College bound?

The normal send-off stuff for college kids is a laptop or other study-oriented gear, but maybe when you're packing the kiddo off to a campus where they might be out and about after dark, you could also gift them another practical item: A keychain-sized light.

And I don't mean some dinky little coin cell powered 10-lumen thing meant to aid in finding keyholes in bad light, but a usefully bright thing like a Streamlight Pocket Mate or a Surefire Sidekick.

They don't look "tactical", they don't need to be stuck in a pocket every day (and therefore often forgotten and left behind in the dorm room), and they have usefully bright high beams in the ~300 lumen range as well as lower settings for just navigating dimly lit areas without throwing a searchlight beam around. Plus they're USB rechargeable, so kiddo doesn't need to keep them in batteries.

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