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Garrity Rechargeable LED Flashlight with Nitelite
$9.99 + $5 shipping
Condition: New
Product: 1 Garrity KE700GST06N Rechargeable LED Flashlight with Nitelite
as perfect as these may be, i don’t plan on going camping anytime soon… but now that i think about it, this would’ve been great for when my entire block that once, well twice… okay nine times this year.
Everything about this flashlight is junk. Nichia LED’s put out less than 20 lumens and a modern led flashlight can get 15 hours out of a nichia on way less than 4 NIMH batteries. You’re better off getting a fenix E01 for the exact same price.
I have one mounted in a lightly used hallway. Since our power goes out every time we have a storm, it’s come in handy several times - and it’s easy to find. I think I paid about $30.00 for it on Amazon too.
I have had these in the past. Nothing but trouble. Rechargeable battery dies quickly. Also they take up an entire wall socket to charge and block both outlets. Therefore you have to hide it somewhere on some plug you never use for anything else. When the power goes out you are crawling around in the dark trying to find the stupid thing.
This would be useful if I didn’t already have a pleathora of flashlights, though none are rechargeable, I’ll grant. The fact it’s so big and I wouldn’t have a place for it is the first problem, and the fact it’s more of a hand-held flaslight than an convenient Mini-Maglite-ish size (or maybe the dual C-cell one) is also unimpressive. Could get one of these at WalMart and pick the color, and it’d be new.
…however, anyone that needs a big, bright, white, rechargeable flashlight, at this price, buy 3!