Hello, I'm the OUTDOOR PROFESSOR from DiscoveringTheOutdoors.com/ Here's your outdoor tip on choosing a flashlight. A flashlight can be your best friend not only when you are outdoors at night, but also any time you need to see in a dark space during the day. In the early days of the dry cell battery, the battery had a very limited amount of power. To save it from discharging quickly, the “flashlight” was operated intermittently—just long enough to send a quick light out to check the environment. Improved technologies have made flashlights better than they have ever been, but at the same time the vast selection and prices of portable lights have made the selection process more complex than ever. Prices for flashlights can range from a few dollars to several hundreds of dollars yet they can be the same size. Brightness, weight, east of control, and power supply are some of the main alternatives for you to consider. The list of variables is a long one:
