Streamlight MicroStream LED Pen Light

Product Details

• ASIN: B005G4GBXA
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (40 customer reviews)

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Awesome little light November 7, 2011

By Marcin

Amazon Verified Purchase

I've had this thing for five minutes, but it has already blinded me and impressed the heck out of me :) I don't see much use for the lanyard, but then again, i've never used a flashlight with one. If i want to hang something off myself, i'll use my Petzl headlamp. For handheld lights, this little guy is awesome!

This light is only a tiny bit thicker and heavier than a Maglite Solitaire, but the performance will blow that itsy bitsy Mag out of the water. While this tiny guy is no replacement for a larger light, it will serve me well for many functions. The light output is plenty for most applications and will easily light your way in the dark. For general use, especially at this price, this light belongs in every pocket, purse, or glove box out there. The best flashlight is the one you carry with you, and it will be hard for me to not have one on me now.

The rear-cap button on mine does require a decent amount of force to activate full-on. While this may annoy some people, it makes momentary use of the light easy, without accidentally going to full-on. It also makes it much tougher to accidentally have it go on in your pocket or purse. This will be a love it or hate it part of this light for some folks.

Construction quality is excellent. In the sub-$20 market, i'm used to seeing cheap-looking stuff. Streamlight did a good job on this one. I've posted a couple photos illustrating the light pattern and how small this thing is in my hand. I'd consider my hands to be average size (for a guy).

My initial impressions of this light are excellent. You won't be sorry with this one...

UPDATE after 1 month of use:

When it's not flickering, the light continues to work great. I'm still on the original battery and use the light every day. It is a wonderful pocket light. After a couple of weeks, it began to flicker occasionally when first turned on. I don't know if this is due to the LED, driver circuitry, switch, etc. It seems to work better if given a smack. I've just taken the endcap off, cleaned the electrical contacts and put it back together VERY tightly. We'll see if that does the trick. Thus far after several days it's 100% OK. It's a bit of a pain to have to tighten it down that much, but it seems to be doing the trick.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars stay away from this brand, two of these have died on me within weeks October 8, 2012

By Gregory Topor

Amazon Verified Purchase

lets see...they look great, size is perfect and price is quite nice so i purchased two of them and in addition 2 more of the same but longer, powered by 2 AAAs. All of them died on me within weeks, when the first one started to flicker, sometimes wasn't turning on at all i thought...battery. Changed battery ( I use energizer Lithium, Sanyo eneloops or Powerex Imedion in all of my flashlights) no workie. Eventually all of them went to the garbage giving me same problem...whats the point of buying flashlight that most likely wont be reliable and die on You when you need it...You answer that Yourself. I learned my lesson and will stay away from this brand.
....Yeah I know, warranty, warranty!!! Purchased 4, all of them died, that makes it 100% fiasco, why would I bother using warranty in this case. Instead of wasting time dealing with warranty i figured i will warn folks out there and spend that time looking for better LED flashlights, I own quite few fenix lights including few E05 attached to keys for cars and what not, they all work perfectly fine...just saying.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Love it April 12, 2012

By Buy Once Cry Once

This is a great light period. There are a lot of choices out there at prices all over the place. The cool guy thing today is to have a light with a zillion lumens but in reality how much do you need that? I just need something to walk around the house, check under the car hood, etc...in a compact package which is battery economical. This streamlight is all of that. It uses an easy to find in a pinch battery. It fits in a pocket or EDC with room to spare. The matte black appearance gives it a tactical look without trying too hard. Best of all, its under 20 bucks. I plan to buy more for every room and drawer in the house. I can see clear across the house, and impressed someone recently who came by in the evening to look at a car we had for sale. He wanted to look under the hood and i used the light. He said "wow that's bright can i see it?" This little guy will handle 95% of the jobs you may encounter in day to day operations. Well recommended.