SAMLITE- LED Tactical Flashlight with 5 Options, Bright LED Light, Laser Pointer, UV Blacklight, Green Light and Magnetic Bottom - Water Resistant - (3 AAA Batteries Included)

Where has this been all my life? My dog is obsessed with chasing lasers and I was tired of buying the cheap pet store laser that I had to press the button the entire time to get the thing to work. Not to mention the batteries in the cheap ones last about two days.This was bought for the sole purpose of the laser pointer, but I've fallen so much more in love with is since.The standard LED flashlight is great for what it is. It's not high lumen, nor is it advertised as such, so it works for when you need a decently bright light somewhere. I use other flashlights at 1000+ lumens usually, but this is a great little all-in-one light.The green LED's were confusing to me, because I've never known the purpose of green LED's so I did some reading and found that it works great outdoors, mostly for hunters because animals can't see green light. So as a test, I took it outside to mess with it at night. It's remarkable what difference a green light makes outside. I'll definitely be using the green light more when outdoors.The Blacklight/UV light is AMAZING as well. I've never used a handheld UV light, just a few blacklights for halloween. The effect on the clothes is cool, but having a portable UV light that works is pretty awesome. Again, never using one, I did some reading to see how it can be used. Did you know urine glows in UV light? Neither did I - so being the OCD Clean freak that I am, I took it to my toilets and gave it a test. Good thing I like to clean, because the light showed that I've been doing a good job. I did find a spot where my wife's dog pissed though, so he's in trouble. But the UV light can find so much more. Dried blood, small papers on the ground you didn't know were there. GREAT feature.Laser: I'm lazy, and don't want to hold down a button. This is great for me. Not a super strong laser good enough to light a match, but good enough the dog goes nuts chasing it and I can pester my neighbor in his garage when he's trying to work on his car lolFlashing green light: Not sure why this is a feature, but it's there and works.Battery life: I've had it for two weeks now, use it more than I imagined I ever would and I haven't had to change the batteries yet.I'll be buying many more to keep in toolboxes, vehicles, camping gear and my RV

Sturdy Construction. Uses 3 AA batteries. Is a true tactical light with a nice glow in the dark push button. Will gift one sooner or later.Unintended Usage: Have another pantry moth infestation and this is a great tool for killing them. They are amazingly tricky to track with protective coloration and random flight direction -even with lots of experience. Best time is at around midnight when the lights are low and they are fluttering about their air space. The LED light helps spot their movement midair. Use the "white" light to cut them off at the pass. They will move away in search for a dark spot. Keep the light centered on them and be sure there aren't any shadows or dark areas within flying distance. They always "give up" quickly and land in the well lighted area. If they land on a difficult to reach spot or if others are close enough to observe kills use the laser to blind them. Green comes on handy for a quick inspection without altering them.

To be honest, I bought this light to have a laser pointer for cats with easy replaceable batteries. Flashlight function is bright outside. UV is strong enough to spot scorpions at night. laser pointer keeps the cats happy. My only complaint is that you have to cycle the button through all the modes so its a bit of a vegas light show to find the one your looking for.

So, I like flashlights, and have spent a fair bit of coin over the years on some genuine "tactical" flashlights from various well-established brands, even one that is an impressive 1100 lumens. Every year it seems they make a better Cree chip for an even brighter light, and with more brands involved now, the prices are coming down, compared to many years ago. A genuinely bright flashlight is great for the car, for camping, power outages, and even personal safety (a 750 lumen on strobe mode is a shocker). While I love the super shine monsters that I have, the drawback is specialty batteries (more expensive), and keeping them charged, so I've been on the lookout for anything reasonably bright, in a smaller form, that runs off of more readily available batteries. But, most lights that take readily available batteries, like AAA, are a bit useless as a truly decent light, so this was a rare find -- a well built, decently (75 lumens) bright, very compact light that's terrific to keep in the glove box of my car for any lighting needs.I had one, for years, that, while not nearly as bright as this one, also had the laser, which is handy to have. It finally died after Durcell batteries leaked (and I can't tell you how many products have been ruined by leaky Duracell batteries! I now only buy Energizer) inside of it. It was a cheap little light I got at a gas station, for about six bucks, but lasted more than a decade. I wanted another one, with a laser, in compact form, but hoped for something brighter and, thankfully, came across this little fella.At 75 lumens, it's not going to light up the world, but it's plenty of nice white light for any task. The laser is just your basic red dot pointer, but, as I say, it's convenient to have. I don't really need the green light, or blacklight, so they are just bonuses, but they work fine. The blacklight is not as impressive at all as a dedicated blacklight (I own one, and it's much better than this one) but it does work. Don't really have a need for it, but I don't mind having it, built in, along with the green (which apparently is valuable for not spooking animals, so, useful for hunters and fishermen most likely, or perhaps finding Bigfoot!).I guess the only drawback of having five light settings is the need to "scroll" through all of them, to cycle off the flashlight. But, that's a small trade off, really, and overall I'm just impressed with this nicely bright, very solid, sturdy, well built flashlight that runs on AAA's since it's a nice back up to have in the car, if I wind up with one of my other lights in a low battery situation. Easy to carry spare AAA's, so I'm never without a light. Appreciate the magnetized base as well, handy for checking under the hood at night.It's a bit of a stretch perhaps to call it a "tactical" light, since it has no "firefly" (super low) setting (although it does have the green, but that's more visible than red, so not so much of a stealthy light), nor does it have any strobe setting (handy to disorient a potential attacker) and 75 lumens is not a super tactical level of brightness -- but is still pretty blinding right in someone's eyes, so, as I say, this is not your standard AAA style flashlight with the sad yellow lighting. Plus, you have to cycle through all the modes to turn it off, so it doesn't have a quick on/off. But, it has some tactical elements to it: the build quality is more on par with at least an entry level tactical level flashlight -- full metal (aluminum alloy) body and housing, o-rings for water resistance at the disassembly points -- and it has a pretty wickedly sharp front lens housing (not that one would want to have to resort to a flashlight as a tool of self-defense, but, if it came to that, a strike with this flashlight could definitely provide some deterrence). The textured handle provides a decent grip as well, although it doesn't have much "anti-roll-away" protection to it -- the body is somewhat ribbed, but still round enough that, on an angled surface, it could easily roll away from you.Best part to me is getting all of this for less than 15 bucks. Again, uber-tactical flashlights are very cool, and very useful, but you can be hard pressed to find a legitimate brand where even entry level is less than at least forty bucks or more. So, picking up something like this, for such a low price, that runs on AAA batteries and does all that it does, is a terrific purchase, in my opinion.I'd get this over any light you'd usually find in the store in the ten to twenty dollar range. It's not plastic, it's water resistant, it throws a respectable amount of light, it's well built, compact, lightweight, and would make a great companion on a trail or camping, or, like for me, in the car. For most uses it is more than enough light, plus has those bonus settings that come in handy as well.An outstanding buy. Highly recommend!

It was great at first - eats through batteries like crazy, tried using Energizer lithiums and Duracell, not cheap off brands - blue light stopped working within a week - can't get the light to stay on for maybe 30 seconds at a time now, that started to happen yesterday. Highly disappointed