LRI PPRO Proton Pro White/Red, 2-Colors-in-1 LED Flashlight, 1-Pack

Sept 2013. I've had this light for 13 years (next month) and it is still going strong. I love it and would replace it in a heartbeat if it was lost or quit working. on July 1, 2012 I lost it and it was found 11 months later by my wife in the grass in our yard. Many rains, freezes, some snows. It had an Energizer Ultimate Lithium battery which was dead. New battery - worked perfectly. Still using it daily. Great at night when the dim red light is perfect for getting around the house and not disturbing others. Rugged. A bright white light when I need it. But the red LED gets the most use.Note, I'm through with alkaline batteries. Had too many leak and ruin or nearly ruin what they were in. Never had an Energizer Ultimate Lithium battery leak, not even being left in a device for over 10 years now. Alkaline may be fine in a device used constantly so they get replaced often, but the EUL batteries give me peace of mind and are worth the cost to me.I highly recommend this Proton Pro flashlight after over a decade of use. How often can you say that about any modern electronic device? Here is my review from 13 years ago:I read all the other reviews here and decided to purchase this light. I am a flashlightaholic, and have a number of LED flashlights, including Surefire 6PL and G2L, Inova Bolt, Mag-Lite XL100, and several Fenix AAA and AA lights. First of all, this flashlight is made in CHINA. It says so on the box, it says so on a label on the clip. I visited LRI's web site and they boast of having started the company in Vermont with all local employees. Good web site, but they do not mention this light being made in Red China. The only component of Mag Instrument's flashlights not made in the US is the bulb for their Solitaire. But the Photon Pro light is very well made, well designed, I pinch the clip a little so it will slip over my pocket as it does not have much of a lip. I wish the white LED came on low and ramped to high, instead of coming on in high mode. I like the red LED light too. The strobes and SOS are more interesting than practical. I carry this light every day in my pocket, either shirt or pants, using the clip. Mine came with a keyring loop in the tail, but I think it is probably too large to attach to the bunch of keys like I have. I clip it to my keys by the clip to go through the X-ray machine going into work to keep it all together in the tray, but otherwise I never attach it to my keys. Warning, when my first battery burned out, the light just stopped dead, did not fade out slowly like other LED lights. I never saw the red LED blinking like the package says it does to warn you. All in all, I like it and carry it. But, keep a spare battery close by. For a belt light I carry the Mag-Lite XL100 in a holster (it does not have a clip or lanyard capability). I usually prefer using the Mag-Lite, but the compact size of the Photon Pro is a big plus as it goes everywhere with me. Plus, I like the side button on it. I do not care that much for twisting tail caps or momentary tail cap switches. I have a similar sized, single AA Fenix LD10. I greatly prefer the Photon Pro. The Fenix is built like an army tank with thick aluminum housing, is longer, and has a click-on tail button. But the Fenix tail switch is shrouded by two flat lanyard loops that allow it to be stood up on its base. These loops mean you have to insert your thumb end into the end with some dexterity and force to press the small switch button, more force needed that the Photon Pro or XL100 do not require. The Fenix is also much heavier, somewhat longer and thicker, and has a weird "twist bezel", multiple switch-taps to cycle through different brightness and strobe/sos settings. Bottom line: I like the Photon Pro for a pocket light, the Mag-Lite XL100 for a belt or coat pocket light. My Photon Pro came in a package that says it has a phosphorescent ring in the bezel that stays illuminated all night. Well it does have the ring, and it glows nicely after using the white LED, but for only 15 minutes or so. I can't see it after an hour even in full darkness with my eyes adjusted to the dark. There are phosphors that will glow all night (my brother has a watch with phosphors (not tritium) that can be seen after many hours after activation), but my Photon Pro does not have this. Buy it for its compact size, light weight, and good design/ergonomics and you probably will be very happy with it.

I gave my Photon® Proton Pro as a Christmas gift to myself in 2010. At this point I've used enough to call it my favorite small flashlight. It doesn't have crenellations and it doesn't tail stand. I have other flashlights that possess these features. This doesn't change my opinion about the Photon Pro, for any of my most high-probability uses.There are many reasons I like the Proton Pro so much. The main ones are easy to sum up, but I'll provide enough detail so you can judge for yourself.1) It has a red beam built in, along with a bright white. This may sound impossible and kludgy, but the way LRI pulled it off is elegant and simple. I use the red light a great deal as my "go to" beam of choice when I'm starting out in a situation that's already dark and I don't want to blind myself or wake anyone else up with a disturbingly bright light. To access the red beam all I have to do is hold down the button. The red light starts out so dim it's hard to see; I continue holding until the intensity ramps up to be "just bright enough." I think this is one of those features where you don't know what you're missing, until you have it and are finding that you use it all the time.2) If I deliberately want a white light, it turns full-on, incredibly bright white with just one press and release. No holding things down, waiting. No remembering to turn this or that mode dial. Just instant on and blindingly bright.3) The position of the button is on the side of the barrel, near the reflector. Over time I've found this to a natural, very easy to find position.4) The Proton Pro turns on either in white or red beam (with the same button). This is the utmost in simplicity.5) The different patterns are all actuated by the same button. No twists of bezels, end caps, etc. needed. To access the red patterns, just press and continue to hold down the same button. To access the white patterns, just press and release, then hold down the very same button. The sequencing of the patterns is super user-friendly. If I want to ease my eyes into the darkness, I select red and the sequence ramps up (and into the various other patterns from there). If I want an immediate bright white, I select white, which turns full-on, then ramps down (and into the other patterns from there). The other patterns themselves are many: aside from ramping up or down, there is a blinking, slow, medium and fast beacons, and SOS. Plus, if you know Morse Code, you can use that same button to blink out your long and short flashes. Yes, you can even use the red light for Morse Code (just read the instructions to learn how).Then there are the little details. It only takes 1 AA battery, which drives an incredibly bright 1000+, 1.4w white light. The contacts are gold plated. It is O-ring sealed and waterproof (to what depth I can't say). The package includes a lithium battery. The pocket clip is detachable. It comes with a sturdy tail ring in case you want to add a lanyard or clip the compact (less than 3" or 10cm long) flashlight to a key ring. The reflector has a nifty phosphor glow ring encircling it, which makes the light easy to see in the dark if you drop it or if you just want to find it quickly in the dark on a night-stand.The belt holster that comes with the Proton Pro is worth special mention. I have a beef with the belt holster on another light I have that is priced about the same as the Proton Pro, namely, that its flashlight doesn't fit it well. The holster that comes with the Proton Pro, on the other hand, fits like Goldilocks favorite chair: it's just right. Not too long, not too short, not too tight, and not too loose. The stainless steel belt clip does not need to be removed in order to slide the Proton Pro into its holster. A minor plus, but telling, is that the enclosure flap on the holster completely laps over the Velcro, leaving no little annoying plastic hooks to rub against fingers or to snag articles of clothing. Last but not least, the belt holster has a belt loop (naturally!), but it also has a sturdy D ring on top of the loop, plus, there is a second loop you can create, using a long hook-and-loop tab the runs the length of the primary belt loop. Either the D ring or second loop can be used to fasten the holster in places when you can't use the traditional belt method or where you might want to secure it temporarily, such as a off a backpack strap, belt loops when you're not wearing a belt, or length of pipe. For me, this little baby is always slipped into a bathrobe pocket.To top it off, the Proton Pro seems to perform just as well with lithium or NiMH batteries. (Another small light I have loses its ability to display its lowest beam when using lithiums, which is a disappointment.) The Proton Pro will also accept alkaline, NiCad, or old-style carbon batteries.Note that when you first receive the light, you should read the instructions and learn how to take it out of its "demo mode." (Just press and hold the button until the light shuts off.) Otherwise it will shut itself off automatically (to prevent the battery from draining in the showroom).If you've never owned a modern flashlight, the Proton Pro will open your eyes to how far the technology has come. Seeing so many user-friendly functions packed into such a small, practical package helped me understand why there is an entire community of flashlight collectors and aficionados out there.

Really great light. I bought it as a bike light. That hasn't worked out so well as it is so bright I actually had a driver tell me off for using it! Also the button is really hard to push when wearing winter riding gloves. Also to get into the flashing modes is tricky. The flashing modes also seem to turn them selves off after a while.Overall though i'm really impressed by this light and I will probably get a proper bike light and keep this as a torch

One of the best, perhaps THE best, small torches available. They still haven't got the distress signal ("SOS") timing right.