Baseless complaint I saw once....

[Shalom]

This is not a flash, but a light weapon! This thing must eaten batteries.

Probably one of these:

Take a gander at the voltage rating at the bottom of that battery. Note the absence of any decimal points.

[Ironclad Alibi]

This is not a flash, but a light weapon! This thing must eaten batteries.

That reminds me of the old flash cubes. Someone sold a device that had the flash cube in a reflector, and fired all four sides at once. The idea was to disable an attacker.

[dalesys]

This is not a flash, but a light weapon! This thing must eaten batteries.

NiCd rechargeables built in the handle, which was the size of a 3 D-cell flashlight.

I remember going to the TV studio (KUTV-2) when color TV was new to watch the wrasslin' matches being broadcast: The lights were brighter than noonday sun and you could feel your pupils trying to squinch closed.