I am holding the Black Diamond Ember.
This is a unique hybrid between an LED flash-light and a charger for other electronic devices.
You can use this to charge other head-lamps, GPS units, cell phones, anything that uses
a USB to recharge.
We are going to talk about all the features and all the different uses.
First and foremost this is used as an emergency charging device for other electronics.
So the first thing you have to do is make sure the lithium polymer battery is recharged
and at a full charge.
And the way you do that is Black Diamond includes a small USB cord here.
So you plug the small end into the Ember and you can charge that on any USB port to make
sure it has a full charge and once you are ready to charge another device from the Ember,
you basically switch it over so that you can plug the USB side into it and charge the other
device using this end.
So it is really easy, really simple to use and there is a way to switch back and forth
that protects those ports.
So if you are taking it outdoors using it where it might be dirty, you can switch it
back and forth without worrying about dirt get-ting into the unit.
As a flashlight this is super easy to use.
You simply have to touch the button and it will turn on.
So there is not like a button that you have to press in.
It is basically a touch sensi-tive and that just gives this a really sleek, really clean
look so there is no buttons sticking out or anything like that.
It also allows you to move back and forth between the three different settings and have
that extremely clean look.
To dim the light all you need to do is turn it on with a tap of the thumb and hold it
in.
So that is going to dim the light until you see it kind of flash.
And that means it is at its lowest setting.
There is a safety lock on the Ember so you are not going to accidentally turn the light
on when you don’t want it to come on.
But now I have it set in lock mode and basically the light isn’t going to turn on if I don’t
want it to.
If I turn it over into the setting where you can use the light, again, all you have to
do is turn it on and off.
And the third setting will allow you to see if there is a full charge.
So as the light or as the bat-tery diminishes, a light will come on to tell you that it is
time to recharge it.
On a full charge and at the lowest setting this can be used as a flashlight for up to
50 hours, so definitely a really great emergency light.
If it is at its highest lumens you get up to 150 lumens.
So definitely a really bright light, something that is going to be great in an emergency
kit or if you are traveling and you need to charge this to use it as a charging device
for other electronics.
Another really cool feature is it has a really nice sturdy ring here at the top and you can
attach any sort of clip, carabineer.
I can see if you are traveling, if you are staying in tents and you just want to hang
this as an overhead light, that would be really convenient.
But, you know, I have got a climbing carabineer here.
It fits in there, so pretty much any clip is going to be able to fit into that loop.
All in all you have a really innovative, easy to use, sleek little product here.
It is the Black Diamond Ember.