This 72,000 Lumen Water-Cooled LED Flashlight Lights Up The Night Like Nothing Else

You have to wonder: who decides they're going to make a 72,000 lumen flashlight? How does that even occur to you to try? Maybe you were walking home one night and the LED on your keychain wasn't cutting it and you thought, hey, why don't I go all the way overboard and see what happens? I don't know. But one guy on YouTube did it, and it's definitely impressive.

YouTuber Samm Sheperd has built some pretty incredible things, but few compare to his homemade flashlight.

That's because it's made from eight individual 100W LED chips, each of which produces 9,000 lumens, connected in parallel for a crazy grand total of 72,000 lumens. There will be no need to fear the dark when this thing is turned on.

This is a pretty varied build, requiring soldering, electronics, plumbing, and even a little bit of carpentry.

The end result speaks for itself, of course. It sure doesn't look pretty, but wow, it's like carrying around a small sun. After receiving repeated requests for how to buy one, Samm added a note saying that "it would be like $700 and take a month and a half to order parts and make it and ship it." So it's not practical, but that doesn't mean it can't be fun.

Of course, the real clincher is seeing it in action. Best of all, he compares it to both a 500 lumen flashlight and a 1050 lumen flashlight.

Clearly, Samm's homemade flashlight swallows the others up whole and spits them out. It's not even remotely a contest. Mind you, Samm figures the battery will only last about six minutes, so the other flashlights have a slight edge there. 

Check out the complete build and the flashlight showing off its crazy intensity in the video below!

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