The First Alert FX-1B Multi-Color LED Flashlight

Monday, August 17^th, 2009, Netcast 896

Before you get too excited about this product, I’ll start with the bad news. It was sold out in silver when I started talking about it on the Daily Giz Wiz, and I see now that it’s sold out in the other color that was available, black. Let’s hope it gets restocked because there has been a lot of interest in this flashlight. Two weeks ago I received three different emails telling I should get one of these 10-color changing LED flashlights. I wasn’t sure why I needed a flashlight that could shine with a purple, blue, green, red, etc. beam. But when I went to the Buy website and saw it was just $7.99, which included free shipping, I figured I needed one! I tweeted it and others RT my Tweet and it seems it quickly became a big hit. It’s the First Alert FX-1B LED multi-color flashlight with ten (10) different color settings, a durable weather-resistant aluminum housing and three different functions. When you turn it on, it’s white. Pushing a button on the side of the flashlight brings up another color. Or you can set it so the colors morph from one to the other. I can see the need for the red color beam. Boater’s and pilot’s use red light in cockpits to prevent night blindness. I’m not sure what the other colors are especially good for. I told Leo that perhaps if you’re in the woods, being chased by a bear, you might shine the green light on yourself and hopefully pass yourself off as a bush! You can still find this flashlight on line, but at prices that start at about $17, plus shipping.

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