That was the reaction when people saw how bright my "little keychain" light was (700 lumens with the 14500 battery). This light is very small, weighs next to nothing, and fits anywhere. It has a strobe feature as well as an SOS mode and has as much power as you are ever likely to need. You will want the 14500 battery (not included but the Ultrafire battery on Battery Junction isn't that expensive and works well) as the AA battery (included) is fine but nowhere near as impressive in output. The only drawbacks are the side mounted button is tiny and can be hard to find and you have to hit it twice to turn the light off- a minor inconvenience. None of that though is enough for me to give it less than five stars. I am not qualified to offer a technical critique of the beam color, pattern, reflector distortion, etc.- I leave that for the more knowledgeable among you, but I know "dang!" when I see it and this light has it.

Outstanding light! This beauty is as good as a regular full sized light. There is a Hugh difference between using a standard AA battery vs a 14500 battery. I tested both as I bought two lights. I use only high quality Orbtronic batteries (840 Mah lithium ion). Fully charged, it lasted 57 minutes on the brightest setting. Rated specs call for 55 minutes using standard AA, 53 minutes using 14500 batteries. 14500 batteries are physically slightly longer than a standard AA battery and are 3.7 volts, vs 1.5 volts of an AA battery. 14500 batteries work in this application but they cannot be indiscriminately used in place of standard AA batteries. If using 14500 lithium ion batteries, check application compatibility!

Easy to carry all the time and has a one press switch to turn on vs twisting a head to go through various power settings of other small lights. Light comes on at the brightest power setting and the switch allows one handed operation. The switch also has a lock feature by holding the switch down for 5 seconds to prevent accidental activation as mine did get bumped and was on in my pocket. Holding down the switch for 3 seconds in the lock mode unlocks it and, flashes 1 to 3 times to indicate remaining battery life in percentage. 3 flashes = 70%, 2, 30-70%, 1, less that 30%.

When testing run time using the 14500 battery, after 57 minutes on the brightest setting, it didn't go out but stepped down to the intermediate setting of 90 lumens. A great feature so you are not left in the dark, litterly and know you have to change out your battery or get to a safe place.

Comes in three colors with a lanyard and a metal hook, has a flat bottom so it can stand on its end and had a strobe and SOS function. I will buy more! And they are a good price point.

I bought this flashlight just to see how good it is. I've had some luck with Klarus, but it was not my favorite brand due to quality issues. This flashlight, however, is pretty good. It does everything as advertised. I use a 14500 battery with it, but I was surprised to see that with a normal AA cell, it was pretty bright too. If it had a clip, it would be perfect to replace my Preon P1 w/10440 LiOn battery.

I love the light output of the Mi7 especially with 14500 battery, but the reason I hate it is this light keeps turning itself on in my pants' pocket. I was going to replace my Streamlight MicroStream flashlight (uses a AAA battery) with Mi7 but it's not gonna happen now. I am very disappointed.

Nice, bright general service flashlight in a really small package.