RovyVon A1 Gen 4 Rechargeable EDC Keychain Flashlight 650 Lumens High Lumens Outdoor Mini Keychain Light for Everyday Carry, Camping, Thanksgiving (Grey)

There are a few reviewers here on Amazon who claim to be "flashlight geeks."I am not a flashlight geek. I'm a guy who does light construction, car and home repairs. (Everything from walls, sheds, roofing, to electrical, and plumbing.) I don't geek out on tools like some cool new cell phone. I *use* them to get a job done.I've had a small flashlight hanging from my keychain for decades. They come in handy for peeking into dark spaces where wires and plumbing go, walking (and cleaning up after) the dog at night, when camping, and when the power goes out. It's nice to always have a flashlight right there at my side and not to have to dig in a toolbox to find one. (Or, more likely for me, to need to figure out where I last put it down. With a keyring flashlight, I clip it right back onto my keyring when I'm done using it.)I've had four keyring flashlights. The first was a MicroMag Maglight with a AAA battery and an incandescent bulb. Had it for years until deciding to get a smaller, thumb-sized light with an old-style LED, but gave up on it and went back to my MicroMag. More recently I bought an LED light that was about the same size as my MicroMag, but had three levels of illumination. I used a rechargeable AAA battery for it ann really liked that setup.Now I've moved in to this even smaller all-in-one rechargable keyring flashlight with a USB port for charging.This little guy is smaller, lighter, and brighter than the MicroMag light and LED knockoff I replaced it with. It has four levels of illumination, a "candlelight" level (that I don't find particularly useful), low, bright, and super-bright that you scroll through with quick presses of the power button. A long press of the power button keeps the the flashlight on high until released.This little guy gets the job done.Pros:* Four light levels, really dim, useful for close-in work, bright enough to see across a room, and bright enough to hunt for something you dropped outside.* Two modes, a momentary on mode that keeps the light on at its highest setting for as long as the button is pushed and a constant light mode that stays on until turned off.* A single charge lasts for hours of regular use.* Smaller than the key fob for my car* Cons* Its small and packs both the LED light and a charger into that tiny case with a lithium battery, so the battery isn't very big. This isn't the light to reach for if you need hours and hours of bright illumination.

Has 3 settings:1. Dim - which is about the brightness you'd expect of a regular maglight from maybe a decade ago. Nothing wrong with it, good for quick use.2. Bright - This is very bright. When I was a kid, the only time I'd ever seen light like this was when we went deer spotting. It's obviously not quite that powerful but it's bright enough to surprise you. It will light any normally sized room. I took it to the field behind my house in the dark and was amazed at how far I could see from such a small light. Don't look directly into this light at this setting.3. Bright/Strobe - Bright and fast. Once again, don't look directly at this if you can avoid it. You have your keys on you almost all of the time, this can serve as a deterrent if you're somehow threatened. It's obviously not a weapon and you shouldn't act as if it were one, that could get you hurt, but it's better than nothing. This could also serve as a signal should you be in a car accident at night, are lost in the woods, are in need of emergency assistance in an urban area, this list could go on.One thing that I'm not sure about is batter life. At the moment, I've used it for about 30s-1m once every other day since purchase and for a few minutes showing it off to friends. The only time I have charged it was the first day - 23 days ago. I don't use it heavily and can't really tell if it has gotten dimmer. It still more than serves its purpose for everyday use.I'd like to test the water resistance, but I'm not about to play that game right now. I still want to get 2-3 more when I have the extra cash.

I was putting a transfer pump into a rain barrel tonight to drain it and my beloved little flashlight and all my keys fell straight in all the way down 34" into the barrel. I thought for sure it would be toast. I spent a couple moments thinking 'WTH do I do?!" The light was still shining but I couldn't reach all the way to the bottom and I couldn't dump the barrel over on its side with 800 lbs of water in it etc so I just had to turn on the pump and wait patiently for the pump to drain out the water.I kept walking up to the barrel and looking in expecting the flashlight to have died but there it was - still glowing in the murky water.The first picture is looking into the water and you can't really tell what is going on because the light from the flashlight was making my phone camera's flash not go off - haha! I finally figured out how to fool the flash sensor on my phone when the water was down to 6 inches or so.If you look closely you can see a thumb drive there too - I'm sure it is toast because RovyVon doesn't make thumb drives!What an awesome flashlight - it took 4 or 5 minutes to get the water down low enough to tip the barrel over. That exceeds what IPX6 is supposed to be able to do because IPX7 says immersion down to 3.3 ft (1 meter) and IPX6 doesn't say anything about immersion. The barrel finally got light enough to dump sideways and there it was still running in amongst soggy leaves (last picture).I love these little flashlights! I have 3 of them in use now and use them 10x what the vast majority of people would use a keychain flashlight because I work at night and up until nearly dawn. They get constantly used and abused and keep on going for a surprising length of time. They are crazy bright - I wish they would make a headlamp because they are better than any of the headlamps I have.They are a great company too - I had problems with one that I bought getting hotter than it should and they sent a new one immediately - and an upgraded version at that!Right on RovyVon!Given the deal they have going on right now quite a few people are getting RovyVon flashlights for Christmas.