With so many Microlight Flashlights on the market how do you choose the right one?

There are so many microlights on the market and I am sure the majority of people just pick the one that looks the best, however for the person that is looking for specific functionality I hope this article will be beneficial for them.

The most popular brands of microlights today are (in no particular order):

* Photon Microlight * Inova Microlight * ASP Microlight * Princeton Tec Microlight

Let's go through each one and find out which is best suited for the end user

Photon Microlight

The Photon Microlight features an external LED (exposed) in an extremely small footprint. The most recent release by Photon is the Photon Freedom. This light has a single operation button and features multiple levels of brightness, strobe, and signaling. The Photon Microlight comes in 10 different colors of LED output. Each color has a particular purpose besides being "pretty". Here is a short run down for the purpose of each LED (these apply for all microlights discussed in this publication) color:

* RED LED - is favored by pilot, fisherman, and astronomers for its ability to preserve night vision, allow comfortable map reading, and for safety when being viewed by others.

* YELLOW LED - Has an excellent projection in darkness up to 20 feet away.

* ORANGE LED - The orange beam produces excellent night vision illumination encompassing both aspect of the RED and YELLOW LED.

* GREEN LED - The green LED is almost as bright as turquoise, blue and white but with the low voltage needs of the green LED the run time on a Photon light is greatly increased. Approximately 20 hours of run time on a single set of batteries.

* BLUE LED - Considered the brightest and the easiest on the eyes, it is also very popular