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BlueTom
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Dec 27, 2017
I have a couple of Klarus flashlights, and they're both excellent pieces of gear for the purposes that they are advertised as being appropriate. This one however, does not seem to fit that description. As mentioned by others, no clip, which would be OK with me if the light was of a size to make hanging it from my belt on my key-holder convenient, but I went searching for a picture in the hand, and found this thing is a freakin' beast for being a single-CR123A battery offering. I knew it would have to be bigger than the 1 x AAA Titanium Innovations Illuminati CA-1 that occupies that space currently, but this thing is at least twice as big as the single CR123A Olight S1-Mini (also with 500 lumen capacity) that I keep in a pocket, and the only thing (it appears) that you get for that extra size is a 1/4" x 20 hole for mounting on a camera tripod, but even that's a trade-off for the clip on the S1. Unfortunately, I can't think of a single use for a tripod mount that I would ever use, so I also can't think of a good reason to buy into this drop.
For those who do buy, Klarus makes a great product as far as I'm concerned. I've used my G20 every single night for the last year and half or so for walking my dog. It's withstood more than one drop on concrete or hard-packed gravel driveway (actually, one night I took a spill outside breaking both my feet, but the G20 didn't have a scratch on it. LOL). The massive 26650 battery is housed in an extremely compact package, which is why I'm so befuddled over the size of this drop. The battery has suffered no degradation that I can discern. Still takes a full charge, and the charge lasts for at least a couple of months with every-night uses of between 5 to 15 minutes long. I can enthusiastically recommend Klarus as a brand, just can't wrap my head around what use(s) they might've built this particular flashlight for.