On Jul 12, 12:20 pm, Jay Honeck wrote:
Get 'em down to $250 apiece, and you won't be able to build 'em fast
enough...
$250 is pretty tough to accomplish. Maybe we will get there once we
have some volume, but its hard to get costs that low initially.

I know I'm hopelessly clueless about such things, but why would your
bank-of-LEDs-in-a-box cost so much more than (for example) the high-
intensity hand-held LED lantern I got for Xmas last year? It's got
an equal number of high-intensity LEDs, runs on batteries, and cost (I
think) about $25... (And it's bright as daylight...)

Educate me, please, because I don't get the differences between these
things.

Thanks,
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jay,

The LEDs in that lantern are not as high output as the ones we are
using. We are using LEDs that cost over $3.00 each and can burn up to
3 Watts per LED. I seriously doubt the ones in your lantern come even
close to that. Even though it looks bright to you at night, I
guarantee it isn't putting out anywhere near what ours is doing. Come
look at our lights running in full sunlight and bring your lantern for
comparison...

Add to that the custom machined housing/heat sink, anodization,
circuitry, mounting bracket, adhesives, wire, marketing, lower market
size, etc. etc. etc. and that explains why it is more expensive than a
commercially massed produced camping lantern.

Also, our light is specifically designed for an airplane. It will
handle vibration, shock, thermal extremes, total immersion in water,
won't interfere with your radios, etc. etc. You can drop it 10 feet
onto concrete and it will still work. You can throw it in your
swimming pool and it will still work. It is designed to last as long
or longer than your airframe.

Dean