I live in South Florida and we have hurricanes every year. Having a good, reliable flashlight is a necessity. When we loose power we use our flashlight for everything. To help make food, to find and use the restroom, to play games or do activities to help past the time. We also have a second of these flashlights for backup and for when we go camping for the same reasons as our hurricane light. These are long lasting and are very reliable. We've had ours for a couple years now and it's still going strong. We also have a couple little handhelds for when we just need a little light path because these flashlights let off a lot of light, they light up an entire room. We just stick it in the middle of the room and it's enough light for everyone.