I hate this light. Mine stopped working properly right after I bought it five years ago. It turns on really dim and you have to shake it around to get it to light fully, and then it'll only stay bright if you're lucky. Sometimes it just goes out completely. Nothing much more annoying than a flashlight that doesn't stay on. Stuffing tin foil between the batteries seemed to help a little.
Great light:
This flashlight has a lot going for it. Small, light weight, tough, and waterproof. The LED will last essentially forever, so you don't have to worry about spare bulbs. It's bright enough to find our way in the dark, casting useful, if not extremely bright light out to about 20'. It's really meant to be a utility/work light for getting into small spaces so you can see what you're doing though, and for that it's excellent. It's a good balance of brightness and battery life. Even under heavy use the batteries... more info
AAAA:
firstly, i dont own this but the concept is amazing for the price. obviously, anything with a non-marking tip can be a stylus. anything that wont scratch or mark on the screens of pdas and such. however the LED feature is to die for. basically because i would never go and buy AAAA batteries from some highdollar store, nor order them online. the trick people is a 9V batterypack. simply take some pliers and pull the hard shell off of a 9V and you have 6 AAAA in your hand. they're unmarked, sadly so you... more info
Caution: "Silver" model doesn't look like the picture:
The silver model is no longer a nice shiny finish. It is now halfway between shiny and that crummy metallic light gray plastic which is called "silver" when used on cell phones. It's still a metal tube, but it looks cheap. The pocket clip is a darker color now, I guess so they can use the same color clip for all models. It's no less functional, but if all you want is function, and not appearance, there are more practical flashlights available which take AAA batteries instead of the slim AAAA... more info
