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During the golden age of inexpensive flashlights, Duracell made a flashlight that was durable (of course), bright, light in weight, cheap (about $4) and long lasting. They were rectangular things with two AA batteries and krypton bulbs and they lasted for years. Even when they finally broke the company replaced them. I had one in each car and a couple around the house. They were ideal for taking on walks when you notice a few extra ounces and unnecessary bulk. They didn't roll off tables because they weren't round tubes like all the other flashlights. (In my opinion that's how most flashlights end up falling. They roll off a surface.) You could hold it in your teeth and use your hands for something else. It didn't catch on anything when you put it in your pocket.

The new thing is LED's. There are nice things about them like the way the light they give you is even and the fact that they're much less drain on batteries. They're never quite as bright though and nobody seems to make one that fits in your pocket like the old Duracell. This Energizer HardCase is about the closest thing I've found. It claims to be able to survive a 30 foot drop which is believable because of all the heavy rubber around the bulb and the other end of the light. I can't imagine why I'd drop a flashlight that far. I don't usually do roofing at night but the light just looks rugged and manly. It has prominent screwheads on display that give it the precision industrial look of an expensive new jet engine. If they put some wheels on it, it would indistinguishable from a Humvee. It probably could be mistaken for part of a pistol and I'll bet it weighs three times what the old Duracell light weighed, but they just don't make them like that anymore because, most likely, people don't buy them like that anymore.

The light is bright. I think I can find the switch easily even in total darkness and I believe it is rugged. For now this is one of the best small flashlights on the market.

Terrific flashlight. Imagine a flashlight that doesn't have to be jiggled to make it work -- you just press the button and the light comes on. Tough, durable, and surprisingly bright for its size. I use it often for my work in wet, cold food processing environments, and it hasn't let me down yet.

I actually bought this flashlight as a toy for my 2 year old. She loves playing with flashlights. In any case, it has great light output for it's size and the LED lets the batteries live much longer. I haven't replaced them once which is very important. My other flashlights need new batteries every 2 weeks. It's just perfect for working around the house (when I can get it away from my daughter that is).

My Energizer TUF2AA1E HardCase looks just like this one but is in a package that is one pience of black plastic and difficult to open.

After reading the reviews, I bought two of these and was skeptical because I have several LED flashlights with 3 bulbs which I would rate as 3s.

This little light with batteries and with a Lifetime warranty is great and exceeds my expectations. It will even reach across our river which is about 75-100 yards and I did not expect it to do this!

Yes, it is hell to get out of the package ... cut the two black plastic ties to get the light out, then use a flat screwdriver to pry out the batteries. The packaging is made of the toughest plastic that I have ever tried to cut.

Interesting that my son said he had no problem getting his out of the packaging but I did and otheres did.

Let's hope it will last 50 hrs on the two AAs that came with it.

So far after a month of use, I love it so much I ordered 5 more for Christmas stuffers. UPOD ... Under Promised and Over Delivered which is rare these days.

I bought two of these for the car and are very pleased with them it passed the grand kids test (3 and 5) as far as drop on packed earth and into shallow water(2ft.)on a camping trip and a good size for small hands the batteries lasted a 3 day trip the beam while not super powerful was a full and focused with no shadows and good for about 7 to 9 feet an A+plus product.