What are LEDs
LED stands for Light Emitting Diode. Simply put, an LED is a semi-conducting device that produces light when an electrical current flows through it. LEDs are commonplace in modern society and can be found in many everyday items such as microwave display panels, digital watches and television remote controls. In recent years LED technology has improved and many Flashlights today use LEDs rather than traditional incandescent bulbs for illumination.
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What are the advantages of LEDS
There are many advantages of LEDS over traditional incandescent bulbs:
- Quality of light emitted – LEDs produce a brighter more homogenous light that is purer. Detail and colours are better defined.
- LEDs are incredibly energy efficient. LEDs generate very little heat and therefore convert more of their electrical potential into useable light. Thus they require much less battery power to produce the same amount of light as an incandescent bulb.
- LEDs last longer. The lifespan of LEDs is measured in years rather than hours for incandescent bulbs. Quality LEDs are rated to burn brightly for 100,000 hours of service – that’s almost 11.5 years of continuous light.
- LEDs are compact. A great deal of light can be emitted by a very small device.
- LEDs are microstructure solids and are therefore shock resistant where-as traditional bulbs with their breakable filaments can easily be damaged.
- LED light is faster. While a light bulb is still warming up, LED light has already circled the Earth. Speed can be a potentially decisive advantage for professional users such as police forces or action forces.
Why LED Lenser is superior
Many manufactures save money and compromise quality by using inferior low quality LEDs from the outer part of silicon wafers.
LED Lenser only uses the very best LEDs - those manufactured from the very pure centre of razor-thin silicon wafers in semiconductor clean rooms. Due to the nature of the manufacturing process, the LEDs made from the center of the wafer are much higher quality and thus provide much brighter light. Led Lenser uses only the highest quality Cree™, LumiLEDs™ and Nichia™ LEDs.
