Princeton Tec Impact XL Maxbright LED Flashlight

by Princeton Tec

Product Features

• POWER: 45 Lumens
• LAMP: Maxbright LED
• BURN TIME: 50 Hours
• BATTERIES: 4 AA Alkaline
• WEIGHT: 197 Grams

Product Description

We took the traditional look and feel of handheld halogen lights and added in our Maxbright LED to make the Impact XL. With a rubber overmold and rugged construction, the Impact XL is durable enough for any conditions. And with a burn time of up to 50 hours, this compact light is sure to be there when you need it.

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 10 x 8 x 5 inches ; 2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000BKXLWI
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #62,023 in Sports & Outdoors (See Top 100 in Sports & Outdoors)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent flashlight so far, January 3, 2008

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ColoradoWildMan (Colorado, USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Princeton Tec Impact XL Maxbright LED Flashlight (Sports)

I've only had my Impact XL for a week but so far I'm extremely impressed. The review who said his switch broke must have accidently reviewed the wrong flashlight, because this is a twist flashlight and doesn't have a switch! Another reviewer said these were so hard to twist that they get stuck. Based on my experience so far this seems ridiculous, along with his claims of unreliability. That review almost appears written by someone either not too bright or they are a competitor posing as a buyer.

I have other flashlights and the Impact XL feels extremely well built and of high quality compared to them. It also takes Lithium batteries so I carry it in Colorado as an extreme weather emergency light. Light output is rated at 24 Lumens on the box, and with Lithiums seems even brighter. The light is plenty bright for most things I need a light for indoors and outdoors and is also very comfortable to carry with its rubberized grip.

One thing that was odd (but good) is the picture Amazon displays for these. I ordered one in yellow, but instead of clear plastic like the one shown, it is a solid yellow, which turned out to be much more attractive.

All in all I love this light and already bought another one for a friend to carry in his car for winter travel in the Rockies.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Terrible quality, look elsewhere., July 8, 2009

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Tomas - See all my reviews

This review is from: Princeton Tec Impact XL Maxbright LED Flashlight (Sports)

I found so many great reviews for Princeton Tec flashlights, so I was sure they would be pretty decent quality. But I was sadly disappointed. I bought two, the torches have pretty weak beams and burnt through batteries pretty quickly too. This was especially disappointing when scuba diving, which was the reason I bought them in the first place.

The build quality is terrible, I assumed they would be fairly tough, as most diving equipment is, but they are made of cheap brittle plastic, and one of them has already cracked open. The on-off switch is a threaded lens-cap that you can tighten up to turn on, and loosening it turns the torch off, as with maglites. But in turning it on the cap has to be tightened to the point where it strains on the threads, and those threads are obviously pretty weak. One of the torches cracked all the way around the threaded plastic when turning the torch OFF (ie. when releasing this pressure). Not only is it almost totally destroyed (only a cm or so of non cracked plastic holds the lens on), it is useless for diving now.

It's very annoying because the torches are advertised as being impact resistant, but this plastic is incredibly cheap feeling and is clearly not up to scratch.

They are just not worth the price, there are better torches out there for less, and ones that are not made of such cheap materials. I will not buy anything from this company again.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect Backup Dive Light, August 18, 2010

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Alissar Elbaba - See all my reviews

This review is from: Princeton Tec Impact XL Maxbright LED Flashlight (Sports)

My husband and I use these lights as primary lights on recreational dives (up to 30m depths) and as back up lights on deep technical dives (30-80m). We love these lights for many reasons. They're compact, perfect light beam, never flooded so long as the seals are clean and greased properly, durable and energy efficient. We've used our current lights for 5 years now with no issues and we're now shopping for more!

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