Customer Reviews

Gerber Recon Task Light Torch

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There are no product dimensions with the gerber recon ad..so I think the 1st thing to mention is that this is a tiny little torch!. It runs on one AA battery (which is a good thing-easily replacable), however, the torch itself is not much bigger than the battery. This is not a critisism - its a handy, tough lttle torch of almost entirely metal construction. It feels pretty idestructable,and is easily pocket sized. Also, the advertised 100 hour battery life seems genuine. The white led is the brightest setting, and throws a moderately bright beam out to about 10ft - the other colours are more for discreet close up area lighting..handy for moving around with, when you dont want others to know you are there (should such a situation ever arise?). I imagine police officers, security guards or soldiers, might find these discreet light settings useful. ALL in all..a tough compact little torch, that gives out a moderate amount of light for a very long time. 4 stars.

this torch is very good bought mine in iraq and survived tours in iraq and afghanistan in temputers of 60c perfect for hanging on your webbing highly recemended

This torch is compact but built to the highest standards and very easy to use. Another plus is the battery life as we haven't changed from the original AA even after daily use. The torch fits easily in a pocket and even with the single LED is easily capable of showing the way after dark. The different colours are useful and seem to give different light strengths or that may be more to do with the eyes sensitivity to light at different wavelengths. We were so impressed with this compact torch that we intend to buy another. It would be ideal for camping, keeping in the car or just reading in bed! The red light is very relaxing for reading or seeing although whether it improves night vision will probably depend on how dark it really is. If you are looking for a good, reliable and small torch this is highly recommended and the additional colour outputs prove surprisingly useful once you start to experiment and move away form the normal white light. If you are looking to really light up the darkness you'll need something bigger that goes through more batteries much faster but to see where your feet are going, this is fine.

Good little torch - and I emphasize the 'little'. The product dimensions given at the time of buying are completely wrong. The Torch measures 3.6" X 1.14". It weighs 2.6 oz in use.

As mention the torch is tiny, a little bit bigger than an AA battery

Very solid and has a quality feel.

This isnt a powerful torch, its not intended to illuminate a massive area!

Very useful and would make an ideal gift for anyone needing red/green/blue/white light (astonomers, map readers etc)

This torch is indeed small and perfect aswell as tough. I bought it for the red light to use at night on a boat. It survived a tough yacht race across the Atlantic and became popular with everyone for use at night for such tasks as writing, reading, cooking and just about anything. Has a place to tie a lanyard which was great and seems to last forever on one battery. It survived the humidity of tropical climes aswell as an occasional dunk in the sink!
An excellent item to have in your pocket.

I bought one of these for my sister who is in the army, and after playing with it wanted one for myself. It is small and only takes one AA battery but the light it produces is fantastic and I really like it's compact nature and the fact you only have to replace one battery, which I believe will last a while anyway is great (haven't had to change one yet). I also have a traditional style 2xAA maglight and in my opinion this is far superior and also the maglight used to go through the batteries.
The fact that you can change the colour of the beam is a nice feature. I will probably only use the red filter as the others are a bit specialist, but still a nice feature

This product is brilliant, if you are getting it for the purpose that it has been made for. It's very lightweight and compact. The beam of white gives off a good level of light. It's also matt black, which severely limits it shining from external light sources. Excellent piece of kit. Just don't expect it to perform as well as a larger torch, but saying that, you wouldn't buy a small torch to do the job of a large torch.

this is an absolutely brilliant torch, it is quite bright, very good for reading maps, be it with the red or white light. I haven't really got a use for the green or blue filters, but it is good to have them there built into the torch. it has a good on/off switch, that can be pressed to make the light flash, this is useful for morse code, or twist to keep on. the battery life on this is brilliant, I have used this for over 20 hours and still shows no signs of running low on battery life :) considering it only has 1 AA battery, and one LED, this is brilliant.

EDIT: I have now used this torch on an army cadet trip, with a night op (it was bright enough to see, but not bright enough to be seen). I have also used it on a DofE expedition, and it was flawless all through both. I do now have a very powerful LED torch as my main, but this is going to always be my backup, and map torch.

Very small and light weight, provides good light. Solid construction. Could just do with being slighly longer but thats personal preference.