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Smiling Shark Mini Baseball Bat light
Price: £4 winning bid
Manufacturer: Smiling Shark
Model:. SS-C102
Power: Cree Q5
Run By: 3x AA
Focus Type: Fixed focus
Length: 310mm
Modes: 3
Weight: 240g without batteries
Vendor: seller via ebay
Description: Mini Baseball Bat Flashlight
What's in the Packet?: just the Bat
Arriving in brown paper and a white box this item felt quite heavy.
Although small the bat looks strong and durable, not much point having a defensive tool if it's thin and weedy. It's extremely portable meaning it won't be too long to carry with you and is small enough to fit in a bag or something similar.
For taking down the garden or walking at night this torch has some potential.
The handle is knurled for grip and the end cap is fitted with a lanyard for around your wrist to prevent you throwing it by accident.
The end cap, contact spring and clicky button are made from good quality materials. No worries about the button packing up after a few weeks or whatever.
Waterproofing is covered by the good quality o-rings which sit on both the screw fitting points.
Well finished screw threadds and O-rings
It's like a little police truncheon or something
Testing
On the flashlight side of things this device does it's job quite well. It's not the brightest of lights but it's adequate enough to get you by. As a torch it doesn't provide much of a flood beam rather a very bright spot with some overspill. Cycling through the modes we find a high, low and defensive strobe effect. Half clicking the button will toggle through the modes with ease.
In terms of serving as a defense tool it's not bad either. Smacking this thing against am old ironing board is effective and satisfying. With the torch switched on the constant impact against an object doesnt cause the light to flicker or cause any kind off connection problem. This was quite surprising.
I was expecting the batteries to rattle inside the tube when striking something but they seemed to stay in place.
Combine the strobe mode with a swing from this and you can image just what this device is capable of should you ever need to use it.
It's both a novelty and a functioning tool. It's much better than I imagined.
Nice quality optics
Rating: ✅✅✅✅✅ 5 out of 5
Late night dog walkers and home owners will find this bat light very handy. It's not too big to draw attention to itself so it's easy to hide on your person. This three mode torch is good and bright and features a disabling strobe function which could be of benefit should you be faced with an assailant 😣
Piece of mind perhaps for the security conscious....and it doubles as a torch!
A durable well made instrument for under a fiver! Recommended
