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It's that time of year when people start noticing I have tan lines on both my wrists from wearing two watches. One has an integrated LED flashlight for daily use, and the other is a smartwatch. Thanks to Polar's new Street X smartwatch, picking up a powerful sports watch with a dual-color LED flashlight is much easier at the low $250 price point, which beats existing LED-equipped watches by at least $150.

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Once you use a sports watch with an LED flashlight, you won't use another watch without one. I use the device at least once daily to find things in the dark, read restaurant menus, make a bathroom trip in the middle of the night with red-light mode, and light up my way through dark areas.