Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I'm a nut about flashlights. I bet I own twenty of them, in all shapes and sizes. They use different bulbs, batteries, and some even have adjustable lenses and programmable modes. My most expensive flashlight was over $200 and my least expensive flashlight was a few bucks. I bought this "BUYSIGHT Bright Rechargeable Searchlight handheld LED Flashlight Tactical Flashlight" thinking it would be my brightest flashlight because of the advertised lumens. It looked like a good lamp to keep in the trunk of the car. However, I was surprised by the size. It's smaller than I thought it'd be-- which isn't necessarily a bad thing. It's more portable than I thought it'd be. But it also feels incredibly cheap. I don't know how to describe it other than "dollar-store plastic." It just feels like it'd break or crack if dropped. Very, very cheap polymer used here. I remember a Duracell flashlight that I had in the 1980s that was more durable than this. And here we are in 2019. The whole flashlight also feels very light. Again, at first glance, that probably doesn't sound like a bad thing. Easier to carry around, right? But it's almost as if there's a lot of air and wasted space in the housing. It doesn't have heft or feel dense, if that makes sense. So even though I mentioned that it's smaller than I expected, I don't understand why it's as large as it is given all the wasted spaced you can feel in the body of the flashlight. It's almost as if they made the flashlight bigger than it needed to be-- on purpose-- in order to make people perceive that it's more powerful. There is only one actual LED projecting light so keep in mind that the front lense doesn't need to be nearly as big as it is-- in order to house a bulb that's maybe 1-2mm in height and width. Lastly, the beam this casts is non-adjustable and has a very bright center with only a moderate wider beam. I don't think the lumens are actually as advertised. Maybe if you're just looking at the peak of the center. But my various tactical flashlights cast a more useful beam. I'd recommend the Anker USB rechargeable flashlight over this one. I just picked up two the other day (one for me and one for my assistant) and they are the same price as this lamp, but much smaller, more durable (metal housing), and just as bright (if not brighter). If you really want to go pro, get a rechargeable Streamlight.