The Lumintop tool AA torch is a keyring/pocket size torch which punches above it's weight. Around 9cm long (a bit under 4 inchs) and about 1.5 cm wide (around half inch) it's small enough to fit a keyring or a shirt pocket.
It has 5 modes, 4 light levels and a strobe, although as you have to cycle through the light levels to get strobe it's not really usefull as a self defence option. It works off a double A battery or a 14500 battery.
On a double A you get a low mode 3.7lm for 60 hours, a medium mode 28lm around 12 hours, high mode 140lm 49 mins, and turbo mode 220lm for 21 minutes. Now 21 minutes doesn't sound long, for 220lm from a torch this size is impressive, and the 28lm mode is bright enough to actually walk about at night, and thats about 12 hours.
On a 14500 battery (same size as a double A) you get low mode 16lm 37 hours, medium mode 85lm for 6 hours and 9 minutes, high mode 360lm 79 minutes, and finally turbo mode is 650lm for 35 minutes. That much light from something this size is just amazing, it's seriously bright, and in the real world either of the medium modes is quite enough to move around in the dark.
The beam itself is fairly floody but still lights up a fair distance, fine for what is a small pocket torch. It also comes with a lantern type diffuser, this would work fine in a power cut or a tent. It has a clicky tail switch but will tail stand, a magnetic base is also available for it.
This is going in my pocket for everyday carry.
Shown here with a AA battery for scale
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