Flashlights

While there certainly are flashlights with a single beam that can be zoomed between floodlight and spotlight output, the L1 takes a different (and reportedly better) approach. It has two separate beams on its one head, which rotates 180 degrees.

Nitecore has long been stuffing insane lumens into tiny flashlights, and its latest torch does so in an entirely different form factor. The EDC27 looks more like a TV remote thanks to an ultra-slim body built to slip readily into a pocket.

If you're the outdoorsy type, it's possible you might have use for a flashlight, headlamp, bicycle headlight and camping lantern. Well, if you wanna keep things streamlined, Xeter Spark combines all four in one modular system.

While there are now quite a few mini keyring flashlights on the market, most of them have to be held along with the keys when in use. YSMART London's MQ3 is different, in that it magnetically – and quickly – pops on and off of a keyring-mounted base.

Although any headlamp can also serve as a flashlight if you hold it in your hand, Mpowerd's new Luci Beam is designed specifically to play both roles. As an added bonus, it can also be solar-recharged, for times when plugging it in isn't an option.

The Darkfade looks more like an electric shaver than a typical flashlight, because it's built to be unlike the average torch. With a fresh shape and an easier interface for finding the right brightness, it looks to be something of a Flashlight 2.0.

As the name might suggest, Nitecore's line of Tiny Monster flashlights are design to pack maximum punch into compact packages, and the recently introduced TM20K cranks up the illumination to a blinding 20,000 lumens.

It's common for outdoorsy types to carry both a compact flashlight and a lighter, in the form of two separate devices. The Hunt 4.0 combines them in one titanium-bodied unit, along with a pry bar.

While most flashlights are good at lighting the way in front of the user, they don't illuminate the ground between that person and whoever may be following them. That's where the Polish-designed Rony comes in, as it has both front and rear beams.

In 2013, Nitecore introduced what it billed as the world's smallest 3,500-lumen flashlight. After eight years, it's managed to shrink the size of its lights much further, packing 4,000 lumens into a torch that hangs from a keychain.

French gear-maker Septem Studio has taken to Kickstarter with a multipurpose keyring flashlight built for everyday carry.

Folks who do things in the dark may appreciate the clever approach Tronex has taken with its new wearable double-flashlight design - which also adds a highly visible LED circle on your back to make you more visible if the monster 4900-lumen light you're pushing out isn't enough!