I use this as a strobe light, and my altimeter (Altitrack) has a built-in backlight. A strobe like that is surprisingly difficult to find in stores, I've found. I remember trying to find one locally a year or two ago, and not even Bass Pro had anything like it.
HA! You were so so close "Customers who viewed this item also viewed these(and there was only one)" And it was this Almost exactly what I was thinking of. Although the one I had looked a little nicer.