MagLite - ST3D016 Maglite LED 3-Cell D Flashlight, Black

I have owned one of these before and loved it. I can appreciate the durability of this flash light. It puts out plenty of light. I also like that it is heavy. It will last you forever if you take good care of it.

Its durable.lts a lot of electricity.

Perfect sized and Really Bright.

These maglites arent as strong as the older ones my Dad used to use, but the light is extremely powerful. Still a great flashlight. I own 2 of them; one in the bedroom, and one in the back of my car.

Good light, replaced one ruined by leaking batteries.

Good quality and dependable

MagLite is good as ever and even more with and LED! Very powerful beam and adjustable. I highly recommend.

Excellent

Durable construction but not nearly as bright as many other flashlights in the same price range. Clearly their focus was reliability and not light output but its still a bit lame that this puts out about 160 advertised lumens when you can buy flashlights that put out 1000 lumens for the same price. im going to keep it in the truck, hopefully it lasts a long time!

I really like this line of Maglites, with the black being the ST3D016 model. I bought 4 of them in 2019, with the average price being $26 at the time (black, silver, gray, and camo). I came back today to buy one as a gift and its $50, so has nearly doubled in price in 2 years! I bought my first Maglite in 1982, 39 years ago, a 4D, incandescent of course, and its still going strong, upgraded in the 90s to a krypton bulb, then later to LED module. These are 168 lumens, and are simple and reliable. I havent had any issue with the button covers, but based on other reviews am keeping an eye on that. I considered the ML300L line at a big increase in lumens, but didnt like the form factor, the lighter construction, the finicky multi-button push sequence, the failure rate, or the overall lower ratings. I already have a couple fry your eyeballs Surefire combat lights, but just wanted general purpose reliable very bright flashlights for the garage, shed, and bedrooms. I already had two 20 year-old incandescent 3D maglites, which I retrofitted with Maglite LED bulbs about 10 years ago, one of which has already failed, which is irritating, but in fairness it may have been dropped by the person I loaned it to. Those LED upgrades are big improvements over the Krypton bulbs, but not quite as bright as these units. I was amazed at the brightness and throw of these lights. I can easily light up a rooftop or treetop over 150 yards away, plus dont suck up battery life with a bunch of unnecessary brightness. To me these 3D Maglights at 168 lumens are the perfect compromise between long battery life, durability, a light you can maintain yourself without sending back to the factory, and something you can use as an attitude adjuster in a pinch. For the ones I carry in the thug infested part of town when I walk the dog I added a Weltool strike bezel just in case, but ML300L or not, the light is bright enough on its own to blind anyone. Hopefully the price will go back down after this inflationary craziness dies down (IF it dies down), but even at $50 I can enthusiastically recommend this model. The sole concern I have is if the LED ever fails, because you cant go back to a krypton bulb like you can with the incandescent conversions, so Ill have to pay Mag to have it fixed. Thats not likely though I dont think. The other Amazon extras I can recommend are the Weltool hard glass lens (comes with the strike bezel, or you can buy separately and keep the factory bezel), and an Uncle Mikes belt hanger, which is especially useful if youre a cop or security guard or just might need your hands free. Finally, depending on the size of your hands, wrap the beginning and ending of the knurling with about a 1.5 -2 width of hockey tape, which will help you hang onto the light, and is nicer to have under your palm on a cold night. Get one, I dont think youll regret it. (P.S. To the people that see a black circle at the center of the beam, turn the bezel! These are adjustable from a wide to spot beam, and only the spot and wide spot doesnt have the black center circle. I index mine so that when turned as far as I can to the left, its a spot. You can tweak that by taking off the head of the light and turning the reflector a quarter turn in the housing then trying again. Repeat until you get it the way you want it.