Are Lights with More Lumens ACTUALLY Brighter?

Are Lights with More Lumens ACTUALLY Brighter? | Lumens vs Lux vs Candela

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Have you been curious about the question "are lights with more lumens better?" but couldn't find the answer? This video will be a huge help! Here, KC breaks down what lumens actually are which will give you a good understanding of how to analyze the performance of a light when you're shopping for a new off-road light. In addition, we cover other terms such as Lux and Candela that are often used to quantify the output of light. Understanding all three of these terms and looking at these specifications will give you a great understanding of that light!
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@michaelanthony4270 4 жыл бұрын

So glad you explained that I've had way to many argumentative discussions about lights and lighting ..... you can bet I'll be showing this video....

@entubadao 4 жыл бұрын

This was the most comprehensive, didactic and objective explanation about light output that I've seem a bunch of other guys tried to give. Thanks a lot!👍

@Healcraft 8 ай бұрын

"a jeep weighs as much as a tank, you know who you are" i feel attacked

@yorumsuz8252 3 жыл бұрын

i just studied for my finals thanks to you man ! :D

@domineech 3 жыл бұрын

Great explanation. I've telling my friend you can't just go with the highest lumens but he never listens. I can't wait to show him this video. Thank you.

@jmput4003 5 ай бұрын

Great explanation and visuals for this subject! Thank you for creating this!

@Jeep.Generation 4 жыл бұрын

Great information! Love the educational videos.

@ZWD54JAJ 10 ай бұрын

Clearest, most useful explanation and comparison of these concepts I have heard. Well done.

@Oh_that_1_dude 4 жыл бұрын

Yes!! Been waiting for this to drop!!

@Oh_that_1_dude 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome job buddy

@Brenda522 3 жыл бұрын

This video was so helpful! Thank you!

@anthonymazzitelli 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the helpful video. I'm setting up outdoor cinemas and this has been useful explaining lumen, lux, and candela

@zvjezdaniput6121 3 жыл бұрын

I must say that i am now starting to understand this explanation. Thanks alot!

@PBS-nm1uu Жыл бұрын

this is a great presentation, keep it coming, thanks

@robkr Жыл бұрын

A very concise yet crystal clear explanation with simple examples 👍

@emmap4339 3 жыл бұрын

Very practical explanation. This now makes sense. Thanks a lot bro.

@dtacherra6063 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for shining some light on this topic.

@travelwell8098 2 жыл бұрын

Useful information! Thank you.

@xpedition_america 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent breakdown of the info

@ube-23s Жыл бұрын

Very Clear Thank you. Prof KC.

@maX0229567 4 жыл бұрын

very helpful video for purchasing flash lights thanks

@builchamless537 3 жыл бұрын

Outstanding in REAL Information

@dankomartek2145 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks this was very helpful. Now if only light manufacturers could list all three ratings on their products so we could make an educated decision about what to buy that would be great. Thanks once again

@filanfyretracker 3 жыл бұрын

a good note on optics and how it relates to the power of a light source is always remember light houses could be seen for massive distances weather and of course horizon permitting even when they only had a simple oil lamp as a source all thanks to the Fresnel lens.

@brianmorriss7838 2 жыл бұрын

Very helpful. Thankyou

@babagermany6654 Жыл бұрын

Good video, thanks Would be nice if you could do comparison of some products and also advise on what figures we as buyers need to consider for different uses.

@ramuganesan Жыл бұрын

YOU CLEARLY EXPLAINED,SIR...

@russcobb6990 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent presentation. VERY ILLUMINATING!

@King-gr3zv 6 ай бұрын

Great explanations!

@cleanrip1834 4 жыл бұрын

Good info!

@MrNicoJac 4 жыл бұрын

Great explanation and amazing animations/footage. How is this channel so small and yet has such production value?!

@jonmanilenio Жыл бұрын

if Candela is for distance, what about Lux? Isn't that what Lux is for?

@jonmanilenio Жыл бұрын

Candela = Lux x distance squared. So candela is the strength of a light hitting a surface at a specified distance. For example, a light measured at 1000 lux from a distance of 10 meters has a candela rating of 100,000 candela.

@dinosaurdrew7431 11 ай бұрын

Great explanation!

@jmsuitter5 4 жыл бұрын

Would love to see a side by side walk through of several of your best selling lights at different price points with the utilization of the terms and descriptions from this video with both controlled environments (factory) and uncontrolled (trail)

@jmsuitter5 4 жыл бұрын

Definitely could be one long video or several great videos a whole series if you break down by price points or categories of beam

@joerivs80 3 жыл бұрын

It’d be nice to have a list of generic purposes for certain lights. I see guys with spot patterns for the side of their rig for camping and a flood for their bumper mounted bar. For example: Ditch light preference: flood with X lumens, X candela, X LUX. Forward facing light: flood/spot combo with X lumens, X candela, X LUX. Etc. Some sort of generic list like that and then of course everyone can do/get what they want after that. But I think a generic list would be a great starting point ESPECIALLY for all the new people getting into off-road who ask the same questions all the time on Facebook.

@khalidsaleem8224 Жыл бұрын

i am a big fan of flashlights, but 2day i understand how to buy for your needs, tons of thanks

@spotscrib 4 жыл бұрын

Great job Taylor!!! -Alfy

@juantorrico9357 4 жыл бұрын

@@kchilites hola tienes para jeep j53 cuáles me escondas quiero led atolladero

@viktor7712 Жыл бұрын

Dude the beat is addictive

@suchhun 3 жыл бұрын

Lol, I'm here because I wanna buy a flashlight and the box have ton of pictorial symbols and I wanted to know what it meant. 😂😂

@williamfield4653 3 жыл бұрын

Exactly!! Me too! Now off to shop...😉

@why_4 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this I've been needing a flashlight good to know this

@Hoonigan82 Жыл бұрын

Did you find a good flashlight?

@why_4 Жыл бұрын

@@Hoonigan82 Not yet

@kbottorff 3 жыл бұрын

Nice video. Please bring back the KC Hilites 46 Series/770 LE, you'll sell a ton of them!

@hunterkhan8433 3 жыл бұрын

Plz review on handheld 12v spotlights Thank u

@overlordprincekhan 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks to you for saving my grades

@bluefluke7585 3 жыл бұрын

good info

@miatachy 3 жыл бұрын

what is the best option in lumens for a video projector?

@Kotallo_Skyclan 2 жыл бұрын

awesome thank you

@miatachy 3 жыл бұрын

what is the best option in lumens for a video projector please?

@DavidManvell 3 жыл бұрын

Good video.

@DhakaMusicOmar 4 жыл бұрын

i want to buy a led headlight so what should the lux be?

@prabhuthetrainer3221 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@mickelodiansurname9578 3 жыл бұрын

Ironically I don't even drive, but this was educational. Thanks.

@Taras-Nabad 3 жыл бұрын

Good video

@yoheff988 2 жыл бұрын

So now I have to take a course in the local university to buy a light bub? LOL A video about how to determine which light bulb (without the secretes of the universe) to purchase will be well appreciated.

@jeffreyconforti5424 3 жыл бұрын

So, which should I be looking for my truck? The Highest lux or candela?

@Dr_Xyzt 4 жыл бұрын

So, how are you computing the Lux and candelas for certain lights? For example, when I buy a FLEX fixture from you folks, I get that bright spot, then the dimmer peripheral region. If I need 500 lux to see something, and the fixture has a 600 lux peripheral band with a 1500 lux spot that holds a pretty solid 1500 lux throughout that circular region, then you have a lot of marketable light for that fixture. -- Sometimes, I inclined to ask for a cardioid lux map. But really, a picture of the beam on a wall with a measuring tape is really all we need to pick a great beam.

@inoname99 2 жыл бұрын

Question: at what point lumens - candela exceed our ability to see? 20/20 vision. Assuming a 1000 Lumens throw equal candela are we able to see clearly or it does not matter? ( I manage to confuse the question, I think you would know) Thank you.

@johnnyvonline1862 3 жыл бұрын

Telling my kids "That was a great video"..

@anthonycastille168 8 ай бұрын

Can we get a video on KC fog lights

@richardmarkinco1475 3 жыл бұрын

So if I understood this correctly, the best light would be one that is high in lumens, a large LUX value, and a high Candela amount. Right?

@Sporek 3 жыл бұрын

I understand lumen and lux but not a candela 😞. Anyway, can I use smartpone's light sensor to measure my flashlights lux count? All I do is putting my phone 10 meters from my flashlight?🤔

@FrenchHawk878 4 жыл бұрын

Can you tell me if item #92192 fits on 2020 Toyota 4Runner TRD Pro?

@FrenchHawk878 4 жыл бұрын

KC HiLiTES excellent. This may not be your field per say but I’m looking to lift a TRD Pro. Rough Country said they don’t supply kits for a TRD Pro. Can you point me in the right direction? Maybe a company KC is affiliated with?

@lumpskie 4 жыл бұрын

@@FrenchHawk878 Check out Toytec. They have lots of options and can talk you through what you want over the phone.

@UHFStation1 3 жыл бұрын

How are candelas measured? Polarized lens?

@Mtnjoe12 2 жыл бұрын

Gravity pro6 wide 40 video comparison?

@HCBCHEMISTRY 2 жыл бұрын

Are any of these units actually scientific standards? Like a real conversion number?

@tj9382 3 жыл бұрын

Helpful, kind of, but I still wouldn’t know which light to buy.

@BariumCobaltNitrog3n 2 жыл бұрын

A metric you can use is candela per lumen ratio. You see that one light has 50,000 candela and the other has 10,000, but they both have 5,000 lumens. I'm sure a high quality lighting company like KC Hilites lists the candela of every light along with lumens, right? More candela for the same lumens is a spot, and fewer is a flood. Lux tells you nothing. Candela is lumen per steradian, or degree of an arc. This is also know as throw. The longest throw flashlight in the world right now puts out about 700 lumen, like a 2 C-cell flashlight, but it has a candela rating of over ten million candela and can throw over 3 and a half miles. Lumens tell you how many photons and candela tells you how tightly they are packed. You need both.

@popica3918 4 жыл бұрын

In case of a laser Aren't lux and lumens the same?

@diagorasmoustakas249 2 жыл бұрын

Can a XHP50,2 20W 3,7V 4000MAH FLASHLIGHT PRODUCE 4000 LUMENS ?

@JTheraos 3 жыл бұрын

You from Kansas city?

@chuck1804 3 жыл бұрын

Normalize volume between content and cutscenes.

@torinjones3221 Жыл бұрын

2:30 except house power is a measure of pounds/foot/second not a measure of speed

@juantorrico9357 4 жыл бұрын

No tienen traductor en español

@CaptnHampton22 Жыл бұрын

Seems strange then that we use Lumens and even Candela for flashlight ratings. Isn't Lux more helpful? Candela makes sense when a lot of light is being produced over a huge area in all directions - you wanna know how much is getting on your book vs. the back wall. Lumens makes sense from a manufacturing standpoint. But shouldn't we all care about more about Lux for flashlights? (very specifically speaking about flashlights).

@WV591 3 жыл бұрын

still doesn't tell me how bad I'm getting ripped of buying these Garage LED lights .

@Yesion 2 жыл бұрын

ile to kosztuje? :D

@ThatOneOddGuy 2 жыл бұрын

Lumen = Amount of light....... How did I come to this conclusion when I was drunk

@Rxbmotovlog 2 ай бұрын

Lux is the best

@johnmachter40 Жыл бұрын

still dont understand candela :/

@johnmachter40 Жыл бұрын

@@kchilites that would be awesome

@realchristopher4334 3 жыл бұрын

Oh, this is about vehicle! I am using common light that we can get from the light section anywhere in the world. No wonder why I was wondering this guy is trying to con me, 10 meters is too far, I am not seeing anything in 1 meter2 ! Hahahaha!