LED flash lights

[Michael C Henry]

I had what I thought was a killer LED flash light ( WaRP Light ) .It is a small 9 3 1/2' long ) black alluminum flashwith multiple ( 24 ) LEDs . I go to use it and over half of the LEDs do not work ( actually only 3 LEDs are lighting up). I tryed a pensil light( Stylus by STREAMLIGHT) that I had and it is so dim that I had to hold it to my eye to see if it was switching on.. Do LEDs go bad or get tired? are they building them any better now? Anybody have a line or a source for a good dependable brigt and compact LED light to fit in the small Cobra glovebox ?

[lineslinger]

LED's will go sour. I have small flashlight (6 inches) that uses a Xenon bulb and it is brighter than a 3 D-cell mag light. Go to ebay and under sporting goods/hunting do a search for flashlights. There are a lot of links provided with some pretty good prices.

[STCinc]

I keep on one of these in each car, my boat, etc... I've never had a problem in any weather conditions. My Sufire LED flashlight is always ready to assist. Yeh, they cost a bit more, but they are the best!

http://www.surefire.com/maxexp/main/.../932/sesent/00

[Rwillia4]

LED don't go bad...they burn out after ~10,000 hours no dimming before that...