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Originally Posted by DocBrown
When we tented and had a pop-up flashlights were pretty important to me but back then high end flashlights were the ones with the big 6 volt batteries.
Since then my needs are much less important and I view them like I view keeping $1 pairs of cheater reading glasses around. A pair in every room, a pair at work, a pair in the trailer. With flash lights I have at least a dozen of the cheap mini-LED ones, most of which I got for free. Several in the trailer, several in the garage, several in the house. They work great and serve my needs well.
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I've found the el cheapo mini-flashlights to be extremely unreliable (especially if you drop them) and are not all that bright.
Because of their dimness, however, I do like them for navigating to the loo in a dark house or motel room when on the road and I don't want to wake anyone up by turning on the lights. I carry a couple in my luggage just for that reason (one is a spare since, as I mentioned, they aren't very reliable).
I use a pair of reading glasses when working at my computer at home since, with my trifocals, I would kill my neck trying to look through the correct lens. I also keep a pair by my bed for watching TV since, when laying on my back, I would be looking through the wrong lens when wearing my trifocals.