Cordless LED Spotlight Update

Powerful LEDs supercharge old favorites from Streamlight & Tektite

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Darrell Nicholson
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The Sirius C-1003 is part of a kit that includes a whistle and a signal flag to ensure U.S. Coast Guard compliance.
Our first LED flashlight test appeared in March 2000. Even two decades ago, we were becoming concerned with beam patterns. In fact it was the LED’s displacement of incandescent bulbs that allowed testers the luxury of considering the light beam as a controllable variable. From then to today, we’ve continued to zero in on the […]
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Darrell Nicholson
Darrell Nicholson is Director of Belvoir Media Group's marine division and the editor of Practical Sailor. A lifelong thalassophile, he grew up sailing everything from El Toro dinghies to classic Morgans on Miami's Biscayne Bay. In the early 90s, he left a newspaper job to sail an old gaff-rigged ketch across the Pacific and has been writing about boats and the sea ever since. His weekly blog Inside Practical Sailor offers an inside look at current research and gear tests at Practical Sailor, while his award-winning column,"Rhumb Lines," tracks boating trends and reflects upon the sailing life. He sails a Sparkman & Stephens-designed Yankee 30 out of St. Petersburg, Florida.

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