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Information about flashlights, torches, LEDs, and batteries Welcome to the Flashlight Wiki. Below are some links to main sections of the site. For more information about this site, see Community Portal on the navigation menu to the left.

Getting started

 * Flashlight Basics
 * Terminology
 * Communities
 * Reviews
 * Picking 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

LED's and Bulbs

 * Incandescent bulbs
 * LED Basics
 * LED Manufacturers: Cree, Luminus, Osram, Philips Lumileds, Seoul Semiconductor
 * Brightness Bins - Lumen values of common LED's

Batteries and Chargers

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

Science
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 * Light
 * ANSI White
 * Light Output Measurements
 * Power