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LED lights this big don't make sense. The light is just too diffuse. LEDs are good for finding your way around a dark basement but not for outdoor use where you might need to illuminate somehting a few hendred feet away.

Agreed, they are good for low current, long lasting when you have a few LED's such as in the Tent Dome Lights, but they are useless as a flash light in the sense that most know.

I keep one of the smaller one's on the boat and in the car for 'flagging' down people when help is needed.

Otherwise not worth much...and if you trust Merritline to bring you anything but burp garbage, your smoking the pipe.

MagLite is making LED Flashlights, so there must be something they know that you don't.

Actually no, what they are doing is taking advantage of a cheap fad. LED's are considerably cheaper than quality bulbs.

If you want a good light, get one that has a high lumen run by a lith-ion battery, like the SureFire that can light up license plates at 100 yards.
If you want long lasting light for reading say maps, or pron, get one that has both types.

Yugo made cars so there must be something they knew that GM/Ford/Chrysler didnt know....right!

Quite true. Traditional flashlights depend on a single point dource of light and a parabolic reflector to throw a relatively tight beam downrange.

Maglights and their kin do this, but also allow the user to adjust the position of the light source in relation to the reflector, allowing for the functionality of a spot or flood light.

That being said, the multiple light sources of an LED based light don't lend themselves to use in a parabolic reflector, so the spotlight function of the traditional flashlight isn't available.

If you're needing a really bright portable flood light, this might work for that application though.

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The beam you get from a cluster of 5mm LEDs is fairly broad and very even, as artifacts from each individual diode average out with the rest of the cluster. Lights like this are ideal for close-up work, though I feel the ideal balance of weight and brightness for such work is achieved with between 5 and 20 LEDs. 100 is just silly.

High-flux LEDs behind proper focusing optics can produce as tight a beam as any incandescent light, and do so with very good color, high luminous efficacy, and absolute resilience against shock and vibration. The most recent light I built with three 3-watt Crees produces a roughly 5-degree spot that's uncomfortable to look at on a white wall across the room, making it downright ridiculous for close-up work, but ideal for outdoor uses.

It's all in the optic. This light is a goofy result of the "More LEDs must be better" marketing trend. Please don't use its shortcomings to disparage all LED lights, just those that follow the same misguided design patterns.

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100 LEDs hah. Why not go for 200 LEDs. http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/rr8747/200LED_blk.jpg

"Yeah, but what if I just want to take a shower with this? Is it focused enough to light up my special areas, if you know what I mean?"

HA

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Is anyone manufacturing an HID flash light as an alternative to incandesants?

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How many watts does this thing get?

WAT.

Is that even needed?