Penny Gear

The Sharper Image LED flashlight uses one CR123A lithium battery.

This is a nice flashlight. It has good floody beam, and would be great a walking light, so you can see the rocks and bushes. Or for working. It has a good flood beam which would help while changing a tire or just working (indoors or outdoors).

It uses two standard AA batteries. Alkaline batteries are recommended. It has an aluminum body and five 5mm LED s. It is activated by a tail clicky switch. This also means one-handed operation.

This flashlight is also handy because it fits easily in a back pocket.

The Coleman website says it gives 63 lumens of light. I don’t have a way to test this.

This is a very handy and compact flashlight, considering that it uses two D-cell batteries, lined up in the traditional fashion.

The switch is the traditional type, with ON, OFF, and MOMENTARY positions. The momentary position enables the button, which turns on the light as long as it is pressed. Release it, and the light goes off.

The body is chrome-plated steel. But it is not thick enough to resist dents. Mine has minor dents from normal wear-and-tear, being carried in a bag and in a car.

The “bulb” area in the flashlight head is protected by a transparent plastic “lens” cap. It is simply flat, clear plastic, so I put “lens” in parentheses. This “lens” is not very strong. Mine cracked without being abused. But it still works.