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Ultra Capacitor Flashlight | 90 second charge | Light for Life Flashlight

This looks NICE... The new Light for Life flashlight which uses an ultracapacitor instead of batteries. Because of the ultracapacitor it takes 90 seconds to charge up. It uses LED lights and can run …

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This looks NICE... The new Light for Life flashlight which uses an ultracapacitor instead of batteries. Because of the ultracapacitor it takes 90 seconds to charge up. It uses LED lights and can run for 90 minutes on that 90 second charge. I see some uses that this wouldn't be appropriate for, but many that it would be great for.... (If they could sell a handcrank adapter or some portable charge method that could be excellent.) It comes with a mounting bracket, belt ring and DC charger. (The number of charge/recharge cycles of a lithium ion or himh battery would pale in comparison to the ultracapacitor.)