A battery powered flashlight (10) includes a body (20) holding a battery (30), lamp (22), reflec­tor (26) and an electric circuit (32) including a switch (34) for connecting and disconnecting the bat­tery to selectively energize and turn off the lamp. The flashlight includes a lens supported adjacent an end (50) or side of the body in front of the lamp and reflector forming a rectangular beam (14) of light when the lamp is energized for providing a non-glare illumination of a relatively small rectangular area (16) such as along a sidewalk or a stair tread. The flashlight may also include a second lamp (24) and reflector (28) at an opposite end (52) of the case providing a spotlight (12) and a switch (90) for se­lecting between the spotlight and the area illuminating beam. The flashlight may include a carrying handle in the form of a bail (36) which acts to operate the switch for initiating the rectangular beam of light or alternatively the spotlight. When the handle is in an open or carrying condition for support­ing the flashlight, the case depends downwardly there­from and when the handle is in a closed position portions of the handle provide protective covers (134, 136) for each of the lens and lamp combinations while the flashlight is not in use.