Best Flashlight
May 23, 2011, Submitted by: Ken Tweet
There is hardly a doubt that a first prep item for most people is a flashlight, and most everyone already has at least one. If you are in the market for an additional flashlight, or wonder what is the best flashlight, we scoured one of the popular online retailers to discover the most reviewed, highly rated, best selling flashlights in various price categories.
There are many criteria and varying use-case scenarios which will affect your purchase decisions, but it is helpful to see which model flashights are selling the most, those with the highest reviews, and those in particular price ranges.
Many of us have quite a number of flashlights, each with their own specific purpose. Consider features like size, brightness, style, tactical, handheld, head-mount, free standing, bulb type, LED, battery type, lumens, reflector type, color, weatherproof, shockproof, etc…
BEST FLASHLIGHT UNDER $25
The best selling flashlight for $25 or less, rated with 4-Star reviews or better, overall
Dorcy 41-4750 180 Lumen High Flux LED Cyber Light Flashlight with Batteries
BEST FLASHLIGHT $25 – $50
The best selling flashlight between $25 – $50, rated with 4-Star reviews or better, overall
Cyclops CYC-9WS Thor-by-Sirius 9-Watt Rechargeable LED Spotlight
BEST FLASHLIGHT $50 – $100
The best selling flashlight between $55 – $100, rated with 4-Star reviews or better, overall
Fenix LD20 205 Lumen LED Flashlight
BEST FLASHLIGHT $100 – $200
The best selling flashlight between $100 – $200, rated with 4-Star reviews or better, overall
Fenix TK40 High Performance Cree LED Flashlight, Maximum 630 Lumens
BEST FLASHLIGHT ABOVE $200
The best selling flashlight over $200, rated with 4-Star reviews overall
Olight SR90 Intimidator 2,200 Lumens 30W Luminus SST-90 LED Flashlight Black
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Best flashlight under $100:
Jet Beam RRT-0
it takes multiple types of batteries: CR123A and AA with extender (also 14500)
It’s got a variable light output meaning if you set it low, it will last a long time, or be very efficient at high.
It has strobe light capabilities.
On top of these really good flashlights mentioned above I highly recommend to have at least one lantern type light that takes batteries in case all the lights go out for a long time. These lantern type lights are much nicer than candles and can be taken to work on problems that you might have. The ‘Energizer Weather Ready’ lantern is inexpensive, at Wal-Mart they are $16 or $17 and come with batteries. With the LED lights they are suppose to last more than 200 hours or 300 hours, I can’t remember what the box said but I have yet to replace the batteries and had it over a year.
3 years ago the power went out at night during a thunderstorm and it was a real hassle trying to juggle a flashlight while trying to repair the fuel line to the electric generator in the cold pouring rain. I wish I could have had that type of lantern in which I could have concentrated on only the job at hand.
Here is one of the lanterns that I have, and have been very happy with it. No doubt there are other equivalents as well.
@Ken. I can’t believe it that is exactly the same “extra” lantern that I have downstairs, what do you know. I love this lantern and got about 2 years ago at True Value for $25, had a $5 off coupon at the time. This is for sure one of the best values on the market. I actually like this one more than the Energizer one I have. Still have the original batteries in that one also. Something to also remember for everyone to have a good stash of extra batteries somewhere cool and dry.
That’s too funny… I’ve had this lantern for about 1 year. Love it. I researched all lanterns on Amazon and this one had the highest rating and popularity at the time. Good suggestion regarding the extra batteries.