Super-Bright 9 LED Heavy-Duty Compact Aluminum Flashlight - Jet Black
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of Super-Bright 9 LED Heavy-Duty Compact Aluminum Flashlight - Jet Black
Customer Review: Brilliant light, perfect for keeping in car, purse, even around the house
Summary: 5 Stars
This is such an incredibly good product - the LED's are bright, the bulbs last forever, and the batteries on the ones I bought months ago haven't needed changing yet, even with daily use. The construction is excellent. It's a little hard to thread the loop of the strap through the pinhole-sized eyelet at the back of the flashlight cylinder, but that's the worst I can say about this. I paid $8 for these at another online store, and they were still worth it. At the price here, even better.
Once you have a few, you can find great uses for them:
- Outdoors, of course - camping or simply going for a walk
- In the garage or toolbox for finding stuff
- As emergency lights, tucked away accessibly in each room
- Personal flashlights - in your car, purse, camera bag
- Supplemental lighting for your camera if you take close-up pictures of nature or anything small (your built-in flash can't point that close to your lens)
- Carry them while bicycling - spare headlamp for your bike
Customer Review: Pay more, get much more
Summary: 1 Stars
I bought both this 9-LED unit and one each of the "GIANT Light - Small Package" Flashlights; the 21-LED and 28-LED versions, both for $[...], right here on Amazon.com. side-by-side, the light put out by the 9-LED unit's embarrassing. Yes, the 9-LED unit is slimmer; the head is the same size as the barrel, essentially, so it'll slide conveniently into a space the size of a roll of quarters. But, when you pull it out and use it, if you're lucky, like some here, it will work. In my case, I have to keep unscrewing and screwing in the battery compartment lid to keep it on... and it *still* flickers off for no reason or if lightly jostled. Forget it.
The 21- and 28-LED units light up a dark closet like a floodlight. They're amazing. For 12 bucks, the 28-LED unit is an excellent deal. Since they're both the same size and price, I'd get it over the 21-LED unit. LEDs are power misers. And both units have been rock solid. And they come with a nifty little nylon velcro-closed belt case.
Customer Review: Great little LED light !
Summary: 5 Stars
The first thing I did when I got this light was click it on and off (several hundred times) to see if I could make the switch malfunction. I figured that would be the most vulnerable part to wear out first. It didn't break, and I was just about to give the light a thumbs-up review, when it inexplicably started to flicker and then stop working at all. Before I returned it to Amazon for a refund, I decided to take it apart, examine it, and use my digital multimeter to see what the problem was. The test results were fine (no shorts, no opens) this light SHOULD work. I found the problem, the end cap and flashlight body were not making good contact. The black annodized coating on the end of the battery tube was the culprit. I sanded it with nail file, till it was shiny and screwed it back together and it now works 100%. I'm sure that's what is happening to most of the customers who have had bad things to say about this little light. It's a quick easy fix, and I'm keeping mine.Customer Review: You get what you pay for
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a great product for what it is. What is it? An inexpensive (cheap) flashlight.
Some reviewers seem to want Surefire quality from a light that costs 1/20th of what some of those cost. You want a Surefire? Ante up and buy one.
Anyway, I have 2 nitpicks:
1) the battery holder tends to move around in the body of the flashlight. Not a deal breaker but annoying. I fixed it by wrapping some small rubber bands around the holder.
2) I guess this is less of a nitpick and more of a wish. I wish you could focus the light beam. The beam is definitely a flood. At close range (<10') the light is very bright and effective. Past that you can forget about it.
Overall, the price-to-performance ratio is off the charts. Lots of bang for the buck.
If they could figure out how to adjust the beam, I'd give this thing 6 stars. :)
Customer Review: Bizarre Warning On Flashlight
Summary: 1 Stars
Check out the warning that is printed on the packaging for this item:
"WARNING, Always wear ANSI approved safety goggles when using this product. Before using this product, The user should read the operating instructions to understand everything about this product. Normal everyday use of this product is likely to expose the user to dust and microscopic particles containing lead and other chemicals known in the State Of California to cause cancer, birth defects, and other reproductive harm. Always wear the appropriate clothing and safety equipment when operating this product. Wash hand thoroughly after the use and handling of this product."
So I have to wear special glasses and wash my hand every time I need to use this flashlight?
The other thing I thought was odd is that the product has no brand.