Stanley Hand Tools 95-114 Maxlife2 369 Titanium Finish Flashlight
- Bright-white 1. 25 Watt LED light
- Low-power indicator light flashes so youre never caught in the dark
- Durable, impact-resistant design with a graphite ABS composite head and shatter-resistant polycarbonate lens
- Simple 3-position switch lets you choose Low, High or Off. Runs on 3, 6 or 9 AA batteries (not included) depending on usage requirement
- Limited Lifetime Warranty
Product Description
Durable, impact-resistant design with a graphite ABS composite head and shatter-resistant polycarbonate lens.
Simple 3-position switch lets you choose Low, High or Off.
Runs on 3, 6 or 9 AA batteries (not included) depending on usage requirement… More >>
Stanley Hand Tools 95-114 Maxlife2 369 Titanium Finish Flashlight
OK, this flashlight has absolutely no redeeming qualities. There is nothing I can think of about it that recommends itself, even if you are being rather generous. It has a lot of bad points and no good ones. It is the most useless flashlight I have ever used; the only thing more useless would be a flashlight with dead batteries. However, it is this hopelessness that is so appealing; sort of reminds me of the `Land of Misfit Toys’ from that Christmas movie. I gave one a good home, and recommend you do the same; it is a truly pathetic product. I would make a joke about the funny-smelling smoke coming from the cubicle of the person who designed it, but it probably wouldn’t be a joke.
Rundown of defaults of this freak of nature:
* this is one of the ugliest flashlights I have ever seen. It kinda looks like something stolen from the set of a 1950’s sci-fi movie, like `Flash Gordon’.
* instead of a flat lens, it has a convex focusing lens, sort of like a small magnifying glass. This focuses the light into a tight little circle that goes quite a long distance. The area it lights up so small, that the light is useless. It kinda looks like a spotlight going around the room. At a distance of 3 feet, the disk of light is 10 inches across. There is no spill light.
* it uses 3 AA cells stacked in series, so the flashlight is 10 inches long. Really bulky, and unnecessarily so.
* it has 3 tubes of 3 cells each, and you can fill up one, two, or three tubes. But, this does not give you stronger light, just a longer runtime.
* it has a `Low’ and `High’ mode, but they both look almost the same. So you might as well use low all time; you might get a slightly longer runtime. The first button push gives you low, the second press gives you high, and the third turns it off.
* there are no instructions; the printing on the packaging label is all you get.
Well, it does have one (and only one) nice feature: there is a red LED on the switch. When it glows, it means your batteries are almost dead, so replace them, even though the light still looks strong. I verified its function by trying to use dead batteries; the light came on, but so did the red LED. This might be a good tool for squeezing that last bit of juice out of almost-dead AA batteries.
I have no idea what type of LED it uses, since the head cannot be taken off. Judging by the greenish outer region and surprisingly weak light, it might be an under-driven Luxeon I.
The battery tube is aluminum with a faint pink/brown tinge; the head and battery cap is some sort of plastic with a similar but fainter color. BTW, the word ‘titanium’ does not appear anywhere on the packaging or flashlight; in any event, the color is certainly NOT ‘titanium’.
This is a well built flashlight, I already own 3 of them! A fourth (the three head model) is coming soon. It’s strongest point is the fact that you can stand it on its own; perfect for roadside work, even under the hood, hands free. It has gotten wet (rain) and it goes on with no problems or flickering. I Have had mine for a year now and have not replaced the batteries in any of them—the light is whiter than normal incadescent bulbs or even krypton. As for the looks, well it is an illumination device–it is not meant to be fashionable! (that is probably why the bigger models are either black, titanium colored or camouflage. Also for the prior comment saying it is NOT titanium–well the flashlight would probably cost over $500 if it were really made of real titanium! (Please get a grip on reality dude!)