[NOTE: The PF01 has been replaced by the PF01S. The manufacturer claims it is smaller and brighter. This review is for the PF01, which is no longer being made.]<\/p>\n
As a person who is old, relatively speaking, I have witnessed the transformation of flashlight technology from clunky plastic barrels used largely for sucking the life out of expensive batteries in a few minutes, to items of precision-machined aluminum that could practically blind someone if used carelessly. <\/p>\n
Shopping for a new flashlight was a favorite activity when I was younger and had more disposable income. A maglite modded with an LED bulb was my preference for quite awhile. A few years ago I picked up a pair of these Thorfire lights and they have been my favorite ever since. <\/p>\n
I live out in the redwoods with no street lights and a bright flashlight is important at night, so I use it quite often. I originally purchased the Thorfire because I wanted a good LED flashlight that used a single AAA battery, perfect for pocket carry. It needed to be bright, durable and not too expensive. This flashlight has 3 brightness modes and is very bright on full power. It is light enough to hold in my mouth if I have to get elbow deep in my engine bay and the pocket clip is reversible, so I can mount it to the front of my baseball cap if needed. That feature has proven extremely useful, so much in fact that my headlamp broke I haven’t needed to replace it. This flashlight has a button on the back for one-handed operation as well. It also comes with a crenelated bezel, so you can tell your friends it’s “tactical.” <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Compact and lightweight marker pen sized LED flashlight<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[41],"tags":[2314],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27574"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/76"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27574"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27574\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27760,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27574\/revisions\/27760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}