The Amazing Flashlight

I am not a big person on commercials or promoting items but I have a story to tell about an amazing little flashlight.  Now that the days are getting darker and darker, I wanted to get a good flashlight.  I had certain criteria for my flashlight.  It had to small not big and heavy.  It had to be light weight and it had to be rechargeable as I didn't want to keep buying batteries for it.  I found one that looked like it did all three.  When it arrived I fell in love with it.  It was compact and fit into my pocket.  It is a LED light so it works great.  I took it along to Brooks Camp.

One night while on the platform at the cut bank my hands were starting to get cold.  I went to pull my gloves out of my pocket and my flashlight fell out.  It rolled across the platform and into the river.  We were in the middle of a session and there were ten bears in the area.  Not a good time to go find a flashlight in the water.  I watched the flashlight float a ways down river and then sink to the bottom.  I figured my flashlight had died.  After the session was over my partner and I walked down the bank to see if we could retrieve it.  She watched for bears and I tried to reach out for it but even with a long stick I could not get it as it was in too deep of water and too far from shore.  I told my partner I would wear my waders tomorrow morning and I would go get it then since we had to do an early morning session there the next day.

When we arrived at the cut bank the next morning it was still kind of dark.  We decided we would wait until after the session for me to get the flashlight.  While up on the platform I looked in the water to see the flashlight.   I could not see it anywhere.   Two hours later we were walking along the bank going down river watching for bears and my flashlight.  We found it 500 feet from where it sunk the night before.  I walked out into the water to get it.  I picked it up and noticed that it was filled water.  Not a good sign,  Then I noticed it had teeth marks around the top of it.  Three nice indentions that cracked the case just a little.  I started laughing.  There was no way my little flashlight would work after that but I was wrong.  I pushed the button and light shined from the end of the flashlight.  It had spent 12 hours in cold Alaskan waters, been picked up and chewed on by a bear and yet it still worked.  That is why today I am letting all of you know that the Dorcy Rechargeable Flashlight will be the only flashlight I ever use.  If you need a dependable flashlight choose it.