"G.R. Patterson III" wrote in message
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That's a great deal - thanks! It does bring up a question I've
been meaning to ask. How impact-resistant are LEDs?

They are so much more impact resistant as to make a comparison ludicrous. A
flashlight light bulb has a thin, fragile filament dangling loosely in the
middle, just waiting to be accelerated one direction or the other. And of
course, the entire thing is housed in a thin glass shell.

An LED is basically a solid piece of plastic and silicon with some conductor
embedded. You could take a hammer directly to it and smash it, but
otherwise it's pretty much impossible for it to be damaged by any force the
rest of the flashlight would survive.

Pete