Another fantastic product offered by my friends at EDCdepot.com, the Essential Gear Gaurdian safety light. You really can’t beat EDC’s price of $10.99 for this great product. It’s such a small item that one would not notice is weight and it honestly can save your life. You can order it directly HERE.

The Basics: The Egear Guardian is a dual function LED light with both a steady on and flashing feature. The manufacture states that this light is visible over one mile and is Omni directional (can be seen from all sides). One of the most impressive features of this product is the battery life. The battery life while flashing is 250 hours and while steady on is 100 hours, which is plenty of time for those long hikes, bike rides and camping excursions. Another impressive attribute about the Egear Gaurdian is that the light weighs less than an ounce and is removable from its very strong clip. It is also high impact and scratch resistant and will work from temperatures in the extreme cold to the extremely hot and is water proof to over 300 feet. They come in various colors and I used a red one for my initial testing. The Egear Guardian is about the diameter of a fifty cent piece and is very packable.

Initial impressions: I like it! It’s smaller than most flashlights and while using the steady on feature was strong enough to illuminate my whole tent. The Guardian is light weight and can be attached to anything with the tremendously strong clip. I tested the clip strength by attaching it to my youngest daughter’s tank top; I figured this would be an excellent test because my little one plays hard while we’re out camping. She ran around, jumped and skipped and rolled down hills and the Egear Guardian’s clip power proved to be very, very strong. I couldn’t imagine any outdoor activities that would cause the Guardian to come lose or fall off, whether your activity is anything from strolling around to sky diving. Though I couldn’t test the range of visibility (1 mile), I did have the opportunity to test the range at a few hundred yards and I used it as a kid locator. Out in the woods its gets dark fast and with only minimal lighting throughout the campsite I was able to see my daughter running around the woods very easily due to the flashing beacon. It’s also very simple to change the Guardian from flashing mode to steady on mode. It only requires the flipping of the battery and then with a simple twist the light is activated on or off.

I will absolutely be buying a few more of these gems and I honestly think everyone should have one available in the event of an emergency. They Egear Guardian is so small, so functional and reasonably priced every member of my family will have one. I would also really like to try out the different colors, the red light worked great and I’m sure some of the other colors will work just as good or even better. There are literally hundreds of uses for a light this small and the Guardian is geared to all outdoor activities.

Whether you’re trying to warn drivers that you are biking on the road, using the beacon as a flashlight or heaven forbid trying to signal rescuers while lost the Egear Guardian can save your life in a number of unforeseen situations and I highly recommend it.