iTouchless DLX Forever Last Flashlight, No Battery Needed
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Customer Reviews of iTouchless DLX Forever Last Flashlight, No Battery Needed
Customer Review: A very good diaster light...
Summary: 5 Stars
I purchase two of these lights after a storm knocked out power in the St. Louis area for several days. It does what it is intended for back up lighting when you are without power or access to batteries. it is not intendend to replace your regular high powered lights if that's what you are looking for go elsewhere.But if you what a reliable waterproof works anytime light these are for you.Customer Review: Not good
Summary: 1 Stars
You have to continually shake this flashlight to get ANY light, and what you get isn't much for all that shaking. I'd pass and buy a real flashlight.Customer Review: It's OK but not great...
Summary: 3 Stars
The Bad
- It's not as bright as I expected.
- The solenoid gets stucked sometimes and wont let you recharge.
The Good
- Very strong casing. It's almost unbreakable
- Still a good concept product.
Customer Review: I wish I could recommend this ...
Summary: 3 Stars
I wish I could recommend this but I really can't, unless you're willing to tinker with it.
These forever flashlights have seemed like fun for a while, and this is the first one where the reviews seemed good enough to make it worth ordering. And, the price is lower - for the price of some of the others, I can get a really nice MagLite, so I'm not going to buy those.
They did a lot of things right with this product:
- the LED is bright enough to give enough light for reading a book or walking (BUT see below); though it is much less bright than a regular flashlight, and someone with difficulty with night vision might not find it usable.
- the light lasts long enough that it wouldn't need constant shaking. there is some light for over 100 minutes ... that's not an exaggeration, but it does dim over time.
- it's not terribly noisy when it's shaken to charge it, because they cleverly put small magnets at each end of the channel to repel the big magnet and keep it from striking the inside, so it's like there's an invisible magnetic cushion at both ends.
- it's close enough to waterproof in shallow water (a few drops got in, OK at this price), and it does float - though just barely.
- it's fairly lightweight, though the metal magnet inside is about the size of a C battery, and there are copper coils around that, so there is some weight to it.
So what's the problem? The smallest, least expensive part - the lens. For some crazy reason they must have decided they wanted a tiny beam of light that goes farther, rather than an broader beam. So they have a curved lens that concentrates the light. The problem is, the tiny center of the beam is brighter but much too small, and the concentric circles around it are darker. So it's not as useful for walking or reading as it would be with a simple plain clear lens.
It's easy to unscrew the top and take out the lens to see - and some people may want to use it that way, but of course with no lens it loses protection and the ability to float and keep water out. Or find a replacement lens, but that's a bother. So it's a shame over such a small part, but it really makes the light a lot less useful as shipped. Let's hope they change the lens, or ship both types of lenses if they think a tiny, brighter beam is useful in some practical way (as opposed to for marketing claims about how far it goes, or how bright it is).
If you've been intrigued by one of these and want it just for fun, or would use it without the lens (or could replace the lens) - then give it a try. If you don't like to have to mess around - you might want to wait. It's not quite the perfect light for reading under the covers at camp yet.
A couple other things:
- as others mentioned, the magnet is very strong. you can pick up metal objects with it! so keep it away from sensitive things.
- they suggest shaking it horizontally and not vertically, which makes sense but isn't mandatory.
Because it's clear and easily dis-assembled, it also makes a fun science demonstration - do a web search on Faraday.
Customer Review: The light is not very bright
Summary: 3 Stars
I bought this light thinking that it would be somewhat bright like normal lights. I live in the city , however the part that I live in does not have many street lights because it is close to the woods, with this said one night my husband and i took a walk and we found that two lights were not sufficient enough to look more than 2 feet. I think the concept is cool and I also think they are cool for emergencies, when you don't have batteries but they are not very bright.