Inova XSDMA-HB XS Dual Mode LED Flashlight, Black

This is the second Inova light I have purchased, the previous one was purchased for myself and I liked it enough to get this smaller one for my wife to put on her keys.I have only three small complaints concerning these lights.However,considering the quality of the lights and the price I do not feel that I have found a better light features combination without at a minimum tripling the price.First, I do not like the button on the back and the way it fits into the tail cap.When the back is unscrewed just far enough to use the momentary on off switch, the light can be activated by the pressing on the back without actually pressing the button. Which leads to my second complaint, the button is difficult to push, and other than the light coming on there is almost no tactile sensation of actually pressing the button. However,the possibility of pressing on the tail cap and activating the light negates the difficult button push.Do not misunderstand me,these things in no way make this light difficult to use its just that these things are not perfect. My last complaint is the the tail caps are not perfectly flat but rather round on the end so when using it for an extended period of time in a dark room the light must be leaned on something to use it as a candle.I really do enjoy this light, the day I bought it I was using it about 30ft up and dropped it (the one I purchased for myself did not come with a lanyard only a hole that I outfitted with one after this experience) down to a steel platform below the deck I was working on. The light was scratched and had a small dent in the edge of the tail cap that struck the deck but other than that it worked and continues to work now after being dropped struck and even submerged. It is a very durable metal flashlight that has been bright enough for any application I've yet required it for, easy to find and replace batteries with decent battery life for most applications.I highly recommend purchasing this light.

This Inova light is far brighter than my older Inova AA lights. It's compact, and has a 1-hour run time at full power. My only complaint is that the swictch is harder to rotate than on the other lights (very stiff). Other than that, for the price, and given the performance, it's an awesome little light!

These are great keychain flashlights. I bought one for myself then every member of my family. They are on the larger size but they are one of the brightest small flashlights and are housed in a rugged aluminum shell.My favorite feature is that you can twist the end cap to engage the battery/turn it on without having to hold in the rubber button on the end for any longer periods of use.With the aluminum housing and the LED bulb - this should last you at least 10 years if not your life. It takes 1 replaceable AAA battery and this will provide use with full brightness for about a continuous hour and a half and it has dimmed slightly after that amount of time and is still going strong. (This flashlight is not meant for extended periods of continuous use but it can do that and has provided enough light for three night time 30 min. long dog walks (when I did not have access to a normal flashlight.))You can turn it on by pushing and holding down the rubber button on the end (lightly for a dimmer beam and harder for the brightest beam.) You can also screw the end cap in to engage the battery without having to hold the button in as mentioned - (you twist it in slightly for a constant dimmer beam and twist it more a constant brighter beam.)I suggest you place it on a normal key ring as everything falls off of the Nite Ize S-biner that it comes with. I have a Nite Ize keychain full of these exact same stainless steel S-biners - keys, fobs and even this Inova flashlight have slid loose off these S-biners.

This is a very good light for keeping on your key ring. It is bright, and well constructed. I gave it four stars because it does not come with a pocket clip, and the head is a bit too large to allow the use of a Chap Stick cap as a diffuser. The tail cap button is momentary only. The primary control is through twisting the tail cap. This is not my favorite type of user interface, but it works.

I purchased this a year ago and have now ordered another in case I lose this one. It has an amazingly bright light for those situations where you need to illuminate something in the distance, but 98% of the time I use the low power setting as the high setting produces such bright reflected light off a close object that one can't see anything. I don't know how long it will operate on the bright setting but on the low setting it appears that it operates beyond eternity. As I use the light fairly frequently, I'm sure that I have swapped out the single AAA battery on occasion, but so rarely that I can't recall having done so.Another reviewer recommended the Fenix E05 as this one can't be balanced on the tailpiece for hands free illumination. To each his own, but that light provides only a high intensity beam and I can't imagine foregoing the dual intensities for such a reason.I might order still another extra one as I would hate to be without this light.

I am very pleased with this flashlight, it is well made. looks like it could be ran over with a car and still last. It works great and I like the fact that it works on 1 AAA rather than watch batteries which I tried to avoid as 1) they are to expensive and 2) don't last long. The other thing is CR123 batteries which like the watch batteries are expensive but they do last, however, AAA batties are more common and moderatlwey priced, hence my choice of a AAA flashlight. I digress, the flashlight is bright and the little button on the butt of the light works great as well as the tist and low light function. I would definitely reccommend this flashlight as an EDC for its small size and bright light as well as the commonality of battery it uses (AAA). On a side note the carabiner and lanyard are a nice little plus if you get this specific model that comes with these two items, 5 stars in my book, no probs, home run as far as I am concerned.