How to choose a torchlight to use outdoors (Tip: Brighter isn’t always better)

Walking in the pitch dark, having a torchlight with 3,000 lumens capacity is like holding daylight in your hands.

When buying a torchlight, one of the most important considerations is the brightness of its beam.

Measured in lumens (“lu” as in “Lucy”, “men” as in “women”), a lumen is a unit of measurement for the amount of light emitted by the torchlight.