Rob Pincus

ASP Dot Microlight

Rob Pincus
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Description

The Dot Microlight from ASP is a USB rechargeable light that’s 130 lumens and is small, lightweight, and can be carried just about anywhere. It can be attached to a keychain, carried in your pocket, or attached to a piece of gear. The ASP Dot is an extremely useful light.

130 Lumens

In these days of 1000-lumen lights, 130 lumens may not sound too impressive, but the ASP Dot Microlight is practical for everyday carry and use. Plus at about $30 retail, you can buy a few and have one on your keychain, one staged in your car, and one on a medical kit.

Attaching it to a carabiner and then putting that on the outside of a medical kit makes the ASP Dot easy to access and place in a position where it can illuminate the area you are working on when employing the medical kit.

As part of your defensive gear, the Dot’s 130 lumens are sufficient to light a small area such as a room in your home or a confined area during an active-shooter incident in a public space.

Specs from ASP

The Dot is small enough to carry on a keychain, but it’s a high-end, high-performance illumination tool, manufactured in exactly the same way as ASP’s full-sized tactical lights. It’s machined from 6061 T6 aerospace aluminum, finished with beautiful, durable hardcoat anodizing. Inside its precision-knurled barrel are premium components, including a Cree XPG2 LED, gold-plated connectors, and an optical glass lens. Twist bezel clockwise to turn on, counterclockwise to turn off, and further counterclockwise to expose the micro USB charging port and charge status light.

Includes a USB adapter to connect to AC or 12V auto plug, or direct to computer USB port; you can also plug any micro USB phone/electronics charge cord directly into the Dot.

A light should absolutely be part of your everyday carry gear. The ASP Dot is an excellent choice for this.

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This is the Dot Microlight from ASP. It's a rechargeable light. And it's 130 lumens. And obviously it's small lightweight. It can be carried just about anywhere. Meant to be attached to a key chain. Or just thrown in your pocket. Or attached to a piece of gear or potentially. The ASP Microlight isn't tactical but it's incredibly useful. Now 130 lumens may not sound very sexy in a world where we have plenty of lights that are hundreds of lumens. For handheld use or weapon mounted use. And even thousand lumen lights that are relatively compact and last for a long period of time on a battery. But the 130 lumens is going to be useful, in a much more practical way, every single day. And obviously it's really easy to have this light anywhere. The light retails for under thirty dollars. That means you can have several of them for a hundred bucks. You can have em on your key chain. You can have one staged in your car. And I've even decided to attach one to a medical kit. So you can see where you could very easily have a durable light. Either inside or outside the medical kit. And when I put it on here with the carabiner, that means I can take it off and hang it on myself or hang it up above an area that I'm working. Or I can just leave it attached here to the bag and leave it on in my work area. Now again the key chain is probably where you're gonna see most people carry this little light. This light certainly could be used to illuminate a small area. If I was in a bedroom, if I were in an active shooter event. And I were to bring my family and barricade them in an office, in a store at the mall. Or even in a public bathroom. This kind of light would absolutely illuminate a confined area. And this is the kind of light that I think most people need. This is the kind of light that's going to help you find your car keys. It's gonna help you illuminate a dark space in a parking garage. It's gonna help you find your way out of a building. When the lights all go out, when electricity's out. It's a practical light for everyday use. And of course ASP is primarily known for the expandable baton that revolutionized the way people carry blunt defensive tools. Now of course modern law enforcement uses them almost exclusively in the US, as their impact device. The days of the PR-24 and the large baton's are gone. The expandable baton is here in a durable reliable way because of ASP. And now ASP makes a lot of durable and reliable flashlights. And the Dot is absolutely my favorite one in the line. I appreciate these guys introducing a light like this. And not getting caught up in the lumen battle. Not getting caught up in having, the most tactical thing. But it is available in many colors, including black. For those of you who want the tactical version of the ASP Dot. 130 lumens. USB rechargeable battery. It is really a cool tool to have everywhere and anywhere. And you always should have a light with you. It's one of the most important common everyday carry things. That you can have just about anywhere. Some concerts may restrict the larger lights. Chances are you're gonna be able to put this in your pocket. And go just about anywhere that you might need a light. And that's what it should be for.
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