High quality, well made, well machined. Looks good, feels good in the hand.
PROS:
Warm yellow-gold cast white light. But NOT "too-too" yellow - or dingy. No, just pleasing non-harsh light. (This to me is a plus, I don't care for cold blue light).
The Zoom function works well.
It has an IPX8 water resistance rating. A web search tells me: IPX8 is based on testing conditions where the device is submerged in up to 1.5 meters of freshwater for up to 30 minutes.
The flashlight remembers the last state it was in (low or high). There's a separate button from the tail switch for setting light intensity or strobe. Unlike other reviews, I have not found this to be something that I hit by mistake.
The highest setting of the 4 settings (500 lumens) has a powerful enough throw that you could run with it and have a good appraisal of what's coming for you on the terrain for 20 feet ahead or more.
This flashlight has NOT gotten hot or burned my hands - some high output flashlights do that.
The 2nd setting is merely a healthy regular flashlight output - it'd be fine for walking the dog, etc.
The 3rd lowest setting is minimal - I don't know if I'd want to use it for a walk and you'd never read by it but it would be a small area light.
You are provided with spare parts: 1. a spare rubber cap for the power switch tail piece. 2 rubber "O" ring gaskets - presumably for the battery cap or maybe for the front lens. This is thoughtful. These parts and tiny see thru bag are so small I'm going to retain the flashlight box and committing to keeping the flashlight box to store these in. YMMV.
CONS: The 4th setting - i.e. the lowest output settting: I almost wonder why they bothered. If you have the lowest setting running in a completely dark tent, and let your eyes acclimatize to it for 2 minutes or more, then yeah, it's the * vaguest * small-area night light. This setting is something to be aware of because...
The lowest output setting could drain your batteries to nothing. HOW? It's so weak you barely know it's on and if you somehow were to toggle to this setting and not turn it off , or not turn the main switch off , yeah it'd probably take a day or two but you'd drain your battery.
SO....I have had to cultivate an awareness that the flashlight is really turned OFF with (via) the tail switch. I look at the flashlight head after I have powered down. This is an annoyance but otherwise I like this flashlight.
It's not heavy, is long enough to be substantial but it is unlikely to fit completely inside a coat pocket unless you have deep pockets. It does have a built in belt clip which may be a Plan B solution for you. The belt clip is attached with a small machine screw and stay's put.
SUMMARY: I like this flashlight and am keeping it. I like it's quality of light, options and "throw". God bless non-rechargable AA batteries, you can buy 24 of them dirt cheap and they will keep 8 years in cool dry storage. I can recommend this.
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Not bad, but over-hyped
I got this on prime day for $29 and still feel like I paid more than it’s worth. It’s not dim by any means, and I do like how compact and lightweight it is. But for those people out there who are saying it’s some blow-your-mind, blinding flashlight where you can see for hundreds of yards… That simply isn’t true. It’s brighter than you'd expect for a flashlight it's size and weight. I like the fact that you can recharge the battery, but I hate the fact that you need to pull the flashlight apart to do it. It might throw light 100 feet, but only completely illuminates things maybe 35 feet in front of you. As far as the area directly in your orbit, it is very bright, but drop off is swift. Full power only lasts a moment or two, before it automatically adjusts it's power. I bought this to walk my dog at night, and it does not last the entire 20 minute walk, before it switches to 50% power. At 50% power you're all of a sudden just carrying around a five dollar Walmart flashlight. Still not sure if that’s the battery dying, or the LED getting too hot. Either way, a flashlight that only lasts 20 minutes is not a very versatile flashlight.If this was $20 and you needed it to momentarily peer into dark spaces from time to time, I'd say this is a good fit for you. But if you're in situations where you need 15, 30 or 45 minutes of decent illumination, this probably is not the best option. I will say it is a good alternative to a penlight, in that it's very portable. It's not much bigger than the size of a dry-erase marker, so it's easy to toss into a backpack or cargo pocket.
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Reviewed in the United States on July 27, 2024
Color: Archer 2A C Cool WhiteVerified Purchase
I got this on prime day for $29 and still feel like I paid more than it’s worth. It’s not dim by any means, and I do like how compact and lightweight it is. But for those people out there who are saying it’s some blow-your-mind, blinding flashlight where you can see for hundreds of yards… That simply isn’t true. It’s brighter than you'd expect for a flashlight it's size and weight. I like the fact that you can recharge the battery, but I hate the fact that you need to pull the flashlight apart to do it. It might throw light 100 feet, but only completely illuminates things maybe 35 feet in front of you. As far as the area directly in your orbit, it is very bright, but drop off is swift. Full power only lasts a moment or two, before it automatically adjusts it's power. I bought this to walk my dog at night, and it does not last the entire 20 minute walk, before it switches to 50% power. At 50% power you're all of a sudden just carrying around a five dollar Walmart flashlight. Still not sure if that’s the battery dying, or the LED getting too hot. Either way, a flashlight that only lasts 20 minutes is not a very versatile flashlight.
If this was $20 and you needed it to momentarily peer into dark spaces from time to time, I'd say this is a good fit for you. But if you're in situations where you need 15, 30 or 45 minutes of decent illumination, this probably is not the best option. I will say it is a good alternative to a penlight, in that it's very portable. It's not much bigger than the size of a dry-erase marker, so it's easy to toss into a backpack or cargo pocket.
If this was $20 and you needed it to momentarily peer into dark spaces from time to time, I'd say this is a good fit for you. But if you're in situations where you need 15, 30 or 45 minutes of decent illumination, this probably is not the best option. I will say it is a good alternative to a penlight, in that it's very portable. It's not much bigger than the size of a dry-erase marker, so it's easy to toss into a backpack or cargo pocket.
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Josh
Handy little flashlight with brightness when you need it and extended AA battery life when you don't
Reviewed in Canada on November 27, 2023Color: Black Cool WhiteVerified Purchase
Josh
Reviewed in Canada on November 27, 2023
The water resistance is an excellent touch. And the included lanyard and replacement button and o-rings are appreciated. The only feature I wish it had that it doesn't is a low-battery indicator. The only concern I have with its operation is that on high, it doesn't reduce its brightness after the amount of time specified in the manual, but ThruNite customer care assure me that this is normal and a temperature sensor will lower the output if necessary, so not worth deducting a star for.
If you want a versatile, water resistant, portable metal flashlight that runs on AA batteries and has good illumination and battery life, you could definitely do worse than this little guy!
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Paul Harding
Solidly built, lengths of time in manual are based on 900 mah AA(2450 is very common)
Reviewed in Canada on November 10, 2023Color: Metal Grey Cool WhiteVerified Purchase
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Lanterna LED
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Excelente artículo
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Small size is convenient,
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 30, 2024Color: Black Cool WhiteVerified Purchase
