Gear Review: A $3 Flashlight

By Jeremy S

These flashlights, sold under a handful of brand names, are all over Amazon and fluctuate in price from about $2.75 to $3.75 shipped. They run off a single, AA battery and claim to put out 300 lumens with a CREE Q5 LED. This listing for them has been the #1 best seller in the “handheld flashlights” category since at least early spring when I first noticed it. Eventually I couldn’t keep away from them any longer and figured it was time to pick up a few and see how they actually fare. . .

First, the link above is the most popular listing but it isn’t the only option. The closest competitor is this one, and like the #1 best seller it’s going to ship from China and take around a month to arrive. If you’d rather not wait, there are options sold and shipped from the U.S. with Prime shipping. This listing is for a 1-mode version (on/off), sold as a pair shipped Prime for $9.90, and this listing offers pairs of lights in a few color choices and 1-mode or 3-mode (high/low/strobe) options, also shipped Prime for …Read the Rest

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