Flashlight Duo

This is the best flashlight ever!!! As impressive as depicted in marketing videos, a mighty bright light! It’s a great size/weight that feels nice and sleek in your hand. Super clever features, clean design and functionality. The ribbed silicone (?) sleeve that cuffs around the lit ‘wand’ light is genius - creating a lovely diffused glow, and even has a soothing candle or firelight setting. You won’t be disappointed!

It's very cool, works like it supposed to, best feature is the ability to control the temperature of the light not just the brightness. Love the modern design.

This was a requested gift for my son. He loves it. It’s brighter than bright.

OVERVIEW To be clear, if you were to look up my list of other reviews, you'd become aware that I'm something of a HOTO fan-boy. I love the design and style of their tools. I've owned 3 HOTO devices prior to this and when I saw it, I just had to have it. In most ways, it does not disappoint. HOOK The easy way the end hook opens and securely closes is truly a design masterpiece. I love this. LIGHT MODES ▪ Most of the light functions are interesting but in practical reality, I can't see myself using most of them. Specifically, the mode in which the side panel LED cycles through the available color spectrum. Amusing, but given the size, this is not likely to light up room for a party. ▪ The candle impression is also very cool. Perhaps my wife might like this at bath-time, but I suspect that since I'm the gadget collector in our relationship, she would always prefer a real candle. ▪ The flashing colors on the panel could be useful for walking or riding at night if you want to make sure vehicles can see you. ▪ The actual flashlight is the primary reason for my purchase. It has 3 brightnesses and the highest is significantly brighter than any tactical flashlight I've owned in the past. Unfortunately, this brightness comes at a price. The lens section becomes unexpectedly* hot after as little as 1 minute of use. Really hot. Hotter than you'd think. * - I say "unexpected" because, although you can clearly see warning markings on the back (see attached photo 1), these warnings do not appear in the images posted on Amazon prior to purchase (see attached photo 2). OTHER FEATURES ▪ The Magnet This is pretty cool. You can magnetically hang this multi-purpose light from any magnetically metal surface. That hasn't come in handy yet, but I can see how it might. ▪ Velcro Hanger This one is a bit trickier. Although it is arguably more versatile than the magnet, it's also rather cumbersome to use and carry. It's a nice thought that it can wrap around the light for storage, doing so also defeats half of the lighting options. I can imagine storing it this way for travel, but no for carrying around on a regular basis. CONCLUSION I genuinely like this tactical light combo. It will certainly become my goto device for portable lighting needs. That said, I can't imagine going on a long walk in the wood while camping using this flashlight at full brightness. I'd be afraid I might forget to let it cool down before putting it in my pocket and potentially burning parts of my anatomy that are normally not exposed to heat of this magnitude.

This is an awesome flashlight, love the different modes it has, super high quality metal build, it feels premium. And the magnet on the back is perfect, i can throw it up on a circuit breaker panel by the door and its always there!

Haven’t tested the life of the battery. But great looks. Functions the way it’s supposed to. The weight is a little heavier than my preference but it’s considered light. Buttons work fine. Decent brightness. It is a little pricey but I suppose the function makes up for it.

It is lightweight, versatile, bright, multiple settings as both a flashlight and a lantern/work light, and it is rechargeable. I use mine at work and have sold so many of these flashlights to coworkers witnessing it in action.

I love this light. I originally got it for camping in my van. But I found myself using it more on my nightstand than I thought, so now I'm saving up for a second one. The build quality is very solid. I have no worries there. The flashlight and ambient light are both excellent and both used very often while camping. To be honest though, it was the specialty lights that hooked me. My favorite is the digital candlelight which casts flickering light and shadows around the room or campsite. The shifting multi-colored light is a lot of fun as well. My only complaint is the price. I wasn't joking about having to save up for the next one. The price is steep, but, in this case, you really get what you pay for.