The LED lighting market is looking good as governments are searching for innovative ways to reduce energy usage. According to LEDs Magazine, the European Photonics Industry Consortium (EPIC) reported that high-brightness LED light (HB-LED) demand grew 4.3 percent over 2010. Market research predicts that the global demand for LED lighting will grow from $12 billion in 2011 to $16.2 billion in 2014.
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HP21 LED Flashlight
Three cheers for Christopher M. of Arlington, VA, the May 2012 winner of a new COAST HP21 LED flashlight! Christopher entered our monthly drawing, which is a cinch, and is now the proud owner of one of the latest innovations in LED flashlight technology.
It’s not unusual for homeowners to feel good about using LED lighting instead of more traditional methods – after all, they are the greenest available – but cows? According to a recent study by Oklahoma State University, a simple LED light can make cows more relaxed.
In 1987, U.S. President Ronald Reagan stated in the “President’s Commission on Americans Outdoors” report that he believed all Americans should have the ability to find a hiking trail within 15 minutes of their homes. This statement evolved into the Trails for All Americans initiative, which helped form the annual National Trails Day in 1993. National Trails Day 2012 is on Saturday, June 2.
COAST Products attended the National Hardware Show in Las Vegas in early May 2012, and the response we received was as fabulous as the city itself. We went armed with our high-performance LED flashlights, emergency area lights and our new Rapid Response Knives; the media response to our entire line of products was nothing short of exceptional. The highlight of the event was winning the coveted Popular Mechanics Editor’s Choice Award for our COAST 2-LED Pro Pocket Pliers!
Check out the video of our 2-LED Pro Pocket Pliers on the Tool Skool website.
Camping weather is here, and Dick DeBartolo, the GizWiz and veteran MAD Magazine writer, recently featured one of the best outdoor accessories, the COAST EAL20, on his blog. This COAST LED lantern has four different light settings, plus variable light technology that allows you to adjust the intensity of light – from 375 lumens to 100 lumens.
HP21 LED Flashlight
Congratulations, Juan A. of Gainesville, Tex. – the April 2012 winner of a new HP21 High Performance LED flashlight from COAST Products! Juan took a few seconds to enter our monthly drawing and is now one flashlight richer.
There are many different ways to use an LED flashlight, but here’s one we bet you haven’t thought of: painting.
Light painting is a type of photography that combines the use of light sources with long shutter speeds, creating dazzling visual effects you’d swear were Photoshopped – but they aren’t. Although light painting has been used by photographers since 1935, this technique has seen an explosion in popularity over the last few years.
