BUYSIGHT 2000 Lumens Rechargeable Spotlight Flashlight - Waterproof Handheld Hunting Light with Red Filter for Outdoor Camping, Fishing, and Emergency Use

I live on a large property along a river in the wilds of Montana. Fields, woodlands, and a stream shallow enough for moose, grizzlies, or cougars to cross, not to mention that they could be in my fields. My former flashlight was like--well, I couldn't pick up the glint of eyes, let alone see beyond my pond. Heck, I couldn't even clearly see the pond, which is probably about fifty feet from my front door. So I read the reviews, and I ordered this light despite the fact that no other reviews clearly stated about how far the light could reach. Okay, everyone, this is a pretty expensive flashlight, and that's basically all it is, a handheld flashlight. BUT NOT JUST YOUR EVERYDAY FLASHLIGHT! Oh, no. With the beam on high, I can see for a very long way. At a certain distance, I can only see eyes, but I can see enough about the animal that I can tell what it is. This light enables me to check a large expanse of land around me, even as far as the woods in our riparian area where our horses are and way far away at the neighboring rancher's gate. Great light! I do not regret my purchase. I rated this light with three for battery life and water resistance, because I haven't had the light long enough to rank its performance in those ways. If problems with the light occur or I am blown away by how great it is, I will be back with an update, but for now, I would recommend this to a friend.Update: I have now had the light for quite a while and use it nightly. And I love it without any reservations now. At first, I worried about battery life and kept it on charge during the day. Then I forgot one day and still had a strong light. As I write this tonight after using said light to walk my dogs, I noticed that the beam was getting a little dimmer. It still served its purpose, but after a week and a half of nightly use, I think the battery life on this lamp is actually phenomenal for the price. I go out with my dogs nightly, so my usage averages at least ten to fifteen minutes each night. This light eases my mind and gives me the assurance I need not feel threatened by some predator out there that I cannot see. We also have resident skunks, so this light helps me be certain that no skunk is wandering around on my property. I don't have it out for skunks, but I definitely don't like the aftermath of a dog/skunk encounter. TRYING TO RID THEM OF "SKUNK" IS A HUGE AMOUNT OF WORK FOR ME, BECAUSE MY DOGS ARE HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS. I think there are better lights out there for more specific uses and for much more money, but as a general usage light for predators and safety--say if you are out hiking and get caught in a wilderness area after dark--it is, in my opinion, the BOMB. I haven't used the space light yet, but it is very bright for working on something without holding it in your hands. I can see someone doing emergency car repairs using this light if it is sitting on a fender. Great illumination. As I stated before, I can see a long way at night. So far that if I were hunting in daylight, I would hesitate to shoot something at that distance without a high-power scope. (I'm inserting that for the guys so they can figure out the beam power. With your naked eye, you can see so far at night that you'd not be able to place your bullet during the day for a quick and humane kill. It shines way too far at night and picks up eyes too far away for daylight shooting accuracy without a scope.) I'm just guessing, but at night I think it picks up eyes at at least a half-mile away. Granted, I may not be able to tell, at that distance, what kind of animal I'm seeing. I only know it's something wild, and normally I can tell by the height of the eyes what the wild animal probably is. We have a lot of deer and a huge coyote problem here, and this light works well for seeing the coyotes at night in our fields so we can keep our dogs safe. I would not only recommend this light to my friends, but I have let them go out with it at night to try it out, and the response is always variations of, "Oh, WOW! Great light." I do not regret this purchase. I have come to depend on this light at night. With it in my hand, I feel relaxed as I wander over our land when it is pitch dark. My advice is, JUST BUY IT. It's a great light and you will find lots of uses for it. I am thinking about ordering it for a friend whose dogs have gotten sprayed twice by skunks over the last six months. Nasty! This light will help her prevent chance encounters, because she goes to work before daylight. I'll also add that we have a two-lane highway adjacent to our land. The highway is quite a distance from my home, but the beam is actually bright enough that I'm careful about directing the beam toward the road for fear of blinding drivers. I'm guessing that the highway is a quarter-mile from my deck. Love this light!Update: I've now owned this light for quite a long time. I've dropped it on concrete. Forgotten it outside, where it was exposed to rain. I use it nearly every night. I keep the charger behind a decorative urn, and I recharge it whenever I notice the brightness of the beam fading. For me, it is important to see for long distances in the pitch dark so I can check for dangerous wildlife before I take my dogs out for their bedtime walk. This light is AMAZING. My son feels the same way about his. In addition to the spotlight beam, there's another switch for emergency area lighting. It is quite bright. A friend borrowed mine to sit on the front fender of his truck to work on the engine in the dark. It would work the same for that use inside a lighted shop or garage to provide extra light under the hood. Buy it! Don't hesitate. If mine ever breaks, I'll be back to order a new one at the speed of "light," pun intended.Really bright and has been pretty reliable. I killed one of them by using a charger of identical charging capacity. So I recommend only using the charger it came with. The flood light is very bright especially if you can put it high up. The spotlight is very bright. And the battery appears to be decent. I've recharged it maybe like 10 times and it's still doing well. I dropped one from about 7 feet up onto hard part dirt and it survived. Just generally seems like a solid buy for the price. I've never tried using it to charge anything tho. So idk if it works or not. But for the price I was very happy. Considering how much department store stuff can cost.Ok so the instructions say to insert the charger into the DC charging port & the illustration (#1)indicates that somehow it is located inside the flashlight. I tried inserting it into the opening on the top of the flashlight however it won’t stay in. Obviously it is no use to me if I cannot charge it. Ok what am I missing?!?!I just purchased a large wooded piece of property and this is exactly what I needed to check on things after the sun goes down. VERY bright!!!I bought this to replace the hand held spotlight in my small Boston Whaler that requires dependable navigation assistance for night travel on a large lake. The lithium batteries in my former light had come to the end of their life cycle.This unit is very bright with a well focused beam. The handle/tripod is a fabulous accessory and solves awkward one handed boating issues. Not sure I will ever need the flashing side light feature and the blue/red emergency mode may be verging on the illegal but may come in handy some day. Just started using it so can’t speak to longevity but I hope it excels there too because I love this lightFirst of all, I feel that all Amazon reviews are influenced by the price the buyer paid. If the buyer feels he/she paid too much, they will not be happy with the product and write a negative review.Second, this flashlight comes with a battery that is partially charged. It is necessary to fully charge it prior to use. If you run the battery all the way down to Zero when you get it, you will probably damage the battery and decrease its Lifespan and capacity permanently. There is no mention of this in the 'instructions' and there is also a typo in the instructions that seems to say the light on the plug-in charger is red when charging and red when fully charged. This is not the case--it turns green when fully charged.Other than that, it is what it is. You are not going to get a $150 flashlight for $20+ bucks. Spot/Flood at least it's an LED and far superior to the old Maglites. Maglite fell asleep during the changeover to LED and now all of their products are obsolete.I thought it was a good value, I will use it for a while, and at some point I will expect it to fail, but I believe I will get my money's worth out of this Flashlight.Love the size power and battery life. Great little unit. Also the red lens for night vision on the boat is a bonusI like the flashlight. It's already my second one! I have no problem with it. But the red lens cover they said comes with it was not in the box! No big deal... I would probably never use it anyway...The light is bright and powerful with a good focused beam. I haven't used it for long so cannot comment on battery life or if the unit hold charge well. I will update this in a couple of months when I've had time to use it properly. I bought it for sailing open sea so will be able to say if the beam is as is claimed.