MagLiteXL50 LED 3-Cell AAA Flashlight, Black

Excelent

Mag lights are one of the best on the market!Have always been very durable and my last one was over 12 years off and on use.

I’ve owned 4-5 of these over the years. It’s all the flashlight anyone needs. Too bright at 200 lumen w/o a colored lens filter. All modes are nice for carrying at night.The high is great for powering a colored lens and still being a decent flashlight. That makes reading something, seeing the tire you’re changing, or not blinding your dogs possible. Dogs aren’t bothered by the colored lens BTWPOP the lens off and it’s a light cannon. Puts a beam out over 50 yd in an urban setting. Suitable for first responders. Plenty tactical. The low setting is excellent for seeing inside of 10ft. The stobe, Hope I never find out of it works. I presume it does. I have a lanyard for hanging themPeople fret over AAA batteries. I run rechargeables and pop a new set in at the first sign of weakening. They go fast then they go. They last for many, many hours. Don’t sweat it. Get 3 sets for each light. Only downside is that it’s easy to accidentally turn it on in your pocket.Many tacticool folk find Maglite not as capable to handle a zombie apocalypse. It’s a crap load better than any light I’ve used through the decades. Better than what the military hands out. Get realMade in USA. Had batteries ruin a light. Never had a light fail from Maglite. Probably owned a dozen. What’s not to like.

Small pocket size flashlight, that I can carry with me all the time and it sends out a great beam of light, for it's size.Been carrying the same one for ten years and have not found a better one. Works great in the garage, it's small size allows it to get into small places. Have one in the driver side door pocket, in all my vehicles. Great for women to carry in their purse.

I have both, the black and silver version of the XL50. Since they are both the XL50 version, and I really have not used the silver one much, I will tell you about the black one I have.These lights, have a good brightness. I can light something up to see it with no problem from over 100 feet away.. If you just need to see if something is there, like where trees or people are, you can see that from many hundred's of feet away. Just do not expect to see in great detail at that distance. The beam is a nice, bright white light, and so far, it still works as good as the day I bought it. It also is pretty durable. I have had it out on the sidewalk, sitting in the direct sunlight (don't recommend doing that), for extended lengths of time, in the middle of the summer. I have dropped it many times on to the concrete and blacktop, and so far, it only has some scratches, nicks and dings in the side. The button in the bottom is easy to push and use, and has a very nice feel to it. Even with all the use I have put it though so far, the switch still feels as sturdy as the day I bought it. I like rechargeable batteries, so I am not putting a lot of money into batteries, so I use some NiMh batteries in mine. Personally, I don't think that I noticed any difference in the brightness between the NiMh ones, and the alkaline's. If there is a difference, it is very small, almost un-noticable, unless comparing side to side. But I do not think that there is a difference.This uses 3 AAA batteries, that all sit in a plastic insert, that slides easily in and out of the flashlight, so changing batteries is very easy. It is very comfortable in your hand, no matter your hand size, but is also small enough to fit into your pocket if needed. I have the solitaire, the 2AAA stick type, this one, the XL150 (which is close to being like this one, but a different switch, which in my opinion, the one on the XL150 sucks), and even some 2 AA with the twist top to turn it on. Personally, as long as you don't need any extra settings, this one, the XL50, and the XL150 are equal. But because of the settings on the switch being a pain on the XL150, I like this one better. My opinion, overall, I like this one the best of all my flashlights.As for the cap, or lens assembly, while they do not advertise this one as a torch type of feature, if you need to, you could take the lens assembly off, and set it down, facing upward, and light up a room enough to see around it, to get around, in a situation, like if the power went out.. or say if you went camping, and to light up a tent. It will work like that in an emergency. Also, say you needed to light up a wide area, you could take the lens assembly off, and use it to light up a wide area, since the lens is fixed, and not adjustable, that is what you would have to do. but you would loose you fixed, hundred feet down the road ability to light things up. But great for smaller areas, like in the same room.Like with any flashlight, they all have their limitations. No ability to focus, cant replace the lens, short battery life, not being bright enough, and even times where things are too bright. I would say that this light is a nice balance between all of them. It is bright enough to see down the road, but also, not too bright to use close up. Small enough to put in your pocket, or easily to use in your hands, but not too big that it is hard to carry around. The button is easy to access, and the battery life, you can get many hours of use out of one set of batteries. No where near as long as some D sized flashlights, but hey, I have seen some AA LED ones that only got around 2 hours max, and that is out of a set of AA batteries. So even at the 200 lumens, version, which has a lower run time on a set then the 100 lumen version, still gets almost 7 hours on a set of batteries, on full power. That, I would say is good power management, and they can get that by using good quality parts. add in that this uses a very easy to find size of battery, and the option of using rechargeable's on top of it. Overall, I think that this is a good, well rounded flashlight, that is one of my favorites, because it has the most balanced, well rounded, features. and add in that it is made in the USA, not china, like 98% of the flashlights out there. There really is not too much that I can say bad about it. But like any flashlight, it still has its limitations. But that does not make it any less likable.I would like to point out, this is a comparison between all the types, and brands, USA and china made, ones that I have seen, used, and tried out. I have never tried the XL200 version, so I can not say anything about that one, which is also about the same type and design as this one.

This light mixes MagLight's classic anodized aluminum look with modern, very bright LED technology. The batteries go in side by side rather than end to end, so the barrel is chunky but not long; it fills the hand nicely. You have to unscrew both ends to swap the batteries. The push button program select is on the base, so it lends itself to a reverse hold, with your thumb on the switch. The high setting is very bright, and the barrel around the bulb/reflector gets very warm. If you're wondering about how this differs from the XL200, the XL200 has 5 settings (incl. flashing ones) where the XL50 only has 3 (including a flashing one), with the XL50 high setting actually listed by MagLight as a little brighter than the XL200.