Neiko 40290 Super-Bright 21-LED Aluminum Flashlight, Gunmetal Silver
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of Neiko 40290 Super-Bright 21-LED Aluminum Flashlight, Gunmetal Silver
Customer Review: Gets Too Hot to Hold
Summary: 2 Stars
I bought this light to use as handy light for my job. It is small and comes with a holster I can put on my safety belt. The light is rugged, well finished and very bright. However after about 10 minutes, it gets too hot to hold. The heat starts creeping back from the LEDs in the front of the light after a few minutes. It little while later, you can't even hold it. It's fine for short duration use, but that is all. I have since retired this light to home use. The most I'll use it for is looking under the couch for my kids toys. Luckily, I also bought the 9 LED version. It is more cheaply made, isn't as bright but doesn't get hot. I now use the 9 LED model at work with the holster that came with the 21 LED model.Customer Review: Giant light in a small package
Summary: 4 Stars
I bought several of these for gifts and the receivers are happy. It's very well constructed and palm size. For the ladies it can be carried in the purse and makes a great light to walk to the car in a parking lot. The brightness would temp blind an attacker if the need arose.
With the 21 LED's it gives off a very bright light and covers a larger area that you would expect. If you desire a small, well made, bright flashlight that you can depend on, this is the one.
Customer Review: Good buy for price
Summary: 5 Stars
Great little light, I was especially surprised at how solid the construction is, it appears to be milled out of a solid piece of aluminum. It's also very, very bright - especially when compared to a 4 LED 2 AA light I also have.
As for the flickering mentioned in the other reviews, I made sure to rough up the contacts with some low grit sandpaper before I started using it and I haven't seen any instance of the problem they describe. I use this as a bike headlamp and it works great.
I would beware the batteries included with it. The instructions specifically mention that they are "demo" batteries and may not last a long time. They are NOT kidding, I got an hour tops of full brightness out of them. Not a con, since it's still a 5 star without the batteries at all, but I suggest disposing of them immediately when it arrives.
It's probably not as nice as some of the $50-$100 ones out there, but why would you compare that to a light that costs as little as this?
Great deal!
Customer Review: Good product
Summary: 5 Stars
I think this product is good for the price I paid.
It doesn't look cheap, solid structure and amazing bright!!
The velcro-type holder is a bit ugly (cheap look) but good enough to hold your flashlight confortably.
I recommend this product.
Customer Review: Good value, poor performance
Summary: 2 Stars
This flashlight is great when it works. The flickering, as mentioned in other reviews, is unchanged by shaking or twisting the model. The light output is bright, but not as bright as a single-LED flashlight I already own. I would have expected brighter light from this 21-LED flashlight.
Other than that, the flashlight is sturdy, lightweight, and it fits nicely in the palm of my hand.