MFlare Super Bright 500 Lumens Flashlight Baton - Zoom Focus Beam, using 3 Luxeon Rebel 90 LEDs

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Product Description

At 500 Lumens on the high setting, this is one of the most powerful flashlight on the market. The Luxeon Rebel 90 white LED is the latest version of such power LED with great white light output. This flashlight is about the same size as a Mag-lite with 4 D cells but 10 times or more brighter. It is a patented 1X to 4X zoom focus head. You can have flood light to focus beam. Luxeon is an American technology from Silicon Valley. The quality of the constructions and the performance of the light is first rated. This flashlight is great to use as a work flashlight and strong enough as a baton. Accessories: Shoulder Strap Size: Diameter 54mm x 310mm Weight 1031g [With Batteries]

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 12.2 x 2.1 x 2.1 inches ; 2.3 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 6 pounds
• ASIN: B001LRLPAU
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #166,754 in Home Improvement (See Top 100 in Home Improvement)

Customer Reviews

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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A very nice light! - Off-the-shelf batteries, or go rechargeable!, January 25, 2009

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W. Crawford (Transylvania) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: MFlare Super Bright 500 Lumens Flashlight Baton - Zoom Focus Beam, using 3 Luxeon Rebel 90 LEDs

Just got mine! Nice!

Exact same length as a 3D Maglite because the end cap is threaded over the body tube with no side switch allowing for a shorter design.

This light is far superior to a 3D Maglite in luminosity as I also own an upgraded 3D LED Maglite. It has a quality, ball bearing feel detent for twist LO-ON-HIGH head. No rubber buttons to rot off or replace.

Light output is perfectly white, superbright, and very even. Would have liked a little tighter beam for some extra throw, but still a great flashlight (just not a long range spotlight) fitting most applications. Being that it is not a central emitter with a deep reflector design, it can not spot as tightly.

Machined aluminum shim ring in focusing mechanism, and high-grade, aluminum body construction. Emitters all mounted on common metal base for good heat sinking. A hard finish with high grade O-ring seals. No battery rattling with a super solid feel. To get a closer look at this same light under a different brand name evaluated complete with photos see this link:

http://www.lightch.com/gentos/a/sf705xp.html

The cammo shoulder strap included is very nice and long enough to fit across the chest diagonally in addition to same side shoulder use.

I am using AccuPower's D-cell NiMHs. They just happen to be low self-discharge, and the only ones on the market right now in D size to my knowledge so I'm able to store it, and run it on high all I want!

Surely, other manufacturers will soon be offering LSD cells in D-size as well.

These bigger, high capacity lights seem to be getting harder to find, so if you want a substantial camp light that you could stake your life on in the deep woods or even possibly to defend yoursef, this is the light for you.

I like this MFlare because even though I am using new generation, hi-cap NiMHs, it can still run off of any 'ole country store's D-cells in the back country, or able to canablize other D-cells from elsewhere in a pinch. Heck, it could even be used with AA battery adapters!

I like this flexibility. Tactical types just can not boast as much flexibility. Run time with Ds is also another strength per lumen than most tactical types. Plus, many of those force you into recharging, and lugging that equipment. 8 hours at 500 lumens, and 25 hours at 220 lumens just gives one a secure feeling.

This light is definitely worth $89! A Maglite is a good value as well, especially if you are looking for the absolute longest run time of any LED lights, but to compare these two on luminosity would be a joke.

Also, someone on Amazon upgraded a new 4D-cell Maglite with a $127 Terralux module to build a similar light that would actually be one cell length longer, and probably not adjustable! The cost would have been about $70-$80 more than this light, so why even bother?

Obviously, they did not know about this light.

Just buy this if you're looking for very high output with long battery life capable of running on "Wally World" batteries.

I'd say this light seems to be very strong within about 50 yards. This light might even be magnificent for portable photography applications.

I personally plan using it as an ovehead flood light for an area around a fire pit by hanging it from a tree along with Coleman's 8D, Cree LED, family lantern running on 10,000 mAh NiMHs. Both can burn all night long on high without a recharge!

This combo should light up the woods pretty nicely without having to resort to lugging a deep cycle marine battery, inverter, and CFLs. The old way to light up a camp electrically without using fuel lanterns.

I own, and have begun collecting many LED flashlights, about 10 so far, Luxeons, or Cree, AAA, AA, Cs, and Ds, and this is my flagship light, which will likely remain so for many years to come.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A bit underwhelmed..., October 9, 2009

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Tom O. Ashwell "Claw-guy" (Minneapolis Minnesota USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: MFlare Super Bright 500 Lumens Flashlight Baton - Zoom Focus Beam, using 3 Luxeon Rebel 90 LEDs

I must have about 200 flashlights I've been collecting since the early 1970's, including more than a few bright LED flashlights that are rated at a somewhat lower output than this, and I like a number of them better. My real criteria is if I have buyer's remorse, then it isn't on my list of favorites. I have that here sadly. The only real problem is that it cannot focus the beam tight enough to be considered a real slahlight to me. This is a very wide beam when it is at it's tightest. Consider a flashlight that is nothing but a bunch of white LEDs all pointing the same way. I have one with 100 regualar white LEDs and it has the same dispursal pattern as this one when "focused" as tightly as it can go. That's about the coverage this one gives. Not much wrong with that if you want to light an area, not your path. It might make a good bicycle headlight but I fear it would always glare in the eyes of oncoming traffic. I was hoping I could use it at work for vehicle inspections, but the beam is so wide it overshoots an 8" mirror at only 24" away from it - so less of the light gets under the vehicle for inspections at night. Don't get me wrong, it is what the other reviewers say it is: very sold and very bright, but just not as usable as I would have liked. I still prefer the LED lenser P-17 over this. Sorry, but the focus on the P-17 is so much better the usability factor goes up a lot with that one: http://www.amazon.com/LED-Lenser-High-Performance-HP8417/dp/B002C8YIKQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=hi&qid=1255142508&sr=1-1 So for a few bucks more (less than the cost of a set of batteries) I prefer the P-17. This is nice, but it just does not cut it for what I use a flashlight for. Maybe as a lanturm or a flood light or trail blazing for a large group? I'll find some use, just not the one I wanted it for.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Lots of light, but big and heavy, March 28, 2010

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T. Brynaa (Anywhere fun) - See all my reviews
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This light omits a lot of light, which is what I wanted. Not sure about 500 lumen, though. I had somehow expected more light out of it. (I was told a car's headlight omits app 170 lumen and this flashlight doesn't triple that amount of light)

The description of the item should inform better about the actual size of the flashlight and contain a warning: Heavy.

The lamp itself is rather bulky and when you put in the needed 4 D-cells, you are looking at 1,5kg / 3 lbs you must carry around.

The flashlight comes with its own carrying strap. This makes it easier to carry around, but somehow just adds more clumsiness to the solution as a whole.