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Review on Hatori Super Small Mini LED Flashlight - Powerful Pocket Torch for Camping, Emergency, and Outdoor Activities - Battery-Powered Handheld Pen Light with High Lumens by Choice Maynard

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Hatori Mini is better than Streamlight MicroStream

This little Hatori light is pretty cool. It's bright and decent quality, especially for around $8. It looks expensive with a push button switch that is easy to use. In fact, you can hold the flashlight between two fingers and turn it on and off with your thumb—which you CANNOT do with the $18 Streamlight 66318 MicroStream. The Hatori pocket clip and anodized aluminum are also of much better quality. I can remove and replace the pocket clip without scratching the anodization, which is not possible with the MicroStream. Like the MicroStream, it's just lightweight without all the unnecessary modes. And Hatori is brighter than MicroStream at 45 lumens. But it doesn't come close to 500 lumens in any way. My old Streamlight Protac 2AA is rated at 250 lumens and is way brighter than this little Hatori flashlight so I would set it at around 60 lumens. (I'm not "blowing" lumens like LED manufacturers seem to be doing more and more.) If it wasn't for that, I'd give 5 stars. Great bang for the buck.

Pros
  • Weight
Cons
  • Vulgarity