It is always a good idea to have a flashlight stored in your car or house in case of emergency. The strength of promotional products lies on the fact that they are practical items that will be very useful to your intended recipient. Nowadays, businesses are looking for an alternative medium for promoting their business. Using billboards and other conventional forms of advertising has become too expensive for companies with limited advertising budget.
Promotional keychains are ideal giveaways because they have an impact on our daily lives. They can be stored in homes, cars, and camping gears. One of the most popular varieties of keychains is the mini flashlight. Because of their relatively small size, they are carried on Anime Collectible. There are basically two kinds of mini-flashlight keychains namely the light emitting diodes (LED) and the incandescent.
The most popular type so far is the LED mini-flashlight. Their advantage over the incandescent type is that it is brighter, has longer life, and can be acquired in different varieties of beam colors. The batteries used to run this type of flashlight is much smaller than the filament bulbs so they are much smaller and flatter. Most of them are used for a variety of purposes. Some are bottle openers, pens, carabiners, and others.
Depending on the type of mini flashlight you are considering, the method of imprint is usually laser engraving for those with aluminum shells and pad printing or full color process for plastic-encased flashlights. With the latter, the full color image is initially printed on white vinyl with an adhesive cut and then subjected to contour cut to determine the exact shape of the imprint area. With this, multi-colored logos are reproduced and the imprint is not subjected to wear and tear.
Flashlights with standard incandescent bulbs were invented first before the LED variety. Before it came into being, oil lamps were used by people for finding their way in the dark. Early varieties of flashlights were inefficient due to limitations in the design of the battery and light bulb. They had the capability of generating short pulses of light, hence it was called flashlight.