118 points

I straight up thought this were a screenshot of an unshaded game or something

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46 points

Oh it looks like that thing will unshade a field of view real nice.

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15 points

That light will last less than 1 or 2 min and will get super duper hot.

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16 points

same

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11 points

Tbh that’s probably good enough for a deployable self defense solution.

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4 points

Makes perfect sense given LEDs are only around 50% efficient or even less so if this thing can produce this monstrous holy light then it is bound to overheat and drain the battery very fast

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3 points
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yeah even my 1500lumen light gets unbearably hot after running on turbo for more than 5 minutes

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39 points

Yeah, but make it strobe so their eyes can’t adjust fast enough.

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21 points

The strobe should be subtle, just to fuck with everyone. Like 25 Hz or something.

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9 points

That friggin devious, love it

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13 points

I don’t think it matters. At that brightness at that distance it could have the potential to do permanent damage

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6 points

Me being mugged has a higher relative potential to leave me with permanent damage (death), i would cast the light of allah on the fool

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72 points

I cast “Fuck everything in that general direction”!

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30 points

This is a good strategy. A solar flare will also interrupt their radio communications and they will be unable to call for backup.

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20 points

Great defense from the lifted trucks with improperly aligned LEDs

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