a pen light or a keychain light does present problems for many people.
Industrial and enterprise? What?
That doesn’t change the right tool for the job. And it doesn’t really change the way you need to carry it.
For the last 8 years I’ve carried my primary EDC lights in a horizontal nylon belt pouch. It is accessible with either hand whether I’m standing or sitting and it doesn’t get in the way of anything. I have been through many different pouches and finding one that lasts and is easy to operate has been a little bit of a challenge. I find it best to keep the length at under 100mm. That is my throwy light. My wide smooth flood beam gets clipped in a cargo pocket. If you can’t or won’t wear pants with cargo pockets then I can’t help.
If you insist on only carrying only one light then the HD15 is among the best for what you’re trying to do.
And it can be made shorter using the 18350 battery and tube.
Wurkkos Wk05 may be a good choice. I like mine a lot. It’s got a neutral, high CRI emitter and a few good medium to low modes including a moonlight. Very floody beam.
Convoy T4 or Wurkkos WK05 because I see that you want longer flashlight.
Convoy S2+ can be good solution too! It has many leds to choose and with diffusor it can be very floody with soft light without hotspot.
Appreciate your response. Convoy is interesting because of the options available but am not clear which configuration optimizes the needs noted. Also, the lumen rating at each mode is not clear (to me). Will this model enable reading documents, nameplates, cables, chips, mobo’s and schematics in darkened environments? Is the UI anduril? Is this light made to throw or inspect? The T4 option is also appealing but the questions noted above also apply to this model.
Thank-you. 60 degree bead on this light “seems” like it might make a difference when reading and inspecting. Is there a another mode, perhaps at 10-50lm for inspecting capital equipment. For example; turbine blades, PLCs, HVAC., batching and robotic equipment? My best guess is that 2700kto 4500k will work best; colder temps produce glare and reduce realism. Have no idea how to interpret Convoy modes and lumens at each.
