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Review for Trustfire MT20 Rechargeable Flashlights, 1050 Lumen Tactical Flashlights High Lumens 5 Modes Magnetic Flash Light IThis was surprisingly heavy for its size when I took it out of the box.It is a little tough to operate, I am still not sure how to get the strobe function working, but I don't think I will need that any time soon. Unscrew the cap on the bottom to remove the battery protector to be able to turn it on when you get it. The screw is well machined aluminum. The battery is 900mAH, TF 18350 3.7Li-ion. It appears to be replaceable.The cap also contains a magnet, and the magnet is strong enough to hang the flashlight upside down from a magnetic metal.A wrist strap is included. It appears that there is a tiny loop in the endcap to attach it, but I could not thread the string through, I will need to get some fishline or similar to be able to pull it through.A long press to turn it on, a long press to turn it off. When it's off, is quick press to show the battery level, which is a dot on the power button, so you have to take your finger off quickly to see it. It's really nice to have that battery level indicator. When it's on, short presses to navigate through the brightness levels.The charge port is on the side. A USB C cord is included, about 12" long. The port cap is really hard to put back in. But it will go in if you fiddle with it long enough, and squeeze it from the sides to push it back. I assume that is to keep the flashlight waterproof. Thankfully it does not appear that this flashlight needs to be recharged very often because of the difficulty in fitting the cap back in.It took over two weeks for this flashlight to be delivered. I'm not downgrading it for that, but if you are looking for a quick delivery turnaround, you might need to look elsewhere.This is a really quality flashlight. I don't know if I would have spent this amount of money on it, (about $33 at the time I got it) because I don't have a serious need for a light of this quality, but as part of the Vine program I only have to pay the income tax on the value, and it really is a value. It is by far one of the highest quality items I have received through the Vine program and I am happy to give it a 5 star rating. Which I don't do very often, something has to really impress me to get that extra start.

I own a lot of flashlights. I'm known to always be carrying at least one on me at all times. I'm always looking for a good and bright but also lightweight light with decent features. This one isn't perfect, none are, but it is great at what it does.I'd call this flashlight a mini-thrower. That means it projects a tight beam a longer distance as opposed to a flood type light. This is great when you're focusing on a particular task. It's not great to use as a general working light. I've used this one to spotlight possums in the backyard and look high into our trees at night for dangerous and broken limbs that might fall and hurt someone. It was great for that. It performs like a thrower much larger than its diminutive size. It's able to easily light up our dogs when they chase a phantom whatever all the way out to the back fence of our yard 100+ feet away.The interface is just average. Nothing fancy. Four light levels. Hold button for 1 second to turn on, 1 second to turn off. It does remember your last light level. I'm weird in that I prefer my lights to start at moonlight mode and ramp up from there but not doing so isn't a hard negative to me. Just a preference. I did discover it also has a lock out. If you double tap the button it'll flash twice to let you know it's enabled. After that trying to turn it on will only get a double flash back until you unlock with another double tap. Most of my lights are 'double tap to turbo' which I really prefer but, again, not a negative here, just a preference.It's a pretty well built light. The belt clip is very sturdy but to me it rides a little high in lens-up position. The clip can be used lens-down but it's much more difficult to hook on a pocket that way. More choice in pocket carry orientation would be nice. The charging port is USB-C and opposite the button on the body of the light. I rotate the clip to cover it and there's no worry of tearing off the rubber cover or things getting into it.Battery is a branded standard protected 18350 of 900mah. It seems to be close to that capacity. Most of my lights use unprotected cells. When I tried one in this it wouldn't work. This is because the positive terminal is a bit recessed to force use of a protected cell. I dislike having to carry two battery styles for my lights. Also, a personal preference. I'm sure >90% of users will never swap batteries for the light's entire life. If you want to though, you have the option. New 18350 cells are fairly cheap. Better than buying a whole new light or a proprietary battery like those from Lights of O. Just make sure you get that button-top battery.This flashlight has earned it's spot on the shelf by the backdoor. We used to have a larger light by a fairly well known maker there. This one outshines it and is in a more compact form factor. With a redesign of the clip I could easily see it promoted to EDC for the right person.Pic shows this MT20 in a size comparison with other popular lights and also 18350 and AA batteries on far left.

As a flashlight, it seems well built and does the job. It's a long press to turn it on or off. Which can be nice or annoying depending on your use case. Nice in that it's less likely to get accidentally turned on in a bag or pocket but not as easy to turn on or off. There is a lock feature mentioned in the instructions but I was never able to get it to work. Not really sure if I was doing it wrong or what. Not a feature that I'm really interested in so I don't see it as a big deal, but the instructions weren't super clear on what it meant or how it worked.It has three different brightness levels and is very bright on the highest setting. A pretty big difference between the settings. It is easy to switch between the levels and the last setting is remembered which is also a plus. The light has a bright focused center beam and a lower level wide peripheral beam. I'm attaching a photo of it pointing at the wall at about 2 feet away and the beam is roughly the same diameter as the distance away.I tested the battery life on the brightest setting and it was at least what the instructions said at at 1 hour and 20 minutes. Longer for the lower settings. The instructions say if it overheats it will dim but I never saw that happen while it sat on my desk at room temperature during the test.I tried charging it off of a computer docking station USB port and it started charging then caused an error on the computer and it stopped charging. I afterward plugged it into a power only charger and it charged fine, but I would recommend against plugging it into a computer or anything similar to charge. I haven't seen any other detrimental effects from it and did a virus scan on the computer, just to be safe, which came back clean. So I think it just crashed the driver or something along those lines that could restart without issue.The magnet on the bottom is strong enough hold the flashlight in any orientation.Overall, a decent flashlight that does the job.

This is the smallest every day carry (EDC) flashlight I got. That is the only advantage this has over the other ones I own. The other advantage over some is that you can replace the battery. The magnet is strong enough to hold it up but not as strong as the magnets in the Boruit brands.This does not have a turbo mode. The brightness matches the others normal high bright modes, but not as bright as the other’s turbo mode. On the brightest setting, it gets hot like all the others. Unfortunately, it transfers to the part you are holding. Not enough to burn you but depending on your sensitivity to hot things, it may “feel” too hot.To me, the button pushes are not as intuitive since you have to long press to turn on and off. It does remember the last brightness setting you had it on. It has a physical and button lock feature. The physical is the clip that can be rotated to cover the button and a double press locks/unlocks it.The main reason for the 4 stars out of 5 is because when I have it on high mode, within a minute, it goes down to a lower brightness. Maybe it is because it gets too hot and so in the winter, that may not happen. But what is the point in having the high bright mode if it is going to get dimmer. I would understand if the battery power was getting low, but this is after a full charge. To go back to the brightest mode, you have to button click and cycle through the modes again.

I like flashlights a lot. This one is a very small form factor and it is tough. Hard to damage. It works well through it's various modes and can get really bright at over a thousand lumens. Can you imagine if Mulder and Scully had lights like this? The included battery does not seem to retain a charge as long as most similar batteries do, but that will be dependent on usage.This is a nice, petite flashlight!