Customer Reviews

Forever Flashlight 9" - The Last Flashlight you will ever need!

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1 star:		(3)

 

 

I was always taught that you get what you pay for...in this case though I paid less than 3 dollars I was ripped off. This is not a 'shake' flashlight - well - you can shake it all you want but it wont do any good.

The package clearly says "Just Shake" and "No Battery Needed" and "Magnetic recharge method allow [sic] LED light be [sic] recharged unlimited times"

This is a very cheaply made 2 battery flashlight. There is no magnet, the 'copper' coils are not connected to anything, the only 'electronics' is the resistor to limit current to the LED (no diodes, capacitors etc like would be needed for a real shake light). For more reviews of the same problem for a different product see...Shake Flashlight. This product apparently uses the same gimmick based on its reviews. I have attempted to post a picture to show the inside of the flashlight in case you are curios.

This would be a fine product if it was called "Cheap single LED flashlight"...but it isn't. It gets one star because 0 is not allowed.

Just a note: I also ordered this one... iTouchless DLX Forever Last Flashlight, No Battery Needed ... it is real and does work.

Now I just have to decide to be irate or to feel sorry for the person who would be so desperate to fake a 3 dollar flashlight.

We thought we were ordering a clear flashlight but ended up getting yellow ones. I ordered several, and the first one I unpacked we could not get to work at all. Even though they are advertised as lasting forever and never having a problem. They did send more than we ordered, maybe because they knew some of them wouldn't work?

We picked this flashlight out for its price and we can honesty say, we got what we paid for. We ordered two of them and when they got here one didn't want to work at all and took some harsh shaking and strategic placing of the shake element to get it to illuminate. Later the same night, the button shifted on the second one and only worked when stabbed with something long, like a pen. We will say, we figured they wouldn't be the best flashlights, but we wanted to make sure the concept worked before shelling out more money for a better made one. Well.....the concept works.....these flashlights just don't. Now we have two testy backup flashlights that you have to get rough with for them to work.

This flashlight works, but the quality is rather poor. You get what you pay for: a $3 flashlight. The plastic is flimsy, and one of the four I purchased was missing a rubber bumper inside so the magnet would make more noise banging into the end of the tube. It's not particularly bright and the plastic lens isn't great. It also uses a Ni-MH battery instead of a capacitor, so it won't last as long (in terms of years). Buy this only if you need something cheap for emergencies or a dismantling project.

You have to shake this thing like mad to get just a few minutes of dim light. I bought two, both of which have the same problem. I have a decent emergency kit and try not to cheap out on the things that might keep my family safe but figured I couldn't go wrong with a flashlight. I should have spent a few extra bucks in the first place.

Note: Mine didn't match the picture, it was camouflage. I don't care how something like this looks, the color would have been fine if it worked well.

I actually bought into the hype of this being the "last flashlight you'll ever need'. I had to send this stuff back because it was delivered broken. I'm not too familiar with 'magnetic induction'. I've heard about it and I'll look on google for a better explanation. But the thing looked pretty cheaply constructed. I never even got the thing to glow.