Pelican Flashlights: Lumens vs. Candlepower

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Lumens value is a measurement of how powerful the brightness of a flashlight actually is. A hallow sphere measures the lumens value when a flashlight is placed shining through a small hole, it can measure just how bright the flashlight actually is.

When buying your next flashlight, be sure to check out the lumens value on the backside of the product packaging. It is the only true measure of just how bright the flashlight actually is.

To see some of Pelican's flashlights check out all of our flashlight products at http://www.pelican.com/lights_category.php?Category=%&LampType=%&Subm...

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Science & Technology

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• Pelican
• flashlight
• lumens
• candlepower
• streamlight
• surefire
• maglight
• UK
• torch
• lighting

[jimmycthatsme]

i love how happy he is to have blown out the candle.

[kumquatsta]

so what is the difference? what is candlepower? and what is a lumen?

[busylifemeto]

What a load of biased CRAP !!!. OK, Lumens is the amount of light energy emitted in ALL directions from the light source, be it a led a globe or whatever. The proper scientific term for measuing total light energy, not "watts". What comes out the front and lands on a surface which is where it is all at folks it is called LUX. THAT depends on the efficiency of the optics in comparison. The overall effectiveness is also modified by the beam angle. Short answer ? Specs are Smoke & Mirrors

[dinner4lunch]

Thanks for the info :-D would like to see the math such as spproximate CP/Lumens ratio.

[Mike1614b]

make a wish, dork

[spamstoper3]

Excellent

[nickbpls]

so how do i mesure the light in a room. i have a f stop light meter and need candle power

[MatHahogg]

@bigboyjack21

That depends on the effective the bulb/LED is. 

[197022007]

**blows out candle**

[EverydayMeow]

@bigboyjack21 wtf

[surfitlive]

@jimmycthatsme

That's cause;

1) the first take did not have the proper lighting (or "Lumens") and had to be re-lit and re-shot.

2) the next few takes he screwed up the lines and or "product placement interaction"

3) Then (being tired from previous takes) he could not blow out the candle after finally getting all of the above right!!

So take #35 and they finally get it right, hence the smile of ACCOMPLISHMENT!!

Welcome to the world of "making a scripted video"! LOL

[bigboyjack21]

PLEASE REPLY

How many lumans are in a watt?