Product Description : RAGE Need a bigger, longer lasting blast of light? The Rage uses 4 AAA alkaline batteries to provide twice the power of the Blast. Xenon bulb, focused wide beam, weighs 2.5oz with batteries. Waterproof to 1000ft. This flashlight is extremely bright, one of the brightest I've seen, with a well focused beam. It is a very compact unit, but requires two hands to turn it on or off. Unfortunately the bright light drains the batteries in just a couple hours, which is disappointing. I love this flashlight. Took it with me backpacking many times, my pals were impressed with the light it produced with so little a weight. It's also great as a emergency light for the car.Bad news, We just had a tornado warning and I dropped it on the garage floor running to help the kids in to the basement. Think I have to completely replace it as I can't find a replacement bulb, and if so it would probably cost as much as the flashlight.If you don't need to use it for long spells: walk to the tent, find a friendly hole, get to the tent - this thing is great!Got this one at clearance at REI. No such luck now ;-(Had a Tec Blaster - can't recommend, battery life is too short and beam is weak. I have used this model flashlight regularly, in rugged daily use, for more than a decade. I've taken it camping and used it around the house, but as a contractor I use it all the time in heavy duty applications. It lives in the tool pouch on my belt and I take it everywhere. I have owned probably a dozen of them because I stash them in useful places.I have never broken one, but I have sadly lost a couple--one inside a wall and one down a drainage grate. I have only burned out one lamp, and that was immediately after a battery change, so I think it was some kind of fluke power surge or something.This is an extremely bright flood-beam light. It is way brighter than incandescent and LED lights of its size. It is extremely durable, waterproof, and operates reliably over the long term. The one I carry in my tool pouch now has been there for more than five years. I am sort of amazed, and it's become a bit of a spectacle for me now to see how long I can keep using it.Batteries last quite a long time during intermittent use, I would say longer than its rated two hours. I rarely have it on for longer than fifteen minutes at a time, so perhaps that's how I get better life out of it. One downside with battery life is that it doesn't give a lot of warning... once it starts going dim it goes out pretty quick. Within a minute or two of constant use for sure, but if you use it intermittently you can get about a dozen 10-second bursts before it's totally dead. This happened to me in a steam tunnel once and I had to go about a hundred yards feeling my way through the darkness.It is compact, the twist on/off mechanism works flawlessly, and it is a nice shape. The oblong tube resists rolling and is easy to bite or pinch between your chin and shoulder when your hands are full.The lanyard attachment is a nice feature, but the hole is so small there's only enough room for a single strand of small string. Definitely too small for a clip attachment unless you use a small split ring in between. If I remember correctly, it comes with a 1/4" keyring for that purpose.This is a GREAT flashlight. I'm stocking up to be sure I have a long term supply in case they get stupid and discontinue it or replace it with an 'improved' version.
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