Egg Candling Flashlight

Hey everyone,

I'm quickly getting sick of my $3 Home Depot LED flashlight for candling - mostly because I see all of these awesome pictures of candled eggs and can never get the same kind of glow out of my cheap little guy. I'm just glad it was only $3.

Could you offer up your recommendations for candling flashlights and maybe a trick or two that you've found to work for you that could help a guy out? Thanks!

Best regards,
Eric

IMO, you could invest in a "stream light" from "galls" online or at your local police uniform and supply store. There are several different models but stream light is a high quality flashlight. That is the best I can offer as far as a tool for candling eggs. :)

Contrast is the key. Take a piece of cardboard or a cardboard box and cut a hole that is slightly smaller than an egg. I like a box because that can sit on a table with the flashlight shining upward at the hole. Or use a 25 watt bulb in a goose neck or clamp-on lamp plugged into a wall electrical socket.

Dim or turn off the room lights, whatever you use.

Personally I like the old mini mag lights if you can still find them. The are bright enough without being overly bright and the lens is small so you can press it tightly against the egg. Everything is going LED today so not sure about availability. What ever you use just make certain it isn't throwing too much heat. Some of the high end lights that use lithium batteries are extremely bright but burn hot.

My favorite small to medium flashlights are Coast flashlights. They are decent quality and great value for the price! Last time I checked on Amazon, the Coast G10 or G19 were under $10. The G10 is small enough to fit on a keychain or in your pocket. If you watch my candling videos, most of them were made using coast brand flashlights. I've had the G10 on my keychain for over 2 years, I use it often and still haven't had to change the battery yet!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmwt1oPDEf0

Here's another candling video made during the daytime. Obviously a dark room or candling when dark really helps to see better.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Y0FQbrrYpM

Mini Maglight with the room darkened...

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Originally Posted by Eric Alan

Hey everyone,

I'm quickly getting sick of my $3 Home Depot LED flashlight for candling - mostly because I see all of these awesome pictures of candled eggs and can never get the same kind of glow out of my cheap little guy. I'm just glad it was only $3.

Could you offer up your recommendations for candling flashlights and maybe a trick or two that you've found to work for you that could help a guy out? Thanks!

Best regards,
Eric

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I use a small LED flashlight I bought off the Snap-On truck at work. It's an LED w/ 53 lumens and has two brightness outputs -
https://store.snapon.com/High-Output...d-P770587.aspx
Any comparible flashlight will work just as good

There's no difference....

A dark room and my phone as a flashlight. That is what I use.