Bolder LC130

I've used this flashlight every night since i purchased it. I work Security at a location with almost no lighting. I've dropped it plenty, used it in the pouring rain more than i wish i had to, and once dropped it in a toilet. This baby has never stopped working. Never. It's rugged and about as bright as a nuclear explosion. The light throw on this is incredible. It lights up the entire property and, if needed, would EASILY temporarily blind a threat. It's THE tool i go for in a confrontation...and i work Armed. Battery lasts a long time and has a USB port to charge anywhere. Because it lasts long, it also takes a while to charge though. It's got a honker of a battery that you can take out and charge in a different charger if you choose. That's what i do. It's not small but not too big to carry. I have a pocket on my outer vest that the handle fits in perfect. If your looking at this light, you're probably looking for the brightest light for the money. This is the one.

I live in an estates residential area where most of the single family homes are on 2 acres or more, and most are heavily wooded. We have the potential to encounter a variety of wildlife, including black bears, coyotes, bobcats, and the Florida Panther (cougar/mountain lion),, among a myriad of other creatures that you don't want to encounter after dark (or in the daylight, for that matter). The bright light allows me (and my family) to quickly scan the tree line for wildlife visitors when we take the dog out after dark.One evening, around 11:30 PM, our dog (who is a German Shepherd/Husky/Wolf mix and 80 pounds) was looking across the street and went into an alert stance. I turned and pointed the flashlight in the direction that our dog alerted me to, and along the fence line immediately across the street, and about 150 feet away I saw what looked like two yellow/gold reflectors in the beam of light. Everything was good until the "reflectors" blinked because of the bright beam of light. We slowly retreated up the 175 feet of driveway back to the safety of the house while keeping the bright beam of light shining in the eyes of our company that evening. Needless to say, we were both relieved when we closed the door behind us.This is my second purchase of this same flashlight, because someone else in the family liked the brightness and safety of the bright light after dark in our environment and "borrowed" the first flashlight (I think that I would probably find it in his car, but if it provides some safety insurance and it makes him feel better about it, he can continue to "borrow" it).The flashlight is one of the more sturdy and bright flashlights on the market in this price range, and fully charges overnight when necessary.I have only two comments on the "con" side of the ledger; it would be better if there was a battery status indicator that would tell you when the flashlight needs to be recharged (because the light remains fairly bright until it flashes a couple of times and shuts off, and it would be better if the flashlight had a focusable beam so that the light could be concentrated on a narrower range of field.

I use a flashlight every day as part of my job touching up paint jobs on the final product. For me the intense brightness of this flashlight really helps me look at a large surface area really illuminating every minor imperfection. First off the flashlight feels great in your hand with its size and weight. As long as I remember to charge every night I never have any problems with battery life; it even manages to get through two work days usually if I do forget. Eventually I had a problem with the charge port and it rendered the flashlight mostly useless when I couldn't charge it anymore, but Anker managed to send me a new one at no cost so that is wonderful and they deserve all the accolades for that.A minor flaw with the flashlight is the wrist strap it comes with. It really is too frail to support the whole weight of the flashlight over time and my first one ended up breaking. Not a big deal because I never really used it but there could be some improvement in that regard. One other problem I had which probably is unique to me and not a big deal for anyone else is that when trying to wipe some of the paint back spray with solvent it ended up dissolving the plastic lens cover which made it blurry and thus decreased the brightness of it. I won't be making that mistake again.I'd recommend anybody in need of a good flashlight to pick this up and I can't imagine anyone having buyers remorse with it. Thanks again Anker for the free replacement as that made me very happy and I feel obliged to go out of my way to put this review out there.