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HydroStar personal strobe light

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Manufacturer HydroStar personal strobe light

Performs triple duty as an emergency personal strobe, a three-level flashlight, and a set of navigationlights for a small boat.

[Seattle Sports Company, Seattle, WA, USA]
- The HydroStar MultiStrobe light

Post-Cruise Equipment Survey

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Personal Viewpoint By Mark Matthews

Matthews rates the equipment that he found most useful, including his spotlight, on a cruise from Charleston down through the islands to Venezuela.

[SailNet]
- Most useful cruising equipment
- Useful sailing gear, part 2

Safe Night Navigation Requires Skill & Concentration

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Service provider By Kent Dresser

Tips on operating at night, with a discussion of the importance of not spoiling your (and nearby boaters′) night vision

[Safe/Sea, Wickford, RI, USA]
- Read the article on line

LED Lights -- How not tot waste your money

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Personal Website By Eric Baicy

An engineer and the owner of a small cruiser tells you how to modify your existing lights to run on energy-saving LED′s.

[Sarana At Sea, USA]
- Using LED's in your lights

Operating time and cost per minute of use are rated for seven alkaline batteries, two rechargeable systems, and one Ni-Cad battery. AA′s from Duracell, Energizer, Radio Shack and Rayovac. 7 pages with photos and results tables.

[Practical Sailor, 15 July 2004]
- Preview the Practical Sailor back issue

LED Flashlights

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Comparative Tests

Test of 11 higher-output water-resistant flashlights with LED illumination. PS measures illumination, beam quality, weight, tendency to roll when put down, and looks at lots of neat features on some lights, e.g. varying light levels and red light option.

[Practical Sailor, 15 October 2003]
- Preview the Practical Sailor back issue

Rechargeable Spotlight Test

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Comparative Tests

14 portable rechargeable spotlights from 7 manufacturers are rated for beam diameter, intensity, light pattern before and after usage. 4 pages with table of price, specs, and test results.

[Practical Sailor, 1 March 2005]
- Handheld searchlights tested

Flashlight Death-Match

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Comparative Tests

Nine flashlights, two of them with LEDs, are rated for brightness, duration, and quality of light. 4 pages with photos and results table.

[Practical Sailor, 1 October 2004]
- Preview the Practical Sailor back issue

LED Flashlights

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By Equipped to Survive

The most detailed review and test of single- and multi-LED flashlights around, particularly as they might be used in an emergency. Info from 2001, so some may be out of date.

[Equipped To Survive Foundation, Inc., USA]
- LED flashlights tested