LED is the only kind of light worth having, (and I think Tolerance has a cheap, or older model, or a small battery version of one).
Look what this light can do with a single AA battery. A Krypton bulb can't do this.
http://www.fenixlight.com/viewproduct.asp?id=176
You should see what they can do with 4 AA batteries (and an led)!!!
http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?347951-**NEW**-Nitecore-EA4-Pioneer-(4*AA-860lm)
I know what you are saying, and I have a couple LED flashlights.
But my eyes (old, old eyes!) have trouble with the color of the LED spectrum. Maybe soon they will come up with a more natural, solar spectrum type LED.
I can barely stand the light from the compact fluorescents also..
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