XTAR

XTAR is a Chinese company specialising in portable lighting and chargers for rechargeable lithium batteries. It is best known for its chargers: each battery is handled in its own bay, with the current set to suit its condition and size. Its flashlights are built for damp and rough use: anodised aluminium bodies, rubber rings that keep water out, and switches that work with a wet hand, even with the light underwater.

That suits anyone who sleeps out and needs a light that will not let him down: the hunter and the camper, anyone going out on the water or working near it, and the falconer who runs his kit on rechargeable batteries and is glad of one charger that takes different sizes instead of new batteries every time. The small keyring light suits anyone who wants quick light in hand without carrying anything heavy.

Al Huwaila is an authorised XTAR agent, with eight items between the flashlights and electronics sections: the D20, D20B, D30 and D36 diving lights, which differ in output with the D36 strongest, the small XPK-2 on a keyring, and the X2 battery charger. Ask about any model on WhatsApp 5094 7142 or come by the shop in Souq Waqif.