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Olight is a ~~US (and made in usa) company~~ that sales flashlights.
These aren't the bullshit flashlights you get on amazon for $15 that claim 5,000 lumens and runs on two AAA batteries and the button breaks on them a month down the line. They're awesome flashlights that have lifetime guarantees, including the batteries in them, if they're a rechargeable one.
All that to say that I have an every day carry Olight Arkfeld Pro that is magnificent and will surely be on sale for black Friday. Normal price is like $100. If I were to guess you could get it black Friday for like $70 and you'd get a free one or two other cheaper flashlights along with it. It's weird to think of paying like $100 for a pocket flashlight, but once you have one, you'll never go back.
https://www.olightstore.com/arkfeld-pro-flat-edc-flashlight
*edit. I did some digging and it's actually a Chinese company that makes their flashlights in China. They just have an operations office of some sorts in Georgia (the state).
I have the regular arkfeld and it's been a solid ass flashlight. I mean it is always ready, takes a beating, shrugs off water (even underwater) worth every penny. I kinda want to get the one with a UV light instead of the laser I currently have.
I've had the regular, and now the pro. I was torn when getting the regular one (before pro was released) about if I wanted the UV or the laser. Decided on UV because I use UV for things like finding AC leaks and curing glues for phones. But was still sad about the laser for funsies, mostly.
The pro has BOTH. So the battery is bigger, the light is 1300 lumen instead of 1000, the green laser is 5mw, the blacklight is 50% brighter, and you can use the laser and the white light at the same time, if you'd like.
Overall it is a little bit bigger, but no longer do I have regrets about UV vs Laser.
Do they still have non-replaceable batteries? Better opt for something with standard Li-Ion cells
The arkeld flashlight isn't round. It's flatter so it fits nicer in a pocket, so standard round lithium batteries would be either small capacity to fit in the form factor, or too big to fit in it. An 18650 for instance would be way too wide.
So no. The non flat battery is not a generic battery. But as stated above, the lifetime guarantee includes the battery itself, so in five years time if the light doesn't hold much juice anymore, send it in and they'll replace it.