OLIGHT I3E EOS Keychain Light REVIEW — MacSources

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I have been a collector of many things throughout my life, including action figures, Funko Pops, and trading cards. Interestingly, if you ask someone if they collect things, they will likely mention one of the eight most commonly collected items listed on the newson6.com site: coins, stamps, baseball pins, vinyl, comic books, wine, trading cards, and toys. Yet, if you asked my brother-in-law what he collected, he would say knives and flashlights. Flashlights, you may ask? Is this a thing?

I initially did not believe it either, but then he introduced me to the world of OLIGHT flashlights. From that point on, I was awaiting their pre-sale, holiday bundles, new releases, following blogs, and keeping up with the proverbial flashlight Joneses. Even though the flashlight bug bit me, I could not bring myself to collect unopened lights. I wanted power, I wanted portability, I wanted mounting options, I wanted emergency preparedness, and OLIGHT had solutions to every one of the “I wants.”

The OLight i3E EOS light arrived in a 1 1/2 inches wide by 4 1/2 inches tall by 3/4 inches thick eggshell-white retail package. The i3E EOS name was displayed along the top of the cover panel in dark grey font. Beneath the name, you will find “Mono-Output Keychain LED…