Reviews of Streamlight 51038 Twin-Task 3AA Battery Powered LED Flashlight

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Over the past several decades, flashlight technology has undergone several revisions, from incandescent to xenon to LED and now to these high intensity leds. This torch replaces one of my 2AA xenon Maglites.

Although there are high-intensity LED products using one and two batteries, I concluded that those products are a compromise of the technology and they have a short run time.

This 3-AA design delivers the top LED technology without the weight and bulk that comes with C and D cells. Three cells provides a buffer of workable voltage.

Of course this 3AA product is longer than a 2AA, no longer fitting into a pants pocket, but it had good balance and I didn't find the additional length objectionable.

The click switch was a bit of a mystery, and perhaps someday I might even read the manual. The first click gives the single high intensity LED. The light is white and bright. I found it to be actually too bright and concentrated for my walks between camping tent and bathroom. Yes, I can see quite well where I'm putting my feet but the bright spot on the ground blinds me to whats happening outside the cone. The second click gives the three low intensity LEDs and these have a definite blue/purple hue and were a little too dim for those bathroom walks. The third click seemed redundant to the first and that's the mystery. Fourth click is off.

I do look forward to using it for automotive inspection and maintenance in daylight conditions, but for camping walks I will look for a design with more of a flood pattern.

The Streamlight company website provides very good documentation for their products.

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