I bought several LED Maglites this year. The Mini 2-AA LED (this one) had already been dropped several times and hasn't even flickered, the light is very bright and the batteries last(over 7 hours on the Mini, and not even beginning to dim yet).

I also bought a 3-Watt 2-D cell LED Maglite (from a local store), and it throws brilliant light a considerable distance. The 2-D LED Maglite also was not phased by being dropped, even though it fell some 15 feet onto concrete. The housing was slighly dented on one edge from the impact, but no other damage occured.

I use a flashlight in my work pretty much everyday. I bought this hoping for the best. What a disappointment... The light starts out sort of bright, but if you leave it on for more than 5 minutes, the light output drops significantly. Plus, it does not "focus" or "zoom". It is pretty much a piece of junk. I gave it to my kid who likes it, but he liked the broken flashlight he had before just as much.

After having several other LED flashlights all I can say is this one takes the prize, and is the best I've found. It has all the battery and light life that you would expect from this technology with the build and focus-ability you would expect from MAG. Most other LED flashlights are only good for close range situations, while this one does both close range and long range thanks to MAG's twist focus capability. So get this one, even if it's a couple of bucks more.

It's also nice that it's made in the USA.

I like the features when I did some research and the fact they're not made in China like most of the LED flashlights out in the market. It had great intensity and worked well until the switch started to intermitently misfire then not light up anymore, not even through the 1st set of batteries. I bought 2 and both went bad after about 2 months. I'm sending them back to Mag Instrument for warranty repairs and hope they fixed the problem. I would not recommend this light to anyone, not even my worst enemy.

Yeah, it is pretty much a given that this wont have great battery life, but it appears they put the same power LED light in this as their larger flashlights, so you get a significant amount of good quality light from a small flashlight. As usual, it has the solid construction of previous Maglite branded products.

Cons...
1. The other 2 AA Maglite has a hole through the bottom cap for you to attach a lanyard. This one doesn't.
2. For camping, I'd say the light itself is almost too bright for candle mode. Too blinding. The other 2 AA model puts out enough light that you can see, but not so much that your night vision is completely fried.
3. The focusing ability isn't great, but I am very impressed with the amount of light it puts out. Even without the ability to really focus on a point, when pointing it at objects in the distance (tree branches 80-100 ft away, I was seeing them about as well as I would with a good 4D flashlight. Additionally, I've got a good view of the stuff nearby as well. Still, what's the point of having the focus function if it done so poorly?

There might be better tactical/police flashlights for twice the price, but I don't think you can beat the combination of light output and reliability.