I’m here with a question about getting a flashlight for my nieces 3, 6 and 8 yo.
I was thinking of getting a flashlight for them. It seems that it is recommended to get a AA or AAA flashlight, I had Convoy T3 in mind.
Would you agree? I think that would be more that fine for the two older nieces, the toddler… she is the one who likes flashlights the most because I let her light a Wurkkos TS11 to the wall and make me chase the dot arround. Probably will not use it a lot but maybe in 1-2 years.
Any suggestions of other lights that might be better for them is also very appreciated.
(BTW I was thinking Convoys T3 with Nichia 519A 4500k. Not sure about 4/12 modes but I guess I would get 4)
T3 with 519A 4500K sounds like a great choice! I’d get the 12 groups version, the UI is much more flexible. “12 modes” is an unfortunate mistranslation.
Also consider the T6, which is also an AA light but with a bigger head, which makes a more throwy beam. All else is same as T3. Just another option.
For young kids I would recommend the T5 which is basically a T3 with a TIR.
Young kids will eventually shine the light in someone’s eyes at some point and having a TIR might help reduce the chances of permanent eye damage.
Get the 12 mode group version, one of the mode groups is 1%, 10%, 50% and you can configure memory off so that it always starts in the lowest mode. 50% running on NiMH doesn’t get hot.
I gave our 4 YO (at the time) an S2+ with a T3 driver running an AA since he liked purple.
Seeing little kids use flashlights, I wonder if the 4 mode might be better than 12 group. There’s a chance they’ll rapidly switch modes and get into the programming menu, and possibly brick the driver. This might be over-thinking it, though (hasn’t happened to me). The 12 group does have some good options, like @Chris100575 said.
About the eye injury prevention, my idea is to set the lights at 50% top output, I just thought you could do that with the 4 groups interface too : P 12 groups it is.
That and the girls turning their heads when inevitably one of them lights the other’s face would be enough right? Would you get the T5 anyway?
I just bought my 6 year old neice a flashlight for christmas.
My Sister told me that she wanted a not so bright one because children will shine the bright light in someones eyes, there is no way around that.
So I bought the Led Lenser Kidbeam 4 - not too bright unfocussed beam behind matte glass, has some funny colorful LEDs as well and switches itself off after 20 minutes, because children will leave the flashlight on too often.
I have been looking at the flashlights again. I made a mistake when writing what I had in mind, it wasn’t the Nichia 519a but the 219b, so
T3 (or T5) with a Nichia 219b, 4500k, 12 groups UI.
Probably better as I have read that 219b outputs less lumens.
I haven’t been able to find the difference between the T3 and T5 TIR optics (so sorry, I’m mostly a N00b). But for what I’m hearing here, T5 would be better because it has a more difuse light, right? @INeedMoreLumens is that correct?
For my younger niece, I’m considering the Led Lenser. Still haven’t decided.
I gave my 8yo nephew an Emissar D1 with a W1 for Christmas. I set the ramp to 50/151 and disabled turbo. He loves it! It’s plenty bright enough for him. But not bright enough to blind someone.
