My parents saw this at a Costo, and decided that it would make a great birthday present for me. I didn't have the heart to tell them that my pocket sized 2xAA Fenix is better on all counts. However, I can see the battery bank function being somewhat useful in a pinch.
I was a Flashaholic for years, in search of the holy grail . Finally stopped, and I’d say the best lights in existence are 1. the Thrunite T1 (best pocket , thumb sized light on 18350 with 1500 lumens) 2. The Lumintop GT nano (keychain INSANE thrower ( with extended battery tube . the GT nano is so small that I just threw a Lumintop Frog on the same keys along with it (which uses the same battery and is the same size but is a flood light whereas the GT nano throws about 400 meters ). Haven’t needed a flashlight since . Drop my keys every day and has never failed
Lol I bought this little Dr Pepper branded push on pen light at a gas station in NC like 20 years ago and the SOB still works . It’s been on my camelback for well over hundreds of mountain bike rides, and hikes. It was like 1.50 . It’s saved my butt a few times. It’s bright enough to set up camp and do derailleur bypass surgery.
I've had good experiences with Fenix lights, all my rifle and shotgun lights are Fenix, as well as edc lights. I remember when Maglight was the best thing you could get, times sure have changed, I still have my 6D cell. I wonder how the flashlight world will look like in another 30 years.
Some pretty sweet deer footage. When I was last at Costco I didn't even see that light. I shop like I'm pulling a bank job. I rush in, grab what I need and flee. 🤣🤣 Thanks for the video
I used to use 100% OLight, loved the features and the quality. As soon as they made everything magnetic I had to go with a different brand. I work with metal and sheetmetal all day long, grinding, sanding, ect. It all stuck to the olight and made it unusable. I still have a few olights for out on the town but my daily driver is a Fenix just because its not magnetic and wont get shorted or malfunction case of metal debris. Loved my olights but if you work with metal they will not work for you. Currently using a PD36r Fenix and its awesome. Also, as a 15yr plus watcher man I thank you so much for your efforts. I still have some of the OG 4sevens lights that I used for years that you reviewed... So grateful for the guidance over the years man thanks and 73's.
For $30, I'm certain the average customer will be very happy :P the social media ads are almost always trash being sold directly by a factory lol but O-light kicks American flashlight @sses lol (quite sad but that's what our companies get for being so complacent)
All costco lights are just loss leaders to get you to burn through batteries. But they have progressively gotten worse and worse over the years. 3-4 years back I got that duracell 3AAA light 4 pack with the red,blue,black,and silver flashlight for $12. No weird features that may break or leak, nor unnecessary functions. Just a bone stock flashlight with a High-Low-Strobe electronic tail switch. Has a surprising amount of throw and works well as an everyday around the house/yard beater. I only use it with NiMH rechargables.
I was going to mention the duracell 3 pack. Those are amazingly powerful flashlights considering the price. They focus really tight, and the focus is a slide instead of a screw, so it's simpler. They're also a nice size - bit bigger than "pocket size" but still pocketable and much smaller than the feit. Definitely would buy the duracell ones again
I thought it'd be a good keep-in-the-vehicle light and not care if it's lost, but nah, too big. Stopped buying alkaline batteries 10+ years ago because they leak and they clog up landfills. Just jumped on the Olight bandwagon and got a Baton 3 Pro Max as EDC and ordered a Marauder Mini as entry-level SAR toy for flood/throw (7000 lumens) + RGB. Need a good headlamp to replace an old Petzl -- would prefer white+red so looking at Nitecore options. I'd prefer Zebralight but they don't have white+red in the same headlamp.
Alkaline powered lights are good to have for diversity purposes in a pinch (every retailer and household has them), but I wouldn’t necessarily recommend them for daily usage or something you leave batteries in.
Great review. The Javalot is one of the very few Olights that I don't have (yet). I like the Seeker 4 mini for a nice wide-beam pocketable light with a handy UV mode- always have it on me. UV charges up a luminous watch face in milliseconds.
For those Javelot flashlights do they make it so it can only use Olight 18650 batteries or can you use standard 18650 batteries? Them doing that with so many of their lights keeps me from buying their stuff. If they would let you use standard batteries I would have way more Olight flashlights.
I got one and its the shitty beam was the first thing I noticed. This thing is more of a blackout/72hr kit light that doubles as a shitty power bank which can take Ccells in a pinch.
The olight jav pro is a beast. I’m not a fan of the size but you get good battery life and plenty of run time on the high modes. The throw is incredible but that’s what it’s made for
Great job Lt Col bashing my hopes for a Costco I’m still happy with my Ultrafires From China at six clams or the the focusable made with the new super secret duranium and chinesium alloy from the Wohan metal works with the latest in Atomic flashlights with the mini nuclear fusion batteries
Still using my Fenix LD20 I bought over a decade ago. I'm waiting for a white laser light with LEDs combo flashlight that is roughly the same size. I want to get them before they ban them.
The light does not suck and it is probably not overpriced. Like the vides eluded to it is over marketed as being a premium light and it is far from being one.
I guess for close-up camp.. ya... But man, for that price and that use, I bought this super tiny lithium single AA 3.7v rechargeable that is the length of your middle finger and think as your thumb that does better than that. Love that thing. some random china thing on amazon.. 2yrs now.. thing is awesome for "$27". Even has a glow cap for the leans. No "strobe" on it either....
19 minutes to show a video about a lost deer and you blame a flashlight? Perform it in a lab. Don't forget this comes with a decent rechargeable battery pack.
Your field test shows why it sucks, but for the average boomer walking around (or on a mobility scooter) only wanting to spend $30 to light up the living room when the power goes out, it fits the use purpose perfectly.
FEIT is Chinese, Ali Babba crap. They spend big money polishing their webiste and not their products. Looking at their webiste, it says they have bought LIFX, who managed to totally screw up sales, distribution and support of a realy superior product group. Strange combination of failure from the bottom and failure from the top.
