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This 15,000-Lumen LED Light Cannon Will Turn Night To Day

7:30PM January 31, 2012 | Andrew Liszewski

You can forget about hanging it from your belt, because this miniature sun — masquerading as a torch — is heavy enough to need two hands to operate. And with 15,000 lumens, the XM18 is bright enough to illuminate a small planet. More »

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Portal Inspired LED Torches Are Better Than Cake

1:20AM November 23, 2011 | Andrew Liszewski

Had I been subjected to the same nightmarish labyrinth featured in the Portal games, I would have preferred a more substantial reward than cake at the end anyway. Like these adorable light and sound keychains. More »

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Behold The World’s Largest Torch

6:20AM September 28, 2011 | Sam Biddle

Remember the bright as hell, torch royalty X21? Well now there’s a version that’s 4m tall, weighs 80kg, and shoots out a mind (and eye) blowing 100,000 lumens. And it just set a Guinness World Record. More »

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LED Lenser X21 Torch Lightning Review: Really, Really Bright

6:30AM September 16, 2011 | Sam Biddle

Maglite’s 4 D-cell torch spits out around 120 lumens of brightness. The mammoth LED Lenser X21 shoots out 1200. It’s blindingly bright. It lights up entire rooms on its own. It will hurt your eyes. A lot. More »

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Desired: Battle The Darkness With This Badass Pocket-Sized Torch

7:20AM August 27, 2011 | Mario Aguilar

What the lights go out, don’t be screwed. You think that little discount store torch is good enough? Give it an hour until it flickers dead and leaves you blind. The Solarforce M6, though — that’s your pint-sized lifeline. More »

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It’s A Flashlight! It’s A Doorknob! It’s Both! It’s Not Real…

12:20AM August 12, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

Glowing — sorry, sorry, going one step further than the last glowing door handle we saw, the LEDoorHandle concept lets you unscrew the handle in emergencies when you don’t have another torch to hand. [Yanko via GadgetReview via Freshome]

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Torch-MP3 Player Hybrid For Music-Loving Idiots In The Dark

7:00AM June 1, 2011 | Sam Biddle

I hate it when I’m investigating a spooky mystery, or walking around the woods at night, and don’t have any sweet tunes to go along with me. Actually, I don’t, because that scenario never exists, and this product is moronic. More »

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Emergency Light Helps You Remain Stylish In Moments Of Crisis

7:40AM April 14, 2011 | Adrian Covert

The Eton Road Torq is a simple device: toss it in your car (where you hopefully never have to use it). In the event you do need it, dig it out from under the seat, crank the dynamo for two minutes and use the one-watt LED light for 15 minutes. Alternately, you can pop out the tripod legs, flip the torch head open and use the light as an emergency beacon. $US40. [Eton and Brookstone]

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Keyport Slide Key Vault Gets LED Light Inserts

6:00AM March 4, 2011 | Kyle VanHemert

Hey, Keyport Slide owners: that’s not just an $US80 key holder you have in your pocket; it’s an $US80 key holder and torch! Well, $US89.99 key holder and torch, anyway – LED inserts for the swanky key vault ship March 18 for 10 bucks. [Keyport Slide]

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The Most Efficient Pocket LED Flashlight

11:00AM December 18, 2010 | Jason Chen

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