Pros:
Bright as heck--good focused light beam--lightweight--carries the name of a time honored US affiliated company--reasonably well built--reasonable price--about $26. Comes with a 110 ac house charger and a 12v car charger.

Cons:
Useful battery life is about 60 seconds on a full charge. (not joking)
Actually made in China--assembled in China.
Long charging time--usually 3 hrs just to achieve 60 seconds worth of light.
I wouldn't wander off in the woods with it unless ya wanna walk back in the dark.

I would NOT reccomend buying one of these.
(Maybe I just got a bad one--or it's just bottom of the line product--meaning I got what I paid for.Had it for about 6 months now, and it's been like this since day 1, and I followed the directions for the initial charge to the letter)

I got ya beat :P I have a Black and Decker Rechargeable Spotlight. It will last 31 secs before lights out.


I keep one in my car thats 3 Million Candlepower . Plugs up to the Battery or Cig lighter. I don't use the Cig lighter, wires gets hot.
This light will run a car battery down with in one hour.

I have the same one just yellow and HID. Mine lasts about 35 minutes on a charge. Insane bright. I love it. It takes about 4-5 hours to charge though.

Can you return these? I mean I would if they lasted that short a time.

I have the craftsman 19.2 volt florescent one that last hours and hours. Now unless you need the spotlight I would try that one.

Steve

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I've got one similar to that, except it is yellow and uses a 5 watt LED. Super bright and very long run time. It was about $20 at the local Wally World.

my buddys dad bought similar item last year. had three settings; one for night use that wouldnt mess with night vision, one to help see blood, and a third i cant remember. it might have even been made by Stanly. was WAY expensive. defective out of the box. horrible build quality.

hope you can get your cash back. if not, file a serious complaint. maybe even boycott Stanley if they wont at least replace it

I have a Milwaukee that uses the same batteries as their other cordless tools (impact, Sawzall, etc.). It lasts for hours and hours.

For actual brightness however I bought a flashlight made by a company called Streamline or Streamlight or something like that. Pricey, but its as bright as a welding arc. Maybe a half-hour of use per charge, but it comes with a car charger and an AC charger. Very nice.

quote Originally posted by maryjane:

I think I had the same one, it may be sitting in the woods by the house still.

When we first got it we only used it a few times, less than a minute each time for about 6 months.

Then one night we had a disturbance out in the woods, and I grabbed it, and the rifle, and went out. Got about a minute into the woods at a decent clip, and the battery starts dying, less than a minute after that a cigarette was brighter. There I was in the woods, carrying a dead flashlight, and a rifle. Pitch black, I was having a blast by the time I found my way out. Last Craftsman Item I ever buy. I'm sure they make some quality stuff, but if they want to put such piss poor quality into that item, I have to assume they care just as little about the other stuff.

I followed the initial charge cycle instructions as well, perhaps they are wrong lol.

Brad

Huh. I have that exact same one. I have no problems with it. I use it for finding addresses in the dark while delivering. I need to recharge it maybe every two weeks or so. Though it is intermittent use...

quote Originally posted by twofatguys: I followed the initial charge cycle instructions as well, perhaps they are wrong lol. Brad

i find it odd that they are still using batteries that need to be charged a specific way the first time...

quote Originally posted by faaaaq: i find it odd that they are still using batteries that need to be charged a specific way the first time...

If I remember (and with me that's a crapshoot) the instructions that came with the flashlight said to charge for 12 hours before using, or looking at it too hard. Then something about completely draining the batteries by leaving the light on until the bulb was no longer lit up before recharging.

It was a "cheepie" flashlight, 30 bucks or so. I found out later that if you let it set a few minutes you have almost full power again for another 30 seconds- a minute. It only seemed to die quickly when it was on for a minute straight.

Brad

Edit, I just noticed that Don said something about wandering into the woods with his. I just skimmed his post I guess, and didn't see that.

[This message has been edited by twofatguys (edited 06-14-2010).]

I said I would NOT recomend walking in the woods with this one.

I have other lights--3 mil candlepower that plugs in a vehicle cig lighter, and a 18 volt Ryobi rechargable worklight that lasts for hrs on a 1 hr charge.

Tho I said "I got what I paid for", it was actually a gift so I really kinda can't take it back. Guess I'll look for a better one tho--this one just isn't worth a dang. I need a good handheld cordless spotlight when the zombies come.

so what will you do with this one?

quote Originally posted by maryjane: I said I would NOT recomend walking in the woods with this one. I have other lights--3 mil candlepower that plugs in a vehicle cig lighter, and a 18 volt Ryobi rechargable worklight that lasts for hrs on a 1 hr charge. Tho I said "I got what I paid for", it was actually a gift so I really kinda can't take it back. Guess I'll look for a better one tho--this one just isn't worth a dang. I need a good handheld cordless spotlight when the zombies come.

I was going to ask how long it took to shoot a deer

quote Originally posted by faaaaq: so what will you do with this one?

Dumpster--or I might Red Green it, and duct tape a gel type ATV battery on the bottom of it, since it's 12 V.

quote Originally posted by maryjane: Dumpster--or I might Red Green it, and duct tape a gel type ATV battery on the bottom of it, since it's 12 V.

lol

i saw these at Walmart today. the smalled was like 1000lumens and the biggest was like, 3800. it was HUGE.