I'm gonna toss these in the pack for when I go day hiking. I had some friends get lost day hiking and had to be rescued by rangers at night and this would have made finding them a whole lot easier.

The end is near...

/braces for impact

My mom gave this to me for christmas. It flashes like crazy and will definitely get someones attention. Also the magnet is not messing around.

Would not recommend these. One of mine broke the first day I tried to put the batteries in (screw on it stripped when I was trying to turn it on and the plastic is very soft). The on/off is integrated with the turning of the battery cap. I'd recommend keeping some batteries on hand but no installing them until you need to activate the flare.

satoshen wrote:Would not recommend these. One of mine broke the first day I tried to put the batteries in (screw on it stripped when I was trying to turn it on and the plastic is very soft). The on/off is integrated with the turning of the battery cap. I'd recommend keeping some batteries on hand but no installing them until you need to activate the flare.

You should contact the manufacturer and see if you can get a replacement for that one. Day one breakage is pretty lousy and we're sorry!