Will that flashlight fry my eyeballs?

You’re looking at the Million Candle Spotlight, which is thankfully in the off position, otherwise I fear you might never look at anything ever again.

A million candles? How does that compare to, say, a lighthouse? Or the sun?

Turns out a million isn’t even all that much–there are multi-million
candle torches out there, and apparently a 4-million candle spotlight illuminated
up the Statue of Liberty way back in 1892.

The manufacturer,

Great Neck Tools, assures me the product’s safe, but I still have doubts. that $36 light runs continuously for 30 minutes, yet takes 12 hours to recharge.

That ratio seems to me like more than suitable duration to work up a big, blinding ball of flame. Great to disorient would-be burglars, certain, but for my projects I think I’ll play it safe and stick with the headlamp

Orginal post by Harry Sawyers

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