BLACK+DECKER Stanley LEDLIS 10W Lithium Ion LED Rechargeable Spotlight

[6 month and 3 year and 6 year update below] I have a 5 acre lot, and needed a good spotlight for looking at my yard at night. I had been using my makita rechargeable flashlight that came with my screw driver/drill set. it was ok, but not bright enough to find my dog even at 300 feet... unless she was looking at me and her eyes reflected. So a replacement was on the list!I first tried the Cyclops 9w 3x LED spotlight. It was pretty much the same as my makita light, just whiter since it was LED and a little more focused. At 300 feet -- only a TAD brighter... not worth the money.So, after some more research and looking at a flashlight message board, i figured I'd give this light a try. I got it 7 hours before it got dark, perfect for the 6 hour initial charge time (it indicated fully charged before that).So, to the point: This light is AMAZING. I didn't know a single LED could produce that much light, and throw that far. At 300 feet, you can see very brightly and in detail. AT 500 feet, it still shines noticeable light, but i didn't look with binoculars to see how bright it really was. At 600 feet i shined it on my house and it was bright enough to squint from the reflection on the windows when the reflection hit me. There are trees at about 850 feet from where i was testing, and I could see my light shining on those without straining. Not super bright, but noticeable. The moon was fairly bright as well, so on a really dark night, it would probably be even more noticeable. There is a dim setting, which you almost HAVE to use if you are doing something up close... this review is based on bright setting, who cares about dim!?If you are looking for an inexpensive spotlight, LED or otherwise, buy this. Time will tell how long the quality is good for, but this thing is crazy bright and throws extremely far. If you want something better, you are gonna spend way more money, and you may need an HID flashlight... which will eat your batteries. I have no tested battery life on this light yet. i only use it for a minute or so at a time.--6 month update--I've had this light for about 6 months now. I use it almost every single day to do a yard scan for creatures and such when I let my dogs out. Part of that is just because its fun. I still LOVE this spotlight and have found no real flaws. The only that might give me a reason to gripe is the trigger lock. The light has a trigger, not an "on off" switch -- which is actually perfect for 98% of the time i'm using it. Sometimes if i'm using while walking around (or setting it down to point at something), I use the trigger lock to keep the flashlight on. The trigger lock works well and keeps the light on, but it can be a little tricky to "lock" the flashlight on with one hand. Its more of a 2 hand trick because of the location of lock. no biggie, just a bit of issue if your other hand is full.battery life has been GREAT. I generally use the light about 5 - 15 seconds at a time, multiple times a night... if there is something fun to look at (deer, coyotes, frogs, other beady little eyes), i'll have it on longer.. but I've charged the light less than once a month. I think I've charged it 4 times in 6 months (counting the initial charge after purchase). It may have only been 3 times, i'm not exactly sure. I'd say once every week or two i use the light for 5-15 minutes walking around my property, and on occasion for 20-30 minutes if i'm working on a project. When the battery level gets low, the green LED turns RED with plenty of warning to recharge. I've left it on red for days and still not had it die on me, or even dim. When I feel like it after the light turns red, i charge it overnight and let it go for another month or 2.I love showing off this light when people visit. Guys always get a kick out of stuff like this, and i've recommended several friends purchase it. I wouldn't hesitate to buy another one of these if I had a need for another, or needed a good guy/gadgety gift for someone.3-Year UpdateI've now had this light for 3 years. Still love it. Still no problems, still super bright, still rarely charge it, charger still works. Would still buy it again without hesitation. It has now also survived several drops by my 2.5 year old. We try to keep it away from him, but, he's a boy, it's s a flashlight, so he loves it...6-year updateStill going strong, still a necessary tool in our household. We don't use it as much as we used to, as i installed some crazy bright LED spotlights to shine on my back yard, but it's still just as described above. I noticed the price shot has doubled now, and amazon says there is a newer version. That newer version has lower lumen ratings. Hoping mine lasts for much longer. It has survived my now 5 year old, who's blinded me a couple times with it. Still no problems with the charger or battery.The adjustable stand on the top is almost pointless -- it only allows you to point the light UP, and ususually this isn't particularly helpful. But 99% of the time, i'm hand-holding this. I've also gotten good at dealing with the trigger lock slider with one hand. Sometimes i wish the bright/dim setting would "remember" as opposed to always coming on on high. But if it was the opposite, i'd probably wish it always came on on high. Perhaps a hardware switch would be best -- but, that could be one more thing to break. Still a nice, ergonomic, easy to use super bright flashlights, no regrets. Hadn't even thought about other flashlights until this week when i was hunting for a new pocket-sized flashlight to take camping......

This thing throws a lot of light, yet is very lightweight and compact for a pistol grip spotlight. I just got it, so I can't comment on how long it will last, other than to say that it looks and feels quite sturdy. The grip is comfortable, and the trigger lock/unlock bar and the beam intensity button can be activated with the same hand holding it. It has a very nice fold out stand built-in. This allows you to set the light on the ground with the beam pointing up at a 45 degree angle.The light beam is white and bright with a long reach. It has an intense focused beam in the center which is 10 - 15 feet in diameter at about 150 feet. Surrounding that is a 90 degree cone of light that is fairly substantial. I'm surrounded by trees, so I can't estimate how far the beam reaches, but an object 150 feet away is lit up like daylight. The focus of the beam is not adjustable. The light always comes on at high intensity, but the power toggle is easy to reach. The LED beam gives off very little heat.The thing that impresses me most is the battery life. The combination of the lithium ion battery and the LED give this torch a one hour life at high intensity and five hours at the lower intensity. I did test this at high intensity and it was still going strong after an hour. The low intensity setting still provides a great deal of light with a fairly long range. This is probably the setting that I will use most.The light is shipped in a partially charged state and the manufacturer recommends charging for about six hours before using. The AC charger is a small brick. The owners manual says this will take about 6 hours to charge from a discharged state, but mine charged up in about an hour, despite the indicator light being red initially (discharged). The light will work with the AC charger plugged in, but the spotlight is still drawing power from the battery and the manufacturer doesn't recommend doing this. The light can be used indefinitely when plugged into a twelve volt outlet in your vehicle. Either charger plugs into the same receptacle on the spotlight.In summary, this is a very bright, sturdy, versatile, lightweight spotlight that I expect to use frequently for a long time. It should be fantastic for camping because of the battery life and the ability to recharge it from your vehicle. It would have been nice if it had come with a case or bag to keep it together with the charging cables, but still a great value.

Day 1 review.I like to spend a little more than I should for products whether I use them a lot or a little. I just want them to work impressively as it should, for an acceptable amount of time.I was between this and the Surefire 6PX Pro Dual Output LED Flashlight, Black. I purchased one as a gift and it is an amazing flashlight. I will buy one of the Surfire's for myself one day still. When I received this it was daytime and I flashed it around the house. Wasn't impressed, thought I would return it and just get the Surefire right away. Charged it fully and waited until night time.Fell in love immediately. Reminds me of getting flashed by police while ding dong ditching across an entire football field back in the day. Speaking of cops, you will feel like one when you use this as if it is a sidearm and you are firing light shots at animals or scary noises. It shoots a beam very far. I wanted it to look out our porch across a cornfield and into a forest a little over 1/10th of a mile away. It goes way beyond. It also shoots a larger diameter softer light illuminating a larger area to give the beam some context. Had a great time flashing the forest tonight with my wife and catching eyes in the trees looking at us.You won't be disappointed in this light.Pros: rechargeable, light distribution, light distance, clarity, (battery life ? Will report back)Cons: could be hard to handle because of size if you are using it for long periods of time, larger than other alternatives (Surefire in my case)Love this thing on day 1See pics. Photo quality is terrible because it is night, zoomed in with iPhone camera but this is across the field (little over 1/10th mile) and this is of our foster dog Skippy taking a dump at night.