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What is the Best UV Flashlight for Minerals? (No bias, no clickbait - just the facts)

Longwave, shortwave, midwave flashlights are all the rage lately. 365nm, 255nm, 310nm - some amazing fluorescent minerals are being...

The Next Evolution in Fluorescent Mineral Flashlights - Shortwave and Midwave

(work in progress....) Just a few years ago my feeling was that we would not see SW flashlights "in my lifetime". I was so wrong. They...

NiteLite - A Dual-Wave UV 365nm and White Light Flashlight

A new flashlight has appeared on the market which I find quite interesting. It is the result of a joint venture with Engenious Designs...

BATTERIES - Selecting the Proper Battery for your 365nm UV Flashlight, Convoy S2, Convoy C8, FyrFly

In general, the Ah capacity of batteries sold from China are not worth the plastic they are printed on. The vendors/manufacturers lie so the

FyrFly Convoy C8 365nm UV Flashlight - The Next Generation Convoy - an Original Design by Group Cons

The most powerful 365nm flashlight in its class (or any class). Open source design

What Kind of Flashlight Do I Need? (365nm versus 390/395/400nm Unfiltered UV Flashlights)

Friends don't let friends use crappy unfiltered 390nm flashlights. This is an educational post, directed towards folks new to the hobby....

Power Claims of Convoy Type Flashlights

A pet peeve of mine is honesty in advertising. Over the past 3+ months I’ve seen companies advertising ever higher power Convoy type...

Convoy S2+ 365nm False Power Claims - It Ain't 5 Watts (4, 3.5, or even 3)

It's the wild west out there! About three years ago I wrote a blog post about the Convoy S2+ here on Nature's Rainbows. The FLM...

Buyers Guide to the new 365 nm LED UV flashlights

I have happily been using and recommending the Convoy S2+ 365 nm UV flashlight since early 2017 when Mark Cole first posted about it. It...

Convoy Type S2+ 365nm Flashlight Torch Review, The Most Significant Innovation in UV Mineral Lights

This post was made over four years ago. Since that time it has become outdated. There is a new light - the Convoy FyrFly which is...

Comparison of 365nm Flashlight to 390nm Flashlight

A friend of mine bought a 385nm to 395nm 100 LED flashlight (presently being sold on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/uvBeast-Intensity-Fla...

405nm Laser Pointers - Mega-thread from the FLM FB Group

A large thread developed discussing 405nm laser pointers and their use with fluorescent minerals. The text content is copied below. The...