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Versatile flashlight also makes a great toy
By Jerry Saperstein on Reviewed in the United States on December 26, 2008
You don't want to use this flashlight around kids betweeen, say, 5 to 10. Why? Becauase you'll break their hearts when you tell them they can't play with it. This light was designed by someone with not only a sense of utility - it really is exceptionally useful - but whimsy as well because it is a great "Star Wars" kind of toy. The concept is elegantly simple: three independent flashlights mounted in a cluster on a tripod stand/handle. With all three flashlights inserted in the tripod stand/handle, one switch turns all of them on. With all the flashlight heads pointed straight forward, you have a moderately powerful LED flashlight with some heft to it. It won't replace a Mag Lite if you're planning on using it to protect yourself, but it will light your way. The real fun, though, comes when you snap out the tripod legs. You now have a light with independent heads that can be rotated 120 degrees. Incredibly handy when you're working, let's say, under a sink or between the wall and your home theatre setup. You get both direct and bounce lighting, if that's what you want. It also makes an adequate substitute for a lantern in an emergency. Best of all, each of the flashlights is removable and capable of independent operation. So you can leave one flashlight on the tripod if you want and have another on the ground with its head point where you want it and the third in your hand. Or, you can just use one flashlight if that is all the job requires. Each of the individual flashlights can rest on its back or on the thoughtfully provided bevel on the head. Overall, this is a highly versatile flashlight that deserves a place in your toolkit at home, office or in the car. Finally, for the imaginative, this flashlight has TOY written all over it with its tripod legs, detachable flashlights and rotating heads. Any kid that spin a thousand or more fantsasies with this flashlight simply isn't trying. And that goes for the really big kids too: like me.Jerry
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Wish it had a carrying case
By WJ_YYZ on Reviewed in the United States on February 21, 2012
It's a neat "little" flashlight, standing at 10 1/2" tall. I thought the 3 lights worked independently, but it's not that straight forward.When the 3 lights are independent, they work on their own switches. When two or all of the lights are in the base, any of the switch becomes the main for all lights in the base.If you turn on all three in the base and remove one light, the removed light stays on. If you bring an unlit light to a lit base, then the unlit light becomes lit and a part of the tripod base. So whatever is off will become on, when in contact with an on light, whether in or out of the tripod.The rubber grips on the base of the tripod is a nice touch. It's quite sturdy, but of plastic material, so it doesn't have that solid metal feel you'd get from a Maglight, but of course, it's much lighter than a mag.I'm not so sure with the housing around the light, as it is just plastic, so that if I were to drop it on a hard surface, it could crack. Also, the tripod release switch to kick out the legs is "conveniently" inside where the legs join, so you have to poke in about an inch to reach the button (it's a magnetized system). I can see that this prevents accidental opening of the legs, but I don't think it had to be recessed this much.The last thing I'm concerned with is that the switches could be pressed on accidentally if kept in a tool box. I think I'll put a golf club cover over it for protection when not in use.
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