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An EDC "Pop-to-Light" Keychain Flashlight
Re-thinking the flashlight interface
A company called Ysmart London is rethinking the interface for flashlights. Rather than the flashlight being something you pull out and click on, the company's tiny MQ3X flashlight is meant to be worn, and has no external switch; instead it illuminates once you pull it free from its magnetic tether.
The company calls this a "pop-to-light" design.
Ysmart London targets the EDC market (surprise), and offers the MQ3X in that market's preferred finishes:
The $50 MQ3X has been successfully Kickstarted, with 24 days left to pledge at press time.
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https://www.amazon.co.uk/NEBO-Poplite-Compact-Lantern-Magnetic/dp/B07JG76CWM
I'm holding in my hand a magnetic attachment flashlight that works in the same way that I've had for years. It's marked:
An Olight imini 2 turns on the same way, but is only available with a single color LED, aluminum body, non-interchangeable battery, and USB A charging. But it's available now, from a known company, for only $20.
I think that the use of magnets as an attachment has become too easy. I imagine a lot of flashlightless clips hanging from a lot of loops in very short order. Perhaps a more positive attachment method would be better for a $50 item dangling during energetic activities.