Over at Amazon, they have select body colors of the Streamlight Stylus Pro LED penlight flashlight on sale for just $14.03! It’s regularly priced at ~$20.
I purchased a bunch of these for $18-19 for personal use and giveaway over the years. $14 is going to be a hard price to pass up, given the quality of these flashlights and Streamlight’s excellent customer service.
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The Streamlight Stylus Pro is a nice size – it feels sturdy (as opposed to feeling like a plastic straw), but isn’t bulky. It’s perfect for EDC in a pocket or tool bag.
It’s bright too, and Streamlight has updated its LED emitter over the years.
The latest Stylus Pro flashlights deliver 100 lumens of white light. They’re also rated to IPX4 water resistance and for 2m of impact resistance. The pocket clip is removable.
Should you buy one? No. Buy TWO – one for you, one for a friend, backup, or your car or truck’s glove box! If you do that though, consider lithium cells, which last longer in cold weather and on the shelf.
The flashlight is powered by 2x AAA batteries, which are included. Runtime is said to be 8 hours, which is longer than before.
Price: $14.03
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Back in June 2018, I spotted the Stylus Pro for $16. Before that, it was on sale in December 2016 for just between $14 and $15. You might find the comments in those posts helpful.
I don’t remember seeing these flashlights selling for quite this low, $14.03 is a very good price. Looking at online price trackers, the blue-bodied flashlight has never sold on Amazon for this low, and the silver never sold this low, with the next-lowest price being that holiday deal 3 years ago.
I wasn’t happy that my last purchase of these lights came with a Prop65 (California cancer materials) warning, but I believe every flashlight I ordered since then came with similar warnings. It could be related to anything between the clear lens, rubber tail switch, aluminum body alloy – who knows. I still been using mine, and they’ve held up great!
Clay
Cool deal!
This light’s little brother (1 AAA) is my EDC pocket carry and has been for the last 2 years:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00143JZ08/
Wayne R.
I’ve got a few of the two-cells, but you’re right the single cell is even better. Got a several stashed in my tool bags and, not only do they come with a lanyard, their size makes it really easy to hold in my mouth, giving me two hands to use.
The little ones are my go-to when working around stuff with too many shadows.
And because LEDs don’t give warning that the battery is done, I keep spares handy in Storacell holders. (The 4-cell is more appropriate but oddly overpriced at the moment where the 6-cell below is cheap!.) Never had any break, even when way too cold.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004YG7LEE/ref=twister_B00PY1O4F2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
Marc
Buy the 6-cell and use a knife to cut off two cells to make it a 4-cell. I have a 3-cell flashlight and made a 3-cell Storacell to hold a set of spares.
Stuart
The orange 4-cell holder is $2.95.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0067KSR34/?tag=toolguyd-20
Strangely, I had trouble finding it on Amazon, but that’s the one I had linked to in my post here: https://14cyiuhvcgv.com/a-better-way-to-carry-spare-aa-or-aaa-batteries/%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
There are a couple of listings with similar products sorted between then in different ways for who knows what reason.
Koko The Talking Ape
For a single AAA flashlight, I like the Olight i3E. It has a relatively sophisticated lens, but only two modes (on and off.) The twist-switch is dead simple, and cannot be accidentally activated. It is only 2.8 inches long, compared to 3.5 inches for the Streamlight. And costs $10. No clip though.
casey
i got one black friday for $5. super happy to always have a light on my keys that is actually useful. remember those silly keychain leds from like 20 years ago now? how far we have come!
Hilton
Thanks!
Palash
I bought this light for my father. This is an awesome light. My father still using this. Thanks for sharing.
Tom D
As for the CA prop 65 – companies found a loophole – they can include the warning with literally everything and be compliant.
aerodawg
There’s no penalty for false claim that something in the product causes cancer. There’s a harsh penalty for even inadvertently neglecting to tell people the product causes cancer. End result, everything has a warning….
Tom D
This post may contain chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer, birth defects, or other reproductive harm.
Gordon
Prop 65 covers so much that you would be hard pressed to find a product that doesn’t need the warning.
Jim D
#sellout remember when you used to do tool reviews instead of shoving deals in our face every day
Stuart
#it’s-deal-season-this-is-what-people-want
#don’t-like-it-come-back-in-2-weeks
#it’s-something-I-bought-and-recommend-especially-on-sale
#your-opinion-is-valued-but-don’t-be-a-jerk-about-it
Luie
^^^^^ I got a chuckle out of this
kevin
^^^word^^^
MattJ
Come on. It’s by far the best time of the year to get most of these deals. Almost every deal posted comes with a reference to a past review.
I’m all for it. Don’t let the haters get you down.
Tim D.
Personally, I like the deal coverage this time of year. There’s a lot of deals floating around between Thanksgiving and Christmas, and it’s hard to keep up with them yourself.
Sorry Jim.
aerodawg
Oh please yes, stop telling us where we can get tools we want and cheaper prices. I can’t stand getting a deal #sarcasm
ktash
The deals have help me afford things I would not otherwise be able to afford. I look forward to this season so that I can buy things on my list. One of the most valuable things is finding excellent quality tools that I can fit within my budget. This year the Flex vac at about half price was my big purchase. What a difference it’s making!
Joshua
#keep-the-deals-coming! I think the deal alerts are great. Saves me some time looking for them myself and for that I’m thankful.
Jason E.
# gift-giving season
I love toolguyd but I specifically make a point to stop by as often as possible this time of year for deals like this!
Robert
Always nice to find a super price on an item like this.
Especially nice this time of year.
Thank you
Matt
My favorite flashlights. Affordability, dependability, and perfect sizes. Microstream and stylus pro rechargeable is where it’s at though.
I feel victim to two Microstream flashlights going bad because of the dreaded rayovac Home Depot batteries leaking inside of them and not being able to loosen them to clean and replace the batteries.
Rechargeable variants are well worth the upgrade and higher price.
MC703
Hey Stuart – I’m curious what’s the EDC use case that justifies even a $14 price when there are a ton of basic options online? I used to buy EDC lights around this price point but there are too many options on Amazon that are good enough for basic uses at a much lower price. I bought a 4 pack of Hatori single mode LED flashlights for $20 that I’ve been very happy with and if I misplace one it’s not the end of the world.
Stuart
Quality, reliability, durability, consistency, etc.
For the super-cheap LED flashlights, do the brands put effort into designing a GOOD flashlight?
Consider the useless affiliate link farm tool “review” sites, or the Amazon “editorial recommendations” as they are today. (https://14cyiuhvcgv.com/amazon-is-now-publishing-cordless-power-tool-editorial-recommendations/%3C/a%3E%29%3C/p%3E
Sure, they publish “tool reviews,” just like ToolGuyd. They might have accurate recommendations some of the time, because they pull from Amazon’s bestsellers lists. But can you actually trust them when it comes to making costly and impactful product choices and purchasing decisions?
A couple of years ago we had good things to say about the Nebo Redline LED light. But after time, more regular users started experiencing problems. https://14cyiuhvcgv.com/nebo-redline-flashlight-dimming-issues/%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
Cheaper LED flashlights will work – usually.
But if you want something that *should* be more reliable, Streamlight is a company that specializes in flashlights and lighting technology.
Similarly, you could buy a “Orfeld” cordless drill – https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07WPV9G73/?tag=toolguyd-20 . I’m sure it makes holes just fine. Some users don’t *need* something better from Dewalt/Makita/Milwaukee/etc.
I have a mix of less expensive flashlights, and some better ones.
It all depends on what you’re looking for.
I bought my first Stylus Pro because it was one of few LED penlights out there that were bright enough and that worked with AAA batteries. Streamlight hasn’t let me down since.
Companies like Streamlight, Maglite, and so forth, who specialize in flashlights and lighting products, will often stand by their products. Can you say that about brands like Hatori? Does Hatori have customer service? Do they even have a website?
I’m happy with Streamlight, and my choice of flashlights work best for me. It won’t necessarily work best for you.
The only thing I can tell you is that if you want to see the differences (if any) for yourself, NOW’s the time, when these Stylus Pros are on sale. Maybe you’ll need or want more than Hatori down the road, maybe not.
dave9
Does that make sense, to buy a 4 pack of junk twhen you only need ONE GOOD EDC light that doesn’t leave you in the dark?
If you used to buy EDC lights around this price point, you’ve never had a decent EDC light because these haven’t been this price point, so you are just contrasting junk with junk instead of with a major brand.
The normal upgrade cycle tends to be that someone buys generic light after generic light, never really satisfied, then finally they pony up enough money for something decent, then all their generic lights are wasted money besides the few strategically located in tool boxes, near the electrical breaker box, etc, which you never end up using because you already have a nicer EDC light on you.
Jehremy
Throw an Olight i1R 2 EOS on your keychain and call it good!
A usb-rechargeable flashlight the size of half your pinky? That’s my kind of EDC!
dave9
Only runs 15 minutes on high though, not enough for me, especially because of the USB charging so I can’t just swap in a different already-charged Eneloop and have full charge again in 10 seconds.
I’ve even going the other direction soon, after a few years with a 1 x AAA EDC, I’m going back to 1 x AA or 14500. I just wish that Olight would release something similar to what (the original company named…) ITP had for 1 x AA in a shorter format like the I3E is today, and kept it near that $10 price point, or make it $11 if they can convince me that 20 cents additional aluminum is worth $1 more. 😉