Gold Armour Flashlight - High Lumens Rechargeable Flashlights, Flashlight Holster and Rechargeable Battery Included, LED Water Resistant Light for Kids Adults Emergencies (5.3 Inches Tall)

I've been loving my SOG Dark Energy DE-06 so much that my family wanted one. However, I was not willing to spend $80-90 a pop for each vehicle, the wife, and son. Late at night I saw the many commercials for Atomic Beam flashlights at a decent price. Looking into that company in particular was general bad news and the shipping on the 2nd light wouldn't make them a good deal at all. After lots of looking I came to this Gold Armour that is identical in every, sold through Amazon, and put it in my wishlist. I get the sale alert that they're $11 each and ordered several. I really like it! I wouldn't replace my SOG with it, but they're nice to have around.Mine came with everything shown in the picture and I'm using the 18650 Lithium Ion Battery since I have many devices that use them and always have a backup battery on a charger. The flashlight is small and the polymer "bulb" frame makes it light and not slippery when wet and the knurled aluminum grip is perfect sized. It has the same full press to turn on and off while 1/2 presses of the tailcap mounted red button switches to through the 4 modes of operations. That 4th mode is neat and I entirely missed that it will enable an S.O.S. Morse blink. This is a great function IMO as you can leave it on unattended while it's trying to get attention for you while you do your survival tasks if needed.One thing I'd like to clear up: I would not consider this a tactical flashlight at all. Gold Armour doesn't state this, but their competitors claim "technology used by special forces" and all that means is that SpecOps us Cree LED and that's the end of that list of tactical claim. The crown (attack head) isn't sharp and wouldn't break the skin, but that also means it's not cutting through your pants' side pocket when carried daily.Also, as I see many have touched on, using "lumens" is a very confusing marketing term if the distance of the measurement isn't stated. My DE-06 is listed at 687 lumen and is much brighter than this flashlight with a lot longer range. Another con I have is that there's only one "zoom" setting I'd use on this flashlight and that's about 3/4 or 5/8 out. It's a gentle room light when full out and when you're past 5/8 you can see the LED chip; The "beam" is a little square LED board. I'm just stating all of this to show that it's not a "tactical flashlight" by any means. You can't even mount a nice red/blue/green lens filter on this due to the sloped bezel. Holster? Doesn't fit any of mine. Rifle mount? Forget it without machining out your own.I have tested these based on their competitor's commercial claims. Tossed it in water for about 30 minutes, works fine. Had SOME moisture inside the LED bezel but not the battery compartment. Froze it in a block of ice, yes it worked during the entire freeze and chipping out process. Ran it over with a Chevy 1500 extended cab with both front and back wheels on our granite terrain and it held up just fine (really only 500lbs of pressure, so I expected this to be fine). The fire part ended very quickly. Tossed it in a fire and it was out in about 30seconds, the battery blew at about 1 minute, and that's when I noticed that there was no gas escape whole in the battery barrel that I could find. The battery blew up (in a contained environment, not just some random fire), gas couldn't release, so it became a little firecracker. This is interesting for daily carry as I can't find that the included battery has a safety short shutdown like the good AWT IMR 18650 red batteries. A fire won't help that, however shorting out shouldn't happen on a good battery and a vent hole is a must. I'll keep looking around for a vent on these and will update if I do in fact find one. Don't just drill a hole or it won't be water proof and WILL go boom. I'd rather suggest looking into IMR batteries as those have the chemistry to not short out over time and risk explosion but they're about $35 a pair.All that being said, I loved them at the $11 price range and would still order these Gold Armour brands here on Amazon at the normal $17 range any day of the year! The included items are well worth every penny at the full price given here and it really doesn't disappoint for a casual carry flashlight.If anyone wants any specific pictures or questions about this item, feel free to ask and I'll attempt to show/answer them. I like this product and I love to help others feel comfortable with their purchases.Oh! If the retailer is watching these reviews for ANY feedback to give to the manufacturer, I'd love to see colors like fl yellow or florescent orange instead of just black. Black is tacti-cool for individuals but companies love bright colors for safety and difficult work environments. I'd order 50 of these if they were bright colors and not just the black. The sealed Pelican lights we use are pure crap and everything else is in the $200 range. Bright colors and source some IMR batteries, sales could jump drastically!Update 12/16/17: I destroyed the first but bought another for usage feedback. The plastic lens fell loose and rattled around in there. I super glued it back in and I guess it's holding up, but it gave me a chance to really look at the lens on it's own. There's bubbles and imperfections throughout. Again, an $11 torch. Also, after buying another they do in fact have IMR labeled batteries and the first one's shrink wrap didn't show it.

We bought two of these flashlights because they are rechargeable. Our present small flashlights work well but the batteries are short lived and pricey. These Gold Armour flashlights are solidly made and work as advertised. They produce a very bright light that is adjustable from a wide flood to a narrow focused spot.The battery came partially charged but we immediately put them in the charger and fully charged them before use. The charging takes a few hours so we charge them overnight. When charging, the charger blinks red and turns to solid green when complete.We like these flashlights a lot and ordered and received two more from Amazon, one as a gift. Longevity of this product is unknown as we have used ours first ones for only a month. I expect them to operate correctly for a long time but only time will tell.Edit: We have now bought seven of these flashlight for ourselves and as gifts. All are working great. We use these every night as we walk three miles or more every night and use the flashlights for that as well as other purposes. Put one in your car as they are soooo handy. The spot light setting is fun to use as we can scan the fields and woods around our neighborhood and find the deer a couple of hundred yards away.Excellent product and we highly recommend them.We recommend these Gold Armour flashlights. So far they are an excellent product at a great price.

Our son gave us a rechargeable LED Freeplay flashlight several years. It also has a crank charger that we never used. The batteries have now had last rights. They are replaceable, but soldered together. Because LI batteries are expensive, sometimes poor performing, and in this case, a hassle to replace, we moved on.The flashlight we were looking for had to have rechargeable batteries and alternate replaceable nicad batteries. An adjustable beam was a high priority. This flashlight has those attributes. We have used this flashlight sparingly for two weeks, so it is too early to give a more thorough review. Here are the pros and cons thus far:Pros: The flashlight is by no means a search light. It is light and compact with an easy to adjust beam with some halo. The rubber protected switch on the butt of the flashlight is a simple press on/press off-I have no need to send an SOS to the lighting bugs when picking dew worms. It appears to be built well with an aluminum housing. Two rechargeable batteries, a charger, and a AAA battery adapter that will take 3 cells are included. Both rechargeable batteries were charged and work in the flashlight. I am trying 3 AAA dollar store batteries (6 batteries for a dollar) to see how long they last. It has a wrist strap for convenience. And finally, it was the best priced light to fit the above attributes.Cons: Not many at this early stage. The greatest detractor of this package is the ultra poor design of the battery charger. Only one battery can be charged at a time. The battery seating is loose and a bit difficult to get a connection. But, it does work. It took a couple of hours for the first battery to come to a full charge. More disturbing, the second battery took over night. Rechargeable battery longevity is in question, as is the charger itself. However, if a six-pack of batteries for a $1 will last me for a year, I good with that. Of a bit lesser concern is that the rechargeable batteries can not be charged in the flashlight and can only be charged on 115 AC. If boon-dock camping, keep a stash of AAAs on hand.