Olight is often said to be the Apple of flashlights. Flashlight enthusiasts—yes, there’s such a thing—go wild for Olight’s innovative designs, such as rectangular flashlight bodies that fit comfortably in a front pant pocket, which I can confirm is much less obtrusive than a round-barrel flashlight. Detractors complain that Olight charges a high price, which is also true.

You don’t have to spend triple digits on an Olight, though. They make a killer keychain flashlight, the diminutive, so-small-you-won’t-know-it’s-in-your-pocket Olight iUltra Mini , and it’s on sale for $27, down from $30.

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I figured it may come in handy for finding the occasional dropped object in a dark movie theater or bar. After all, it’s about 2/3rds the size of my pinky finger. I could give it a test for a week, right? Well, I’ve been carrying it for months now, and I’d never go back to just using my phone’s built-in flashlight.

big punch, tiny flashlight

At 80 lumens the iUltra is ludicrously bright for its size.…