found cheep candeling flashlight

[bamadominaker]

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Where did you find that? If its anything like the Rayvac I just bought I would get it in a heart beat!

Walmart

Hubby wants a surefire, but if this is good, It'll save $30

If your hubby is in law enforcement then that is a good reason he wants a surefire. They are excellent and blinding. But exspensive. Any LED without colored lens, then again colored lens may help on EE's. I have one that has 3 different lens you can put on it. Red, blue, and green. Just a thought.

 

[wegotchickens]

Sorry if this is a dumb question, but how could a colored lens help see into EE eggs?

 

[bamadominaker]

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Maybe the different colors will haelp refract light into the egg. Just a thought not an expert. Different color lights do different things, so why wouldn;t a lens cover do that?

 

[RubberChickenLubber]

He's not in law enforcement, he wishes he were. He just wants them based on reputation.

 

[wegotchickens]

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Maybe the different colors will haelp refract light into the egg. Just a thought not an expert. Different color lights do different things, so why wouldn;t a lens cover do that?

Gotcha. I thought maybe there was a cool trick I hadn't read about yet. It makes sense, but I think some eggs just have denser shells. Some EE's I could see into and some I couldn't. I was hoping there was a special trick, other than spending a bunch of $ on a spiffy light.

Guess I'm asking for a spiffy light for my birthday this year!

 

[skeeter9]

I can see well into my Ameraucana eggs with mine (could easily see veins at 4 days). I don't know how many lumens it has, bu it has 3 little bulbs, it's about the size of a Mini Mag, and it's a Smith and Wesson. The lights are slightly blueish in color, so maybe that helps? I could also see into my dark brown eggs (Welsummer). I'd be curious to see how that compares to one of the more powerful LED's.

Lori

 

[slyfoxpeeps]

I just went out to Walmart on my lunch break and bought the Rayovac Sportsman Extreme, it is 3 Watts L.E.D. 80 Lumens for 24.99. Is that the right one? I have Welsummer and other dark eggs I need to candle.
sly

 

[K&H Chicken Farm]

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This is so not fair!!! Now I have to go back to Wall MArt and get a bigger one!

Sounds like you got it!

 

[slyfoxpeeps]

I went and got it because you recommended it!

THANKS!!

 

[silkiechicken]

I like my surefire. 80 run time lumens, meaning they counted the lumens after it was running as it does peak at first. Kind of spendy though, but dark green eggs aren't a problem.