NOCO ChargeLight CL3 Flashlight Bundle

I have a mixed opinion on this product. THE GOOD It's really well made and has a nice solid feel. The charging cradle and pogo pins ensures minimal wear on the USB ports. The included 10W (2A) USB adaptor has enough juice to charge the light itself and another smaller device such as a cellphone. If you do find yourself charging it away from the cradle, the designers were thoughtful enough to use the near-universal micro-USB port (instead of the usual mini-USB port) so you can carry but one cable. The flashlight was both sufficiently powerful for a multitude of tasks and also threw most of the light in an extremely wide beam useful for most tasks. The designers even resisted the temptation to include an SOS mode that you immediately hate after the first time you scroll through all the other modes. The powerbank charged everything I tested it with at what seemed to be its advertised 1A rate. NOCO really did present this as a polished, premium product with the packaging, fit and finish, attention to details, and design execution. Unfortunately, there are downsides. THE BAD Mine has a slow flicker on medium and low modes - once at the rate of a rapid blink every 1/4 to 2 seconds. It initially only manifested itself whenever I scrolled all the way through the modes quickly and turned it back on, but progressed to a constant flicker within 2 days. Since high and strobe behaved consistently, the light did not seem to use PWM (Pulse Width Modulation - essentially a very rapid strobing) for medium and low brightness modes, it was always well-charged, and never ran long enough to get terrifically hot, I could only conclude that it was some sort of issue with the current controller. Another concerning aspect was the apparent lack of manufacturer support. The website for the product - chargelight.com - redirects to this very page and the product registration URL mentioned in the product manual (chargelight.com/register) returns a 500 server error. Looking at NOCO USA's website, there is zero mention of ChargeLight (nor their apparently-related XGrid products). Two of their three social media links are down and the third (LinkedIn) last indirectly mentions ChargeLight (and XGrid) some 8 months ago. THE TAKEAWAY Based on my limited experience, this looks to be a good product, but you're playing the lottery ... maybe it will work flawlessly and never give you problems, but if it does the manufacturer may not stand behind their wares.