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Streamlight 68202 ProPolymer 4AA Flashlight with 7 Ultra Bright White LEDs

List price:	~~$39.95~~
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Manufacturer:	Streamlight

Average user rating: Average user rating: 2

Thought it was great, until it died

I was a huge fan of this flashlight, both because it was so bright, and because it used AA batteries, instead of the AAA that seem to be more common for LED flashlights these days, but can be harder to find when traveling in odd areas.

After having it around the house for several months, and recommending the brand to several people, I fully trusted the thing and took at as my only light on 5 week trip to rural Africa - and after just two weeks, it was dead.

The friend I was traveling with laughed, having warned me this would happen, as I stuttered in disbelief, and started a dissection using our kerosene lamp for light. Meanwhile, she sat reading a book on the other side of the hut with her nearly 2 year old LED Petzl headlamp.

Replacing the batteries, fiddling with the switch, nothing. Just dead.

Maybe it was just a fluke - or maybe they're meant for casual and not regular use. But, I've learned my lession - as of now, my loyalty is to Petzl when it comes to LED flashlights.

Throw away your old flashlights!

I can't imagine why anyone would purchase an incadecent bulb flashlight after trying one of these. Compared to any other flashlight I've owned, the light is brighter and clearer than anything else. I'm thinking of buying the larger version of this flashlight in the future.

It sounds like a few people got defective units and wrote poor reviews, but I doubt very many of these are defective.

What with all the hype about led flash lights.

Unless something is wrong with the one I bought from Costco, I am keeping my old one. I turned it on the fist time in my garage and thought to myself this couldn't be right, not from what I read about and expected. I checked to see if all the 7 leds are working and they seemed to be ok. I turned off the garage lights to to see how it work in the dark but was still surprised how dim it was. I compared my old traditional Ryovac with this light and the $8 Rayovac beat it by far in brighness, close up or from a distance, eventhough the leds produced whiter light. May be people bought these lights for the long hours of use and may be it needs a break-in period? Luckily I bought it from Costco and was able to return.