Meh: 3-Pack: Halo Mini-Lite LED Flashlights (August 31 only, US central time I think).
They are on sale today for $6 for 3 lights ($2 each), free shipping if you are a Meh member. The rest of the time they are 3/$9, still pretty good.
They are a little bit bigger than the classic small 5mm 1aaa lights, but they are still smaller than any 1aa lights I’ve had. UI is one level twisty, can’t go wrong. Output is medium, I dunno, I’ll make a wild guess at 30 lumens. Way higher than 5mm leds but not a lumen monster. Tint is not too bad, again by the standards of old 5mm’s. The lanyard attachment is unusual: a fairly sturdy braided leather cord affixed to the tail end of the light. They also come with a circular carabiner that is near useless because it is made of steel(?) and is ridiculously heavy for its size.
People complain that they eat batteries (that’s why Eneloops were invented) and about crappy QA such as poorly cut threads. I didn’t notice this on the unit I carried for a while, but that’s a small sample. Re battery consumption, I will try to measure the current draw sometime, but meanwhile I can attest that L92 lithium primaries work fine in the light.
I bought 3 of them a while back, carried one for a while til I lost it, gave one away, still have an unopened one, and am about to order 3 more.
They come with a no-name AAA alkaleak(?) cell inside the light, and an insulating disc to keep the light from turning on and draining the battery during shipment. Don’t forget to remove the disc before trying to use the light. The instructions mention that, but who reads instructions, so there.
This being BLF I think it is hard to ignore a usable $2 light. Good stocking stuffer, etc.
Addition (Sept. 7): weight of light w/o battery = 21g, weight of carabiner=11.2g, weight of included battery=6g. Battery is suspiciously light since alkaleak AAA is about 11g, so this is probably a zinc-carbon battery(!). That might explain commenters complaining that the light rips through batteries. Anyway I will put an Eneloop in it. I haven’t yet measured tailcap current. Yes it has a removable tailcap, no idea why. The head threads on this light (the 2nd of my 3) are rather loose so I will try to lube them. The 1st light was better about this. Still can’t complain for $2. Eventually I may just scavenge the driver for another light.