A CREE LED is a type of LED bulb. I haven't research it too much to know exactly what the difference is between a CREE LED bulb and a standard one. I do know that a standard one takes 3V to operate and generally only gets up to around 10 lumens. A CREE can go far beyond that low lumen number. My current favorite is the new Rayovac indestructible line of flashlights. I have bought two of the small handheld ones. And, last I saw, they have a new headlamp version.
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