I love this thing; I got it as a present from my mother while she was at Myrtle Beach. Evidently I’m a hard person to buy presents for, so she got me something fitting for one who is book-ish. This thing is amazingly bright. Folded up, it’s only 5 inches long; fully-extended, it’s eleven and a half. When lit up, it closely resembles a miniature of one of those glaringly bright football light posts…