Joby Gorrillatorch: Hands-Free, Go-Anywhere Flashlight

Despite the jaw-crunchingly awful name, Joby’s new Gorillatorch looks to be a fantastically useful gadget — a hands-free flashlight.

The Gorillatorch brings the familiar segmented, grab-anything legs from the Gorillapod line of tripods, but instead of a camera-mount on the end there is a 65 lumen, one watt flashlight, which runs off three easy-to-find AA batteries (actually included in the pack). A twisting dimmer knob on the side allows fine-tuning of light levels and best of all the rubberized feet contain “super-strong magnets” which are enough to support the tripod (on the underside of a car hood for example) or to hold wrenches and screws for easy access.

You could, of course, use Joby’s other Gorillapods and just mount a flashlight on the top, but you’d miss out on those magnets and the water-resistant lamp. And the Gorillatorch could even be pressed into use as a headlamp for a bike. Neat. Available September, .

Product page [Joby. Thanks, Greg!]

See Also:

• Joby Gorillapod SLR and SLR-Zoom
• Gorillapod Go-Go: Miniature, Flexible Tripod
• Gorillapod: Not An MP3 Player For Lower Primates