5 Pack SK-68 3 Modes Handheld Mini Cree Q5 LED Flashlight Torch Tactical Lamp 7w 300lm Adjustable Focus Zoomable Light

I have five families of relatives in Florida during Helene and Milton. One couple was out looking for a flashlight a few days before Milton hit. I thought it would be nice to buy all five families some inexpensive small flashlights and ship them down. These 1 double AA flashlights were bright and had a slide to focus feature. It is something I would leave on my nightstand. I also bought a pack of ten small single AAA flashlights which averaged $2.20 apiece. I would not buy those again. These Mini Cree Q5 LED's are worth their price of under $3 apiece.

These Led flashlights seem to have a good build quality, take a single AA battery, have a push-button switch with two brightness and a flashing mode. These are badged NLA NPU or NIA NPU With Cree Q5 lamp. They also have a metal clip that works very well. Their size is great--very pocketable, also fits well in a purse, fanny pack, lunch box, or numerous places inside an automobile or truck. You can also focus the beam which I guess is a plus. They are so inexpensive I even put them in coat pockets and sometimes hand them out to friends. I used to buy Lux or Lux-Pro Led flashlights such as the Lux-Pro LP200, which is comparable to this one I am rating and a two AA battery model Lux. Problem is, for me the four or five Lux lights I have purchased over the last year do not turn on or off properly, like a short in the switch. When they will not turn you slap them on your palm and they will come on. Sometimes they will start flashing without you pressing the switch. Too bad, I really liked the Lux flashlights but not if they give out so soon--latest one lasted two months and cost a bit more. Just about all flashlights are made in China. Lux claims on their web site that if you have a problem they will take care of it--NOT!!! Unless they need more than three months to return an email and answer a simple question. I bought Lux both on Amazon and also in Lowes when they were running a special which I believe was a single AA and a double AA as a promotion for around $12. Also, the adds for lamps like this are usually referred to as "Tactical." Give me a break.

Build quality is usable but not amazing. Definitely not a streamlight, but also much much cheaper. These supposedly take a AA and they do work with that size battery, but the light isn't super bright and they have a LOT of extra space left around it. I was trying to figure out what these were actually made for given the large battery compartment and 4.2v rating, and using a battery voltage/size chart I found a cell called a 17500 that comes in a 3.7v rechargeable lithium version. Fits perfectly and very bright, and supposedly rated for 1100mAh, but I had to add a washer to the end of them since they're flat on the positive end like they were primarily intended for a larger battery pack. (If you decide to go this route be sure to not drain these batteries fully before recharging- unlike the alkaline batteries you may be used to, lithium cells can be damaged by low voltage! charge them if they ever get noticably low.)One minor downside (that I've also seen with other cheap flashlights) is that when you focus the beam for long distance, it projects an actual image of the LED emitter. The light beam becomes a square with three smaller rectangles inside, with very noticeable light and dark areas instead of a nice consistent spot. It can be kinda distracting, but isn't insurmountable

This pack of 5 flashlights take one AA battery. They are bright. I took it with me hiking as a backup for the headlight. The headlight had fresh batteries in it and was not nearly as bright nor lighted up the distance like this flashlights did. One or two of these will be in my pack in the future as hiking in the dark with a dim light really sucks.

I have bought about 50 different flashlights trying to find the perfect one, still looking... but I have to say this is a great little light! It can take a regular AA battery or a 14500 Li-ion 3.7V cell, and I recommend you use the latter it will be about 3 times brighter!This light is small, but not too small. It's lightweight but not cheap feeling, it gets a little warm running it on 3.7V but not bad. I have much larger flashlights with MUCH larger batteries that put out less or the same amount of light as this one. I don't know where they get all these rating numbers because in my experience none of them are comparable. They mess with the numbers to make them look good. Straight up I think this is a 200-300 lumen light, I think the 6,000 and 10,000 numbers you see on similar flashlights are just dumb. How can the same size / design light with one cell battery put out 10,000 lumen? I have a Maglite with a 1,000 Lumen Teralux head in it, there is no way any of those I tested were brighter than my Mag. But anyway, this light is definitely bright enough to light up the night and see where you are going or what you are working on. And that one little battery lasts quite a long time. I have not done any runtime tests, I have rechargeable batteries, I don't care, I just exchange it for another.My ONLY complaint is that the tailcap on this design is too small, my fingers are big and it is a little difficult to unscrew. Out of 50 flashlights laying around here this is one I pick up all the time, just changed the battery last night!