Handheld, household flashlights

Stream light stinger is what I have, its 5 years old and runs like a champ.

I have a little Fenix pocket sized LED, that runs on a rechargeable battery, but can also be used with AA batteries. I remember something about the brightness is less running on the AA, but for something around the house when the power it out, it would be plenty bright. The rechargeable battery has a little Micro-USB charge port on it, and is supposed to give you several hours of use on the low brightness setting on the light. Look for something like that, with variable brightness settings on the light itself. I've bought a few from battery junction over the years.

Nebo Slim + Have a couple of these at home and in my place in Mississippi. Rechargable via USB, super bright, compact, magnet on back. I have them attached to my fridge in both places.

I'm not sure the juice is worth the squeeze with rechargeable emergency lights. Inherently more expensive. More maintenance (i.e. you have to make sure they're charged before you need them).

Assuming you have enough things that use AA and AAA batteries and you always keep a dozen or so batteries in stock, you can sprinkle the house with decent $5 and $10 lights or even $1 cheapies. If you click on one and the battery is dead, grab another and head to the battery stash.

A hand crank flashlight + radio saved my butt during Ida. There was more than one occasion I needed light, and either had to wait for a dinky USB charge, or hand crank for a few seconds.

I plan on adding a few more. They make solar + hand crank + battery flashlight, lantern and radio combo.

i always chime in to champion the fenix pd35 equivalent or whatever the current iteration is.

I have rechargeables, but I would never have only rechargeables. For a power outage get something that runs on CR123As or AAs.

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Not trying to be facetious but if the electricity is out after a storm how are you going to charge it,
I have battery powered ones.

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Charge in a vehicle, off a generator, a solar panel type charger. Something I plan to build to supplement my generator is a small battery-type power supply that can be charged with a 120W solar panel. Run up to a 1000W for an our or two.

harbor freight has a great quantum hand held for 14 dollars.....sometimes 8.99.


I keep buying them. LINK

Man I love those Bell and Howell tac-lights. Not expensive and the batteries last a long time. Takes triple A’s, which you could buy some quality rechargeable ones and rotate them. They are also very rugged flashlights.