ThruNite Archer 2A V3 LED Flashlight, 500 Lumens Mini AA Flashlight with Lanyard, IPX8 Water-Resistant Dual Switch Outdoor Flash Light for Hiking, Camping, Everyday Use, EDC - Metal Grey CW

I love this flashlight. It was smaller than I was expecting, but it is strong! The brightest setting is like a spotlight and can reach really far with amazing clarity. I found this in some sort of flashlight review a few years ago as a best overall choice, and they weren't wrong. I even have taken it out on multiple occasions to show it off! If you need a compact, versatile flashlight, this is the one!

This flashlight is pretty simple. There are only 5 total modes (4 solid modes in increasing brightness, and 1 strobe mode from doing a long hold). The rear button turns the whole flashlight on/off. If you really need to, you can use 2 AA batteries, instead of the included rechargeable battery, in the flashlight - but then the flashlight won't be as bright (compared with the included battery). So, I would find this flashlight to be generally designed to be friendly and easier to manage in times of a longer-term emergency. I really appreciate the included lanyard.Side note: I find charging this flashlight included internal and removable battery to be funny. You plug in a USB Type-C charger into the slide of the cylindrical battery to charge it, which is almost as comical as charging the Apple Magic Mouse from its underside or charging the original Apple Pencil's Lightning plug from the "eraser" end; but I'm more willing to forgive this battery's design choices, as this is a flashlight whose battery is likely not going to be charged very often and not a personal computing device.Although not trying to make a fashion statement of being a rugged outdoor flashlight, I basically feel that this is the 2024 version of what an urban version of the flashlight from Alan Wake II should be like, if it were designed to be sleek and more modern.My only complaint is that the side clip is a bit awkward, and I ended taking it off. (But be careful when you do that, as it might fly off at least 10 feet away from you, as it's under a lot of spring tension.) The clip should be moved towards the back with the rear on/off button, in order for the belt clip to make more sense.

Super bright flashlight just runs on AA batteries. Lightweight.

It's a good design to have the ON-OFF button separate from the button that controls light intensity. As others have pointed out, the ON-OFF button is on the end opposite from the lens, which requires that the lens be pointed down to turn the flashlight on. Also, I find that if left in the flashlight from more than a year, all kinds of reputable brand alkaline AA batteries start to leak -- not sure if this is the fault of the flashlight or the battery, but I've had to replace a couple of these flashlight when they were damaged by electrolyte. But overall I appreciate using alkaline batteries rather than integral lithium rechargeable ones because they retain charge so well over a long period of disuse.

I have had this flashlight for almost 2 years. It is very sturdy, feels solid and provides a lot of light for such a small package. I recently had a problem where the light would not go on despite the batteries testing good. I replaced the batteries anyway and sent an email to the manufacturer asking for help. I was amazed to promptly get a response with suggestions for correcting the problem and asking for my address and purchase invoice. Following the advice the flashlight worked perfectly again. I wrote the mfg. to so advise him of that and they responded thanking me and told me that if the problem returned to let them know and they would send me a label to return the light or replacement. The customer service from this company is exceptional I would strongly recommend purchasing this light. It is without a doubt the nicest small flashlight I have ever owned.

Nice little light, like that you can separately choose the mode and on/off. Other ones just cycle through the modes to get to off. Very small and light, but good output. Haven't had long enough to rate battery life, but seems OK so far. Only thing I don't like as much is the strap, which seems as big as the light itself and is kind of stiff, so if storing it upright on a shelf, the strap tends to make it fall over. It's removable, so may do that.

I recently purchased this amazing flashlight. It comes in handy for so many tasks. When I first received it I thought it wasn’t working properly so I contacted customer service. It turned out there wasn’t anything wrong with the flashlight, I was just using the wrong switch to turn on. I can honestly say I have never had a better experience than I did with ThruNite customer service!!! They responded to my emails promptly and were very courteous and helpful. You can’t go wrong buying this flashlight from such a stand up company. Buy it! You will be glad you did.

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