a switch apparatus for a flashlight includes a housing adapted to attach to a flashlight and defining an interior cavity . a processor is coupled to a first switch and a second switch . the first switch is user actuable and coupled to an input of said processor . the second switch is housed within said interior cavity and coupled to an output of the processor and is an electronically - controlled switch operable to selectively actuate the flashlight in response to actuation of said first switch . in a further aspect , a flashlight apparatus includes the switch apparatus and a flashlight .