During 2006 the first LED headlights entered the market that could even compete with fiber optic lights. Their greatest benefit is that they are completely portable (no box to hold you back – just a small battery pack).
They are solid state devices (rather than a bulb) with a life of approximately 50,000 hours. If you work 60 hours per week x 50 weeks per year that would equal 3,000 hours, so 50,000 hours is around 16 years in the future. So, the maintence problem was solved.
Plus, the advanced LED designs puts out a light with a pure white color, not with the blue-tinge common with the fiber optic lights.
The Original FireFly LED from SheerVision was one of the front-running designs when released in 2006. It offered all of the advantages of LED lights as I noted at a price just under $700. The only downside was that some users asked for a little more intensity from the light.
So when launch of the FireFly Infinity in February of 2007, it was the first head light for surgeons, dentists, and veterinarians that removed all of the limitations inherent in previous headlight designs.
Brightness (foot candles):
Standard LED 2,000-3,000 / Fiber Optic 3,000-4,000 / Infinity 7,500+
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