MagLiteML300L LED 2-Cell D Display Box

MagLites have a reputation for being the best and they live up to it. The flashlight is bright, sturdy, and works well. It's a night pricier than the average flashlight but it's worth it because MagLites last. Treat yourself.

2-D size is perfect. Solidly built, excellent, bright light. I have had good success with Maglite. Lighter color casing easier to see in dark situations.

This is not my first MagLite flashlight. I had one for several years and it was misplaced and I wanted to replace it. There was no question that MagLite would be bought again as it is a high quality product. I wanted alkaline batteries because recharging a flashlight during a power outage will not happen. Plus, D cell batteries last a long time. The light is gives is great. There are no downsides to the flashlight for me.

Let's start with the basics. In an emergency, you need a flashlight powered by batteries. Don't buy a flashlight that uses a USB charger. Those don't hold a charge.When you need your flashlight in an emergency, you can't wait 12 hours for it to charge up. Batteries are going to stay good and provide you with a reliable source of light for months or even years. Worst case scenario, you go to turn on your Mag Light and the batteries are dead. It takes 2 seconds to pop in new batteries. You don't have to wait for it to charge.When you hear that bump in the night or sound in your backyard, this flashlight is ready to go. It's reliable, powerful, and bright. Feels good in the hand and is easy to grip. I hope they don't ever mess with the design because this is perfection.

Very good well built the brightness is good as well

Good throwback to the earlier days of heavy duty cop-style aluminum flashlights that you can back your car over with no damage.Makes some concession to the current era by using an LED bulb and supporting several modes of dimming and flashing. However, this was implemented in a thoughtful way allowing you to turn the flashlight on and off with a single button press (like the old days!). If you want to change the current mode, you can do a more deliberate and complicated series of button presses that are hard to do by accident. For the most part, it has an on-off switch and nothing more.Overall, the well-executed flashlight we have come to expect from Maglite.

This is a high quality flashlight. The beam is SO much brighter than the incandescent versions of days gone by. I bought this because I knew I could count on MagLite to produce a quality product that I don't have to wonder about. There are a number of cheaper flashlights out there that claim more luminance, but long term quality is questionable, and the luminance numbers may or may not reflect their actual capability.When i received this, it was in a "display box", which is ok with me because it was so much easier to open than the blister packs. One thing to note was that there was nothing on the outside of the box to indicate the color of the flashlight inside, so at first I was not sure if I received a black one, when I ordered red. No worries, though, because it was actually red. I really like the red finish, because it is very easy to spot when I've set it down somewhere.I tried out the light as soon as I could. Indoors, it was very bright, and I could see very clearly, although it wasn't blindingly bright. Outdoors, I could easily shine a beam from my house to the trees about 150 feet away. I wish that the beam had the ability to be more concentrated, like a search light.It has some interesting modes. As the description says, it is programmable so that if you rapidly click the button two or three times when you turn it on, it can respond in different ways. You can choose from one of three different programs. the programs incorporate different features like High/Low brightness, strobing, or momentary on (as long as you hold the button). After trying them all, I found I have no need for the strobing (it's mainly for disorienting bad guys), and the momentary was cool but not necessary, so I just left it on the default setting, which is the High/Low Intensity. With this setting, the high intensity comes on with the first click, and low with the second. If you pause for any amount of time at all between the clicks though, the button works as the "off" instead of moving to the next setting. That's still not really a problem for me, though, because I usually only use the "High" setting, which is first. Low is nice when you need a little less light, but it is still fairly bright, brighter than the incandescents of the past.I do like that even though it is efficient, it still uses D-cells, so the batteries will last a long time, and no more worries about the bulb burning out!All things considered, though, it is a top-quality flashlight that will last for years, and will easily meet my needs. (I mainly need it to find stuff in my yard at night, which is about 3 acres. I can see just about anywhere from the house. I would recommend this to anyone.

Good push button on/off, bright light, solid but metal body is lighter now a days, but battery weight helps. Shopping for kiddo in first home. Needed a flashlight with batteries. Who wants a flashlight that’s rechargeable and doesn’t work when the power goes out?!???