Pelican 1920B Gen 2 LED Flashlight - 1000 Lumens, Waterproof & Durable Tactical Flashlight for Camping, Hiking, Emergency & Outdoor Adventures

------------------------ Update Review (3-14-2016) ------------------------------------ Well, something happened with the light that I thought was worthy of an update. I lost it! I was very upset, it was a good light and didn't want to have to spend money on another. At this point I had gotten used to carrying a light, it does come in handy, so I knew I needed another one. I went on amazon to start looking around again, to see if my tastes had changed. I ended up torn between Nextorch's K3, Nitecore's MT06, and this light, the Pelican 1920. As I was trying to decide, I ended up stumbling upon the light I thought I lost! It had slipped out of my pocket. This is something I had noticed the light doing quite a bit. The smooth metallic barrel of the light doesnt grip onto fabric much, and when sitting and standing a few times, your thigh can start to push the light out of your pocket. I had noticed it almost falling out a few times, this is the first time is just fell out. So, I found the light, I figured I should try to modify it again to keep it in my pocket. My original thought was to wrap it in grip tape, but I figured that would tear my pockets up. What I ended up deciding on was a product I had never used before called Self Fusing Silicone Rubber Tape. Its not sticky at all, it has no adhesive on it, feels l like plain rubber, but when it touches itself, it grabs on like crazy and wont come appart. I wrapped the center part in it, and now it will not budge in my pocket (see image). It is a little tougher getting in, but not as tough as it was before I bent the clip in the previous review. Overall I have had to modify this light in 2 ways, both regarding the clip, which might sound like its not a 5 star light, but to me it really is. Especially when I read reviews on the other two lights I was considering that say their clips break off...------------------------- Original Review (1-16-2016) ------------------------------------ First off, the light source. You can probably find lights that claim more brightness, and maybe they actually are brighter, but you do need to consider battery life. More lumens requires more power, and you'll probably find your batteries draining pretty quick. Maybe you dont mind swapping batteries frequently, or maybe you'll never use your light, and if so, go for lumens. I found the LED in this light to be PLENTY bright for its application. It will illuminate out to maybe 75 feet pretty clearly. That is due in part to its reflector which I also think is the best way to go for a light like this. The reflector is smooth and deep, giving you a somewhat concentrated light. This gives it more distance in its throw. The spread isnt great, but you're getting a small light. If it spreads great, youre going to have a dim spread. Most penlights are only useful indoors. Because of the decent LED source and deep reflector, this can be adequate outdoors for point lighting.While Im near the topic of LED choices, you should also think about heat. A brighter diode is going to generate more heat, and let me tell you, this one generates some heat itself. When on dim mode, you can just leave it and it will be fine, but on bright mode, after about a minute it is noticeably warm, 3 minutes and it starts dimming because its pretty hot. Again, think of your application. You're probably not going to have this light on for more than 10 seconds. If you need it for 5 minutes, put it on dim mode. Dim mode (while 12 lumens sounds low) looks to the eye as about half as bright. (factor of 10 means about a factor of 2 to your eye).Since I've mentioned the modes, this light has 2 modes, bright and dim. PERFECT. I hate lights that have a thousand modes. The way the light lets you change modes is based around a timer. After your first press of the button (you dont have to click, it can operate with just pressing it down slightly) you have about 1 second to release and press it again and it will go into dim mode. You can then complete the press into a click to lock it there. If you turn the light off, it will reset after a second and be ready to go back to bright mode whenever you turn it on. Some people like their lights to start in dim mode. I think these people are silly. Their main argument is usually along the lines of wanting to maintain night adjusted vision. Well, just dont point the light directly at what you want to see. The amount of time it takes to switch to dim is the same amount of time it takes to blink your eyes, so do that. Fact of the matter is 80% of the time you turn your light on, you want to start in bright mode.I think thats all there is to talk about concerning the light source itself. Onto the rest of the light. The barrel is a littllleee too big (inner diameter) for my liking. You can shake the light and hear rattling from the batteries. I fixed this by wrapping 4 rechargeable AAA batteries I have dedicated for this light in electrical tape, about 1.5 times around and the slide in super smooth, and wont rattle with shaking. Another thing is, without the clip, the light will roll on sloped surfaces. The clip is cut in such a way that it cannot spin around while the end cap is screwed on, but if you take the clip off, it will roll. The clip is my main complaint with this knife, but its one you can fix. Its a good clip, thick, secured on well, but I think the shape is dumb. The way the tip is bent up, the designers must have been fitting this thing for a shirt pocket. It wont slide onto jeans or anything thicker without you bending the clip out with you finger. I fixed this (see image) by messing with the clip for about 10 minutes with a pair of pliers and some lever points. Now it can slide on anything and stay there.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------I think thats all there is to say about this light. In short, I love this light and if mine breaks I will be getting another. Feel free to comment here if you want an update, I'll try to be quick.