Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I purchased this flashlight because I saw the outstanding performance from other Fenix products my father owns and from the lasting shame and disappointment that comes with realizing a 3 D-cell LED Mag-Lite just isn't all that bright. I love this light. The night it arrived, I plugged it in and waited patiently for it to charge so I could use it for my late night walk with the dog. When the charge indicator finally held green, I pulled out the charging cable, leashed the dog, and went out to test my new light source. Coming from a collection of LED Mag-Lites, nothing could have prepared me for the next few moments. When I first switched the light on, it defaulted to the Eco intensity; this is roughly as bright as an LED 2 A-cell Mag-Lite. This is a good starting point, but this is an expensive light and, to quote Jeremy Clarkson, "WE NEEEEED MOOOORE POWWWWUHHHHH," so I tapped the side button to go up to Low. At Low, we're basically at the LED 2 or 3 D-cell Mag-Lite brightness, but in a beautiful, beam of light. I can feel the power I must be holding and I'm not sure if I am qualified to operate it, but there are three remaining levels and, being a man of science and culture, my domesticated dog-walking experiment must continue, so I bumped the intensity to Medium. At Medium, the torch is throwing enough light that I'm beginning to question whether a 1600 lumen output could be the sort of thing that might require a permit or license to operate, but I'm unwaivered: I have to know how bright this is, so I tap the setting button up to High. On High, the darkness ahead of me retreats back far enough that, though it was 10:30 PM, I thought the sun may be rising. I could clearly see details in the woods behind the house that I had previously seen only during daylight hours and I began to realize I may be disturbing woodland creatures and even neighbors as I shine this gorgeous light at everything around me like I would normally do with the far inferior lights I owned up until that night. In my excitement and amazement at the light this tiny device could produce, I nearly forgot about the Turbo setting, so in fear and awe, I tapped the button to go all the way to Turbo mode. The light was blinding. It provided such illumination and clarity over a distance that, as I stared out into the world once covered in darkness, but now lit as if the sun had risen, I could glimpse past, present, and future. All the life events that brought me to this brilliant moment in time were simultaneously visible with the things that had not yet come and the wonderful high intensity flashlight experiences the future will hold. The dog finished her business and I realized the flashlight had bonded a twig on the pavement to the cement at a molecular level. Nearby roosters stopped crowing because their work was done. Stars were no longer visible in the night sky from the light pollution emitting from this incredible device. As I walked back to the house, I realized the magnitude of what had just happened: while the rest of the world will continue to measure years of time as Before the Common Era (BCE) and Common Era (CE), I must hereto measure time as Before Fenix Flashlight (BFF) and Fenix Flashlight (FF). Don't look for other products, just buy this. Buy ten of them and strap them together if you need to replace a lighthouse, a star, the light from an arc welder, or perhaps some sort of research-grade lighting apparatus used to test light absorption of materials like Vanta-Black or Black 2.0. This is the best possible lighting experience you can get for the money and if, like me, you are one of those poor fools who thought an LED Mag-Lite was bright, you can join the Brotherhood of Bright, Flashy Things and spread the gospel of Fenix lights and what it means to send darkness fleeing.