GearLight S2000 LED Rechargeable Flashlight High Lumens - Super Bright, Powerful, Mid-Size Tactical Flashlight for Outdoor Activity & Emergency Use

The flashlight is very well-made and incredibly bright, almost too bright to use outdoors at night (it ruins your night vision). But I wish it were more like a Maglite in a number of ways.For one thing, the on/off button is inconveniently on the back end of the device, and you can't just depress the button to shine a beam momentarily. You have to click on, then click off. Also, the initial click turns on a blindingly bright high beam. To get to the "low" beam you have to cycle through two more off, then on again click sequences. Then, if you have the light off for more than 20 seconds, you'll have to cycle again the same way to get back to the desired low-beam setting once more. It would be great if you could just momentarily flash the beam without having to click on/off, and if you could pick the desired "on" beam intensity from the three possible brightness levels without the endless cycling.With the Maglite and a twist of the flashlight head, I could get an almost parallel beam that could be focused at variable distances to spotlight an object. With the S2500 Gearlight, the zoom goes from a very broad beam to a much narrower but still expanding beam. My main use of a flashlight is to wander my 3/4 acre yard when the sprinkler system is running at night and ensure none of the rotor heads are caught up on any grass runners or other yard debris and not blast the neighbors' bedroom windows with a very bright light.I decided to put single-use Lithium AA batteries in my Gearlight to avoid the alkaline battery leaks that have plagued my Maglite (and why I purchased a Gearlight). If you leave the Gearlight full-on for any length of time, the metal shell, especially around the lens, gets very warm. Fortunately, my usage requires only momentary use of the beam. Otherwise, I would think the device would eat its way through batteries rapidly (I haven't owned the S2500 long enough to tell. I will update my battery endurance experience after a summer of use).In short, the Gearlight is a very high-quality flashlight with some annoying idiosyncrasies. The brightness of its highest beam is amazing but causes serious eye strain if you look at anything nearby with it with your pupils fully dilated from night darkness. If you could focus the beam more, you wouldn't need such a bright light and could conserve battery power more. An ability to set the default ON setting to "low beam" would help my use case for the Gearlight. But it's a great little flashlight, and when I want to turn night into day, I have that ability in a very compact, well-made form factor.

This is an excellent product. The Hi-med-lo brightness options and twist-to-adjust focus are essential features for this highly versatile light. I have now been using my light in the barn for several years and it has proved its use and value many times over.Tip: This flashlight includes a battery holder for 6 AA batteries. The batteries are arranged in three stacks of two around the holder. Each battery should be inserted into its own position. In other words, do NOT try to insert both batteries for each stack from the same point then slide the batteries into position. The first battery should be inserted at its position then the second battery should be inserted at its position. Otherwise, you risk damaging the battery holder.

Great, heavy duty compact flashlight. Fits well in the hand. The light is very bright, and the batteries last well.I’ve dropped this multiple times on hard surfaces, and it is completely undamaged. Will buy again.

I am always skeptical about lumens ratings. Especially when they claim 800 - 1000 lumens. If it's not a car battery spotlight with a head lamp on it, I always doubt the rating.Normally most lights are 350 lumens at best. So I never expect to much more.This flashlight is incredible! I bought the rechargeable battery for it. 8000 maH 3.7v. I live on a large property lot with a abandoned ranch behind me. Lots of wildlife have taken it back over. I went out at 9:00pm CST and tested the flashlight. This baby will penetrate the darkness. If you cone it done to spot light function, you can see 200 - 300 yards easy.The flood setting on it is just flat amazing. You open this up to flood and it will light up the field like noon time on a sunny day.I am not being generous, this light is everything the seller says it is. I can see why it's got 1,000 plus positive reviews.It has super bright setting, medium bright setting, low power setting, strobe setting and SOS setting.The only thing I don't like about all of these lights is one minor thing and it's consistent across the industry. You have to push the tail cap each time you want to change settings. I wish there was a way to go from any setting back to super bright with one like sustained push of the tail cap. Other than that, this is a great flashlight and will provide illumination to any situation.I tried the Duracell batteries that can be alternated into power chamber with the little battery holder for AAA batteries.With new batteries I did not notice any loss of brilliance between li-ion rechargeable and Duracell.I bought two of the 26650 Li-ion flat top batteries off of Amazon and they fit and work very well.If you are going to use it for 30 mins to an hour of sustained run time, I would suggest the medium or low power settings. The light emitting end will get hot at the high power setting after about 15 minutes. It has a warning, "HOT" on that end. You have to have some heat if you are going to have this bright of a light.I have not used the customer service department yet, but judging from the people who have had to, I do not expect any problems. After all, they build a great product and did not lie about the brilliance of the light.I am not sure of the lumens, but I have an AR-15 rail light that is 650 lumens for sure. I know this for a fact and this flashlight is brighter than that rail light. I would think it is up there in the 800 range.One other thing, this is not a skinny little pocket light, It is a well made, aluminum casing hand held flashlight. It is not so large in diameter you can't easily hold it in one had and flip the tail cap on and off. It is a little heavier than most, but that allows for a good size battery that will provide all the power you need.I would of uploaded picture, however the Amazon link would not work for me. Not sure why, it always did before.This light will work for you though, you will not waste your money on this flashlight. Well made and bright!!!