Trying to think ahead here.......
I know that hand-held flashlights use a variety of bulb types, such as "standard" incandescent, krypton, and xenon. Also LED bulbs of various "colors".
I am wondering which of the bulb types produces the kind of light that would make a blood trail look like a visible blood trail, when used after dark?
I've read that of the LED bulbs, that blue LED bulbs will make a blood trail quite visible, tho it makes the blood appear a vivid black. Even tiny blood spatters evidentally show up quite vividly. I don't think handheld flashlites with blue LEDS are common.
My only experience with trailing a wounded animal after dark was a long time ago, using a white-gas "pump-up" Colemn lantern for illumination. It ultimately worked out fine, but it's unhandy to have a Coleman lantern readily available.
I'd like to hear experiences and ideas from you folks........what's a good portable light-source that might be called upon to follow a blood trail after sundown?
Thank you......
FjLee in Denver CO
I know that hand-held flashlights use a variety of bulb types, such as "standard" incandescent, krypton, and xenon. Also LED bulbs of various "colors".
I am wondering which of the bulb types produces the kind of light that would make a blood trail look like a visible blood trail, when used after dark?
I've read that of the LED bulbs, that blue LED bulbs will make a blood trail quite visible, tho it makes the blood appear a vivid black. Even tiny blood spatters evidentally show up quite vividly. I don't think handheld flashlites with blue LEDS are common.
My only experience with trailing a wounded animal after dark was a long time ago, using a white-gas "pump-up" Colemn lantern for illumination. It ultimately worked out fine, but it's unhandy to have a Coleman lantern readily available.
I'd like to hear experiences and ideas from you folks........what's a good portable light-source that might be called upon to follow a blood trail after sundown?
Thank you......
FjLee in Denver CO