Talk:Light Stick/@comment-38500437-20190228001958

For my first playthrough I didn't get the fragments until much later in the game. By then I really didn't find it that useful, because I was used to the torch so much. On my second playthrough I got it much earlier. This device is a real saver when exploring inside of wrecks. The broad light it casts illuminates better than the torch in small spaces, and since they changed it a while back it saves wasting batteries. It isn't much help in your hand in exterior areas though, and a 360 degree light cast around yourself may not be the smartest thing to have. The only problem using it hand-held only? Every time to near a solid surface it highlights where you can put it.

So keep at least one in your inventory if exploring wrecks. Totally worth it.