Awesome Flashlights

This nasty looking flashlight has a few tricks up its sleeve – it sports an “attack head” with four hardened metal spikes. It also has a loud siren built into its butt. It’s rechargeable, and has an ultrabright 2000 lumen LED light source.

Invented by Peter Goncalves and the Quirky community, the PowerShell is a power strip that doubles as a lamp. It has six LEDs, three outlets, a thick and durable 8ft. power cord and a built-in handle.

This smartly designed LED flashlight clips neatly onto your bag or belt loop, and has built-in magnets for easy hanging from metallic surfaces. Offers 120 lumens of brightness and runs for about six hours on three AAA batteries.

The Blackout Buddy H2O is a small flashlight that needs only water to be activated, thanks to its magnesium-oxide battery. It can provide up to 72 hours of light and can be stored in its package for 10 years. Also available in singles.

Patrick Rochon’s liteblades are tools which attach to the end of a flashlight that create colorful, abstract light painting photos. The faster you move the blade, the more glowing and playful the photo is. You can purchase them here.

A solar lantern which provides up to 16 hours of light per charge. Works as a task light, ambient light, or nightlight, and can also charge mobile gadgets in a pinch. Its solar panel can be placed outside a tent while the lamp stays inside.

A flashlight with a powerful 4100 lumen halogen lamp. Its heat-resistant lens and reflector lets it provide a wide floodlight or a focused beam that can set objects on fire at close range. Because this is Wicked Lasers we’re talking about.

Lanterns and flashlights which can be easily clamped to everything from branches to the hood of your car, and can also stand on their own. Powered by bright CREE LEDs, the flashlight version is also available in a waterproof model.

This waterproof flashlight can crank out a blinding 3500 lumens from a gadget that’s not much larger than the palm of your hand. Runs for up to 1000 hours with the right batteries. Though its hefty pricetag might break the bank.

A lighting implement stripped down to its bare essentials, Spot consists only of a 10W LED light source, a diffuser and a handle. But this simple form also lets it be held like a lantern or a flashlight, hung or set on a surface.

A bright LED flashlight which clips onto your shirt, jacket, backpack, belt loop or other garments using a magnetic clasp. Perfect for hands-free illumination when camping or other nighttime activities.

The perfect companion to the Cardsharp 2, Iain Sinclair’s relaunched Eon Classic is barely thicker than a credit card, and offers a pair of superbright white LEDs inside a smooth stainless steel shell.

We’re not sure what a “high definition flashlight” is, but we can see the advantage of the square beam that the HD Torch emits. It eliminates shadows and uneven blobs found in conventional flashlights.

Designed by Alexander Taylor for Praxis, the Grip looks exactly like the rubber handlebar grips on BMX bikes. It uses an LED as a light source. It’s just begging to be played with as a lightsaber.

7″ flashlights with flexible silicone bodies meant to wrap and attach to a variety of objects. Use them as bike lights, on repair jobs and more. The LEDs can be steady or set to flash.

A folding knife that doubles as a flashlight. The Blade Light has 3 LEDs on either side of the handle, eliminating shadows when the blade is unsheathed. The handle has a waterproof rating of IPX-7.

Outputting a blinding 1200 OTF lumens using an ultra-bright SST-90 LED, this beastly flashlight is wrapped in aircraft-grade anodized aluminum. Offers lower output modes to conserve power.

Let Wheatley (mis)guide you through the testing facility, and do your best to avoid the friendly turrets, with these cute and cuddly Portal 2 collectible LED keychain flashlights.

The original Light Mine gets a major upgrade, shining bright white light wherever you need it with 11 neodymium magnets, 8 white LEDs on front, and 4 under the red lens on back.

Perfect for automotive emergencies, it has 3 LED beacons to alert oncoming vehicles of your presence, as well as a reflective tripod. Turn its crank for 2 minutes for 15 minutes of light.

The mini-gun-styled Fenix TK45 features 3 LED lighting heads that throw off 760 lumens; it’s powered by 8 AAs and offers 4 levels of brightness, 3 flashing modes and 232 hours of runtime.

The rugged yet stylish Icon link has a carabiner for hands-free use, and its case is sealed with O-rings for water resistance. It also has two output levels for effective power management.

Barbecue at midnight or send up an emergency signal with the hands-free Joby Gorillatorch Flare, a convenient 100 Lumen flashlight with 1 ultra-bright white CREE LED, 3 red LEDs and strobe option.