The box.

What you get.

The flashlight itself has a well-designed, textured aluminum exterior and is a good size at about 6.7 inches, or 17 centimeters, long. A single button turns the one watt LED on or off. When on, the LED light generates about 38 lumens, which is fairly bright, and it’s well focused. On a full charge, either over USB or with about eight hours of good sunlight, you can get around four hours of continuous use (as always, LED for the win!).

It’s bright and well focused.

About the only negative with this product is the non-standard USB cable. Instead of charging with a mini- or micro-USB cable, it charges with a 3.5mm USB cable, with the same type of tip that you’d find on wired headphones. Of course, if you’re out camping or doing something similar, you probably won’t bother with the proprietary USB cable anyway and just use the sun. As always, it’s good to have options.

Another angle.

Thanks to Global-store for the discounted review unit.

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The box for the OxyLED 12 LED Pet UV Urine and Stain Detector Flashlight.

This ultraviolet (UV) light can not only be used to spot dried urine and other stains (like food) that animals (and their owners) can leave behind on floors, clothing, furniture, etc., but can also help you spot other undesirable objects like scorpions (*shudder*) and counterfit documents (money, driver’s licenses, passports, etc.) that don’t have the same UV-sensitive markings the legitimate versions do.

The contents of the box.

Operation is simple. Insert the three included AAA batteries and turn the flashlight on with its rubberized clicky button. While its 12 LED array is powerful enough to spot stains in brighter conditions, the best time to go stain hunting is when the room is darkened. The darker the room, the more noticeable the undesirable substance or object will fluoresce. As you can see from the photos, it had no trouble detecting some stains on our cat’s scratching platform.

The batteries go in a holder prior to insertion.

The UV light.

The OxyLED 12 LED Pet UV Urine and Stain Detector Flashlight is made from anodized aluminum and features an LED (395nm) bulb life of 50,000 hours, so it’s clearly built to last. With a 30 day money back guarantee, one year replacement warranty, and a low price of only $8.99 on Amazon for such impressive build quality, it’s an easy recommendation to make.

Yep, there’s some staining on our cat’s scratching platform.

Thanks to Betterbox for the review unit.

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The box for the Aennon LED Work Light Flashlight.

Its top light is a five LED flashlight with 30 lumens of brightness. Its main light, which is designed to light up a larger area, uses COB technology. COB, or Chip-on-Board, is a newer technology where multiple LED chips are packaged together as one lighting module. This allows for an energy efficient 150 lumens and more than 100,000 hours of use.

The rear of the Aennon LED Work Light Flashlight. Note the hook and magnets.

The Aennon LED Work Light Flashlight‘s body is rubberized, and is both shock-proof and water resistant. The adjustable, pivoting head tilts up to 270°, and makes a satisfying click as it locks into each angle. While it has a powerful dual magnet base, if a metal surface is not available, there’s also a 360° rotatable swivel hook for hanging. Of course, it also stands fine all on its own.

When you first get the light, you’ll want to remove the three AA batteries included in the battery compartment so the no-contact circles fall out. You then re-insert the batteries, which can now make contact and power the device.

The Aennon LED Work Light Flashlight can stick, hang, or stand just about anywhere.

Overall, it’s a nice design at a good price point (only $15.99 right now on Amazon for one, $26.97 for two, or $37.97 for three). My only criticism is that both LED light sources are extremely bright and unfiltered, so it’s very easy to temporarily blind yourself if you accidentally catch a look. With that said, I’m not sure if there’s any way around that without diminishing some of its utility. If you need a bright, focused work light that can also double as a flashlight, this is definitely a great choice.

Thanks to Aennon for the review unit.

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