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Welcome to the Flashlight Wiki! Below are some links to main sections of the site. For more information about this site, see the About Flashlight Wiki page. Anyone can edit the Flashlight Wiki; see Help on how to get started. See How To Help for some articles that could be updated.

The Flashlight Wiki now has a mobile version which should show up automatically on mobile platforms.

Getting started

• Flashlight Basics
• Terminology
• Communities
• Reviews
• Picking a Light, Buying a Light, and Quick picks
• Troubleshooting

Flashlights

• Flashlight Manufacturers
• Materials
• ANSI/NEMA FL-1 Ratings
• Budget lights, Reviews, and Output
• P60 Dropins and Hosts (build your own P60)
• Driver (and Popular drivers, AVR Drivers)
• Lenses and Optics

LEDs and Bulbs

• Incandescent bulbs
• LED Basics
• LED Manufacturers: Cree, Luminus, Nichia, Osram, Philips Lumileds, Samsung, Seoul Semiconductor
• Brightness Bins - Pictures and lumen values of common LEDs
• LED Gallery - Just pictures

Batteries and Chargers

• Primaries (disposable batteries)
• Rechargeable batteries and battery sizes
  • Eneloop
• Battery capacity
• Chargers
• Battery Date Codes
• Flashlights by battery type

Science

• Light
• ANSI White
• Light Output Measurements
• Power

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