2-Pack Defiant 100 Lumen Cree LED Flashlights $9.88 instore only at HomeDepot

While looking for the 500 lumen Defiant Flashlight I also came across these for under $10. These would make great stocking stuffers or small anywhere flashlights. These are all aluminum body flashlights that use 3x AAA batteries. They are in the size that usually use a bunch of low power LEDs to make light but they instead use one high power CREE LED. The LED is mounted on a star on a threaded metal insert. So heat transfer to the body of the flashlight should be pretty good. The LED star says CREE XB-D on it and looking at the CREE website the LED does look identical to an XB-D. Cree mentions this LED has 40% higher output capability than the venerable XP-E. At 100 lumens it won't outshine the megatorches or any of the XM-L based flashlights but it is a capable power flash light that seems pretty well made to me. Which when you consider all of the above, it seem to me that this is a pretty decent price for an in-store name brand moderate power LED flash light.

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Edit: Also, for those in the San Diego area, the Point Loma HomeDepot (on Sports Arena Blvd. just off the I5/I8 Junction) had around 20-25 of these packs in stock as of closing tonight (friday night) they are in the front seasonal section. Also, I added a quick teardown pic and a closeup pic of the star showing the LED.

Excellent value!
Good lumen output for use in an in home environment where light can be reflected back at you (has hi/low output).

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Oh yeah I forgot to mention. Batteries are included.

Just got back from HD 30 minutes ago and saw this posting. My luck. I purchased the Defiant 12 LED 80 lumen two-pack for $9.97. Didn't see these 100 lumen CREE ones. Oh, well.

amploud said:   I'd be all over this deal if I hadn't just purchased several small LED flashlights.

Green for the deal. Also, green for the solid Short Circuit references.

Glad someone got it!

Danzilla said:   osaka75 said:   Just got back from HD 30 minutes ago and saw this posting. My luck. I purchased the Defiant 12 LED 80 lumen two-pack for $9.97. Didn't see these 100 lumen CREE ones. Oh, well.Both the 2 pack 100 lumen and 3 C 550 lumen Defiant flashlight were up front at my store, mixed in a kind of gift section. I missed the 100 lumen 2 pack at first even though I was looking for it, but it was there, with a box of other flashlights on top of it. Still, isn't 100 lumens kinda low for a Cree? I have a number of other inexpensive Cree flashlights in the 100-300 lumen range.

You are correct Danzilla they are in the front seasonal section in most stores. Near a bunch of the other stuff intended to be christmas gifts. Supposedly the headlamps also have one cree high power emitter as well as some red/green/white LEDs.

I used one of these this evening, its actually REALLY damn useful at this size. I was putting boxes in a storage room (the lighting was out for some reason) and it worked amazing. The throw on this light is damn good.