This is the Z1 Artemis, a recent release from FireFlies powered by a 18650 Li-ion battery, with the FFL5009R 5000K LED, with advertised 2000 lumens and 185m of throw, tail magnet, AUX lights and more!

• My opinion:

The Z1 Artemis is really and awesome flashlight. It was even hard to find things I disliked on it. The LED is really amazing, 5000K with a little of rosy tint, excellent Lume X1 driver, AUX lights with locator and fun RGB, type III Hard Anodizing. It's truly and amazing flashlight with much features designed towards enthusiasts. Loved it.

A point I would like to highlight to that could improve this light even more are: add compatibility with protected cells/cells with USB-C, it would increase size by much, and would make this light even more versatile.

PROS	CONS
Type III Hard Anodizing	Doesn't accept button top or protected cells
Pretty High CRI and awesome tint FFL5009R emitter	Turbo steps down fast, but this is expected on a high CRI high power flashlight like this
Excellent Moonlight mode	*No USB-C charging
AUX with locator and battery indicator
Recessed switch to prevent accidental activations
Excellent Lume X1 Driver

• Box contents [9th picture]

- Z1 Artemis

- Stainless steel clip

- Lanyard

- Spare O-rings

• Price

The Z1 Artemis in Matte Black Type III Hard Anodizing with FFL5009R is currently priced at $57.00 on FireFlies Official Store

• Body and build quality

Anodizing Colors/Material Options: The Z1 is currently available in Matte Black (Type III Hard anodizing), Astral Aluminum, Void White and Polished Brass.

Main body/Grip: The Z1 is super compact for a 18650 flashlight, it almost looks like a 14500 flashlight. The battery tube has a diamond-like knurling, like the X4Q Comet, the head has heat dissipation cut lines, the button area is higher than the rest of the body, making finding the button easier.

Material: The main body is entirely made of 6063 Aluminum Alloy, a more resistant alternative to common 6061 alloy, and this Matte Black version has Type III Hard Anodizing. The Bezel, main button and clip are all made of Stainless steel

Threads: The threads are trapezoidal and anodized therefore, this light has mechanical lock by unscrewing a little the flashlight head.

Clip: The flashlight comes pre-installed with a standard FireFlies stainless steel clip, the clip is sturdy and clips very well. You can easily removed by unscrewing the tail cap where the magnet is located.

Tail stand and rolling: It does not roll much, has the button area is higher than the main body, stopping the rolling, it also has the clip to help. It tail stands and head stands normally.

Magnet: It features a N52 Neodymium magnet, usually used on all FireFlies flashlights, it's one of the strongest Neodymium magnets available; it holds the flashlight pretty well on all surfaces I tested, it, of course, needs a little of steel or other magnetic materials to get a good grip, but as the flashlight is pretty light, the magnet can hold it in almost any orientation. [10th picture]

AUX lights: The Z1 features AUX lights in the TIR and the main button, the AUX is awesome, can be set to very dim or bright and much more. It is controlled by the Anduril UI and can be used as a battery indicator, as a locator to find it in the dark and, of course, for fun!

Buttons: I loved this new flat recessed stainless steel button design, it is, of course, recessed on the body to prevent accidental activations and it fells more premium than the "dome" button other FireFlies flashlights use. The click is pretty nice. It has a white translucent plastic on the center to let the AUX light pass. I don´t know if it's intentional, but when you turn the light ON, a little bit of it illuminates the button plastic center with a green/cyan tint, so you can see the button in the dark, the brightness of it depends on the main light brightness level. [11th picture]

Battery contact: Contact is made with the battery by a Brass button contact with a Beryllium Copper alloy spring plated with Silver on the driver end, and slightly thicker a Silver plated Be-Cu alloy spring on the tail cap. [12th picture]

Bezel: The Z1 uses a standard slim EDC stainless steel bezel, it doesn't have protruding ends and the bezel sits a little higher than the main body to prevent scratches on the lens and main body.

Water Resistance: It features IPX8 rating, O-rings on all threads and glass lens/bezel. I don't see any problems with water resistance, seems perfectly sealed against water. The tail cap is totally sealed against water as it's not unscrewable. The tail cap is actually unscrewable, but has a short thread and it's easy to damage the O-ring there, so I recommend putting some grease there and unscrewing only the head part to swap the battery.

Size comparison: On the left is the FireFlies X4 Stellar, on the middle the FireFlies Z1 Artemis and on the right the Convoy S2+. [13th picture]

• Weight and size

Weight:

- Without battery (with SS clip): 50.3g

- With battery (Samsung 35E): 98.4g

- Battery (Vapcell F38): 48.2g

Size: 92.7mm x 27.9mm x 23.5mm (height x head diamter x tail diameter)

 

• Battery, runtime, and charging

Battery: The Z1 uses a single 18650 unprotected battery, be sure to use a cell with at least 12A CDR for the best performance. FireFlies was kind and sent me a Z1 with a Samsung 18650 35E battery for testing, so all tests will be made with it. Protected cells and batteries with USB-C charging on the cell do not fit on the Z1, making them compatilble with the Z1 would make it more versatile and wouldn't increase size much. [14th picture]

Battery Indicator: This flashlight has 2 battery indicator methods: The classic main light blink, on which the main light will blink the amount of times corresponding to the battery voltage; and the Anduril AUX color battery indicator, the AUX lights will light up to a color corresponding to the battery voltage everytime the flashlight is turned OFF.

Charging: The Z1 doesn't feature charging on body.

 

• Modes, Runtimes, Throw, Candela

Modes: The Z1 has 7 main pre-configured modes, but the brightest one, which I will call L7, can only be accessed momentairly by clicking the button 2 times and holding the button, as this mode is too bright and heats up to fast. All modes, except the Turbo, can be configured into the desired brightness level on Anduril UI.

Advertised specs:

Mode	Brightness (Lumens - Advertised)	Brightness (Lumens - Estimated)
L1 (Moonlight)	Sub-lumen	~0.1 Lumens
L2	-	~10 Lumens
L3	-	~100 Lumens
L4	-	~300 Lumens
L5	-	~800 Lumens
L6	-	~1200 Lumens
L7 (Turbo)	2000 Lumens	~2000

*Estimated brightness by comparing brightness levels from different flashlights, the actual brightness can be different, so use these values as a reference only.

Turbo: Turbo mode is pretty bright for a high CRI emitter in a 18650 battery flashlight, it, apparently, has 2000 Lumens as advertised. It heats up pretty fast as it has much lumens and is a high CRI flashlight. As pointed in the comments, the turbo level can be configured on Anduril to be the top base level, so you could access it normally without it being momentairly.

Moonlight: The Z1 moonlight is, as most FireFlies, amazing. It comes pre-configured with a pretty dim sub-lumen moonlight mode, that can be configured to be even dimmer! Perfect moonlight as usual from FireFlies.

Blinkies: One of the coolest things about Anduril is it´s blinkies modes, I really love the “Candle mode” and the “Lightning” one. You have some fun blinking modes, and others like tactical strobe to choose from.

Lockout: It features electronic lockout on the Anduril 2 UI, by clicking the button 4 times the flashlight will lock and only moonlight will be available for use; and also, mechanical lockout by slightly untwisting the head.

Throw: FireFlies advertises 185m of throw with the FFL5009R LED in 5000K, this light is very floody, so don't expect light to go much far. As you can see on the beamshots on this review, the light can reach around 100m easily on the higher modes.

 

• Emitter, reflector and CRI

Emitter: This Z1 Artemis uses a FFL5009R LED in 5000K. This LED really surprised me a lot, 5000K LEDs usually have a slightly yellow tint, but this one has a slightly rosy tint, it looks SUPER clean, probably one of my favorites 5000K LEDs now. This LED is domeless, but there is a domed FFL5009D version. [15th and 16th Pictures]

Lens: There is an AR coated glass lens in front of the TIR.

Reflector/TIR: The TIR has a clear squares on the area sorrounding the LED and a frosted circle where the LED is, ensuring a floody beam with no donut holes.

Beam profile: The beam is very floody, with a diffused, but present, hotspot that throws light to slightly longer distances, FireFlies rates throw for this model around 185m. [17th Picture]

CRI: The CRI is amazing, having ratings around 98 CRI and 97 R9 as measured by FireFlies.

*I will make a test of this LED CRI, CCT and Lux soon

 

• Beamshots Camera settings

- 18mm lens 1" F8 ISO800 WB-5200K

- (The trees at the back are at a distance of around 100m)

[18th picture] – Z1 Artemis - L7 (Turbo)

[19th picture] – Z1 Artemis - L6 mode

[20th picture] – Z1 Artemis - L5 mode

I always try to match what my eyes can see on the beamshots, so camera settings may vary.

 

• Driver and UI

Driver: The Z1 uses a Lume X1 32W driver, one of the most efficient and best quality drivers available on the market, with up to 95% efficiency and UDR (Ultra Dynamic Range) technology, providing sub-lumen moonlight modes while also having super bright turbo modes. Excellent driver, moonlights are super dim and turbos super bright.

UI: The Z1 Uses Anduril 2.0 UI, it's a very customizable UI, with a lot of options and settings to have fun with. I will no elaborate much on it as it would extend much the review.

Low Voltage Protection/Warning: The battery indicator will turn red and the main light will flash when the battery level is too low.

Reverse Polarity Protection: This flashlight has reverse polarity protection so you will not damage the flashlight easily by inserting the battery the wrong way.

Temperature Control: It has dynamic temperature control, by default when it reaches 45°C (113°F) it will lower the brightness to prevent driver and LED damage, when the flashlight cools down the driver will allow the flashlight to increase the brightness again. This can be changed on the Anduril UI, but be careful not to damage your flashlight by setting the stepdown temperature too high.

 

A special thanks to Ivy from FireFlies for sending this flashlight for me to review!

*I am not being paid to do this review, everything here is my honest opinion.

Thank you for reading my review <3

 

This is the HC01, a headlamp with main SST40 beam and secondary red/white lights that can be turned ON at the same time (or separately), 1000 lumens, 1200mAh battery with AAA compatibility and more!

• My opinion:

The HC01 is a good headlamp, the best feature of it is that you can use the main and secondary lights at the same time, or separately. The dual fuel option and battery indicator also help a lot on an emergency situation, the headband is easy to adjust with the rotating knob feature and the flashlight support can rotate up and down to adjust to where you need light.

But for it's price I think the water protection could be better, especially on the USB-C rubber cover; the secondary white LED could be warm or neutral white and high CRI for a more versatile use; the clear plastic lens is totally exposed to scratches (I even scratched my a little near the secondary LEDs while testing) and the driver should be stated.

Overall the HC01 has very good features and is a good headlamp.

PROS	CONS
Easy to adjust headband	Plastic protruding lens is very easy to scratch
Dual fuel feature	Fragile USB-C rubber cover
Dual beam (secodary lights)	Water resistance could be better
Rotating headband support to reach lower and higher angles

 

• Box contents [9th picture]

- HC01

- Headband

- USB-C charging cable

- User manual

- Warranty card

 

• Price

Coupons: Brinyte provided a 15% coupon to be used on their website: BRINYTE15

The HC01 is currently priced at $49.95 on Brinyte Official Website

 

• Body and build quality

Colors/Material Options: The HC01 is only available in one color: Black

Material: The main body is made of plastic and rubber. The lens is made of a transparent plastic.

Headband: The headband is pretty good, the adjustment mechanism is pretty helpful; the plastic holders seem fine, but I think they could be a little thicker to ensure they aren't going to break; the head strap is elastic is very breathable as it has small holes for ventilation. To loosen the head strap you need to pinch the knob and pull the flashlight to the desired size; to tighten it you need to rotate the knob to get the desired size.

Tail stand and rolling: The flashlight main body (without the headband) is a rectangle, so it can stand on any side and does not roll.

AUX lights: The HC01 doesn't have AUX lights for battery indication or locate it in the dark, but it features secondary white and red illumination lights that can be turned ON together with the main light or independently, it also has 4 small squared green battery indicator lights. [10th picture]

Buttons: The flashlight features 2 buttons, one for the main white LED, and the other for the red and white secondary lights.

Battery contact: Contact is made with the battery by nickel plated plates on the back of the flashlight.

Bezel: This flashlight has no bezel and the transparent plastic lens is protruding compared to the rest of the flashlight, making the lens very prone to scratches.

Water Resistance: The HC01 has IP66 rating, this means it is resistant to "strong" water jets and dust. I think IPX7 would be better, obviously, but the flashlight seems decently sealed, the only part that concerns me a little is the USB-C, the rubber cap´seems way to thin, and I couldn't confirm by inspection if it's potted.

Size comparison: On the left is the FireFlies L50 Sol, on the middle the Brinyte HC01, on the right the Convoy S2+. [11th picture]

 

• Weight and size

Weight:

With battery and headband: 110.3g

Without battery and headband: 44.7g

Battery (Brinyte BR1200): 28.5g

Size: 30.8mm x 60.4mm x 41.0mm (Length × Width × Height)

 

• Battery, runtime, and charging

Battery: The HC01 has the dual fuel feature, which is excellent, as the main rechargeable battery is a proprietary Li-ion cell with 1200mAh, which is the size of 3 AAA batteries combined. As you probably guessed by now, it accepts 3 AAA batteries too as backup fuel. [12th picture]

Battery Indicator: This light features a nice battery indicator, in the shape of 4 green indicator lights on the side of the secondary lights. It's very easy to read the battery level with them. The battery indicators stay ON as long as the flashlight is ON.

Green indicators ON	Battery Level
4	75-100%
3	50-75%
2	25-50%
1	1-25%

Charging: This flashlight can be easily charged by the USB-C present on the base of the flashlight (opposite side of the buttons) [13th picture]

 

• Modes, Runtimes, Throw, Candela:

Modes: The HC01 has 4 brightness levels on the main white light: low, medium, high and turbo and 2 blinkies: strobe and SOS. On the secondary light modes (red and white) it has 2 brightness levels: low and high on each and a flashing mode. Advertised specs:

Main White Light:

Mode	Brightness (Lumens)	Runtime
Turbo	1000 -	45s + 1h25min
High	450	2h10min
Medium	105	6h40min
Low	10	45h
Strobe	450	-
SOS	105	-

Secondary White Light:

Mode	Brightness (Lumens)	Runtime
High	60	2h30min
Low	15	7h50min
Flashing (Signal)	-

Secondary Red Light:

Mode	Brightness (Lumens)	Runtime
High	30	3h30min
Low	10	11h40min
Flashing (Signal)	20	6h30min

Turbo: To be fair Turbo is has a pretty good brightness for a headlamp, 1000 lumens is a lot for a light in your head, most of the time you'll be using 450lm max.

Moonlight: No moonlight. The lowest mode is 10 lumens on the main light and 15 lumens on the secondary white light. Moonlight would be a great addition to this flashlight.

Blinkies: It has Strobe, SOS and a signaling flashling mode on the secondary lights.

Lockout: This headlamp features eletronic lockout. To lock the light you must hold the main and secondary button for 2-3 seconds, the main light will then blink 2 times to indicate it's locked/unlocked. When locked, if any button is pressed the green battery indicator will blink.

Throw: The flashlight is advertised to throw 128m on the highest mode of the main white, which is a little on the floody side for a 1000 lumens flashlight, but it still has a defined hotspot. If you want a more floody beam you can use the secondary light, and those have a super floody beam excellent for close work.

 

• Emitter, reflector and CRI:

Emitter: The main white LED is a Luminus SST40 6500K, the tint shift on it is crazy, I didn't use a SS40 since the Sofirn SC31T so I didn't remember it was this bad, the hotspot is like neutral, around 5500K, and the spill is very cool white. [14th Picture]

The other 2 emitters are not stated anywhere, but the secondary white emitter is also cool white and low CRI, the red LED seems to be 660nm. I would prefer the secondary white emitter to be warmer and even high CRI, as the main beam is already cool white and low CRI for efficiency.

Lens: It does not have any type of glass or protection in front of the big plastic lens on the flashlight front, so it's very easy to scratch, I even scratched it a little near the secondary lights while testing it for this review.

Reflector/TIR: The main beam has a smooth reflector for a balanced/a little floody beam, and the secondary lights have a super floody TIR lens.

Beam profile: I didn't notice any major artifacts on the main beam, just a "flower" shape on around the hotspot, just visible when close to a wall, nothing much noticeable though. The secondary light beams are almost perfect without any artifacts I could notice. [15th picture]

CRI: All emitters on this flashlight have standard 70 CRI.

 

• Beamshots Camera settings:

- 18mm lens 1" F8 ISO800

[16th picture] – Brinyte HC01 - Turbo - Trees at around 40m

[17th picture] – Brinyte HC01 - High - Trees at around 40m

[18th picture] – Brinyte HC01 - Turbo - Trees at around 100m

[19th picture] – Brinyte HC01 - High - Trees at around 100m

I always try to match what my eyes can see on the beamshots, so camera settings may vary.

 

• Driver and UI

Driver: The driver is not specified, I assume it uses a Buck driver as I couldn't get any PWM on lower and higher modes of any of the LEDs.

UI: The 2 button UI is not much complicated, the bigger button turns the main LED ON/OFF, if you hold it while the flashlight is OFF it will go to the lowest mode (10 lumens), if you hold it while the flashlight is ON it will cycle through Low - Medium - High - Turbo.
Triple clicking will enter Strobe, triple clicking again will cycle Strobe - SOS.

The smaller button is for the secondary lights, pressing will turn the secondary lights ON/OFF, holding it while it's OFF will go to the lowest mode, holding while ON will cycle between Low - High, a double click while it's ON will cycle between Red - White.
A Triple click goes to signal mode (the secondary light ill flash 1.5 times each second).

Holding both buttons for 2-3 seconds will lock the lights, same for unlocking.

Low Voltage Warning: The 4 green light indicator will only lit a single indicator in red when the battery is too low (less than 25%).

Reverse Polarity Protection: This flashlight does not seem to feature reverse polarity protection, so be careful.

Temperature Control: The flashlight has simple temperature control. When it gets too hot on turbo it will dim the light to avoid heat damage.

 

A special thanks to Tara and Brinyte for sending this flashlight for me to review!

*I am not being paid to do this review, everything here is my honest opinion.

Thank you for reading my review <3

 

This is the M21H flashlight in MAO with the SFT70 4000K 90 CRI LED! It features USB-C charging on body, a 6V 5A 30W driver, features an 8° TIR and more.

• My opinion:

The M21H is a pretty awesome flashlight, I liked it even more than the M21K. The SFT70 4000K 90 CRI has an amazing neutral tint, it's light is pretty powerful even with the neutral CCT and high CRI; the MAO anodizing is beautiful, but it's a little easy to scratch it; the 6V 5A driver is really poweful (although a 6V 8A would be pretty welcome); the 8° TIR is one of the best I've used, it makes the beam super clean without any artifacts at all.

I have to say, this light is pretty good, but I have some suggestions that I think would improve it much. First I would suggest having AUX lights on the TIR and button, it would really be useful for finding it in the dark, showing battery level and, of course, for fun! Second, using Anduril on this flashlight would be pretty nice. Third, the moonlight needs to be improved, it's too bright. Also, using a 6V 8A driver would be a welcome change, and potting the USB-C would improve much water resistance but, of course, all these changes would increase cost.

PROS	CONS
The TIR makes a super clean beam	No Moonlight, the 0.2% mode is too bright
SFT70 4000K has an awesome tint and is powerful	MAO is a little too easy to scratch
Efficient 6V 5A Boost driver	*Way AUX to find the flashlight in the dark
Beautiful MAO anodizing	You can't turn it ON in moonlight and hold the button to cycle throw next brightness levels.
Very good size and body design

 

• Box contents [9th picture]

- M21H

- Lanyard

 

• Price

The M21H MAO with SFT70 4000K is currently priced at $33.80 on Convoy Official Website

 

• Body and build quality

Anodizing Colors/Material Options: The M21H is available in aluminum with 5 anodizing colors: Black, Blue Camo, Green Camo, Black Camo and MAO (featured in this review).

Main body/Grip: The main body has knurling and big heat dissipating structures on the head. Grip on this flashlight is good, the size is pretty nice too, in my opinion, and the flashlight is almost the perfect size.

Material: The main body is entirely made of Aluminum alloy. Convoy does not specify the alloy but it's probably 6061-T6 or similar.

Threads: All threads are anodized with MAO, the battery tube threads are squared and anodized, while the bezel threads are trapezoidal. I recommend putting a good amount of grease on the threads, as the MAO from the tube and head/tail rubbing will make a very unpleasant sound.

Clip: The flashlight does not come with a clip by default, but one can be purchased on the Convoy website.

Tail stand and rolling: The flashlight can tail/head stand and will roll on a desk if a clip is not installed.

AUX lights: This flashlight doesn't feature AUX lights except for the charging indicator on the button. In my opinion if this light had AUX on the TIR and Button for battery indicator and to help find it in the dark, this would improve the light a lot.

Buttons: The M21H has a single button on the main body that is an e-switch. I think it's a little too loud when pressed, the M21K one is way quieter, aside from that, the button is OK.

Battery contact: Contact is made with the battery by a gold-plated button contact on the driver and a nickel-plated spring on the tail cap. I always prefer spring contacts instead of button contacts, because button ones can dent the battery way easier than spring ones if the light is dropped. [10th and 11th pictures]

Bezel: The bezel is smooth and made of stainless steel, it can be easily removed by unscrewing it from the flashlight head.

Water Resistance: Convoy flashlights usually don't have the IP rating, but all Convoy flashlights I already tested were decently protected to water ingress, the M21H is no different; it has O-rings on all threads (bezel, head, tail cap and battery tube). The button is covered by a rubber boot and the USB-C port has a slightly thick rubber cover.

Size comparison: On the left is the Convoy M21K (21700). on the middle the Convoy M21H MAO (21700) and on the right the Convoy S2+ (18650). [12th picture]

 

• Weight and size

Weight:

-Without battery: 130.4g

-With battery: 200.6g

-Battery (Molicel P50B): 70.1g

Size: 128.2mm x 40.0mm x 28.5mm (Height x Head diameter x Tail diameter)

 

• Battery, runtime, and charging

Battery: The M21H is powered by a single 21700 battery, it doesn't accept protected cells. For some LEDs like LHP73B it's necessary to use a high constant discharge rate cell, higher than 20A, but for the SFT70 4000K LED a 15A CDR battery will do fine, as the driver only uses about 10A. [13th picture]

Battery Indicator: This flashlight does not feature a color LED battery indicator, instead it has a voltage check mode by clicking the main button 5 times, the main light will then blink 1 to 4 times to indicate the first voltage digit, then it will pause for a second and blink 0 to 9 times to indicate the second digit. For example 4.2V, it will first blink 4 times, pause, then blink 2 times. It's a useful feature, but a color battery indicator, especially on the main button as an AUX or on the TIR, would improve a lot this flashlight design.

Charging: The M21H features USB-C charging on the body, the maximum input current it will use to charge the batteries it 2A at 5V. The USB-C is protected by a thin rubber seal, I think the rubber seal is OK, but it could be improved to make the light more water tight, and a potted USB-C could be used to make this light even better, this would increase cost though. [14th and 15th picture]

 

• Modes, Runtimes, Throw, Candela:

Modes: The M21H features a smooth ramp and stepped modes, I much prefer the stepped ramp so I can always know how much power I am draining from the battery, but you can choose the one you like most. The smooth ramping start on the 0.2% mode and go up to the 100%. On the stepped mode you actually have 4 brightness levels: 0.2% - 1% - 10% - 40% - 100%, the 0.2% mode cannot be accessed on the normal cycle, you have to hold the button while the flashlight is OFF to access it.

The modes are as it follows:

Mode	Current (Measured at the tail cap at 4.14V)	*Estimated Brightness (Lumens)
0.2%	30.3 mA	~8
1%	57.3 mA	~15
10%	640 mA	~300
40%	2.14 A	~800
100%	10.3 A	~2200

*Brightness estimated by SFT70 4000K G6 bin by input power and visual comparison with similar brightness levels on other flashlights.
**All currents measured at the moment the flashlight was turned ON.

Turbo: This flashlight has a powerful turbo, it's not the most powerful as it could be as the driver is only 5A, while SFT70 4000K, theoretically, could be pushed to 8A. also, as it's a 90 CRI neutral CCT LED it will have way less lumens than a 6500K LED, but I prefer the high CRI and neutral CCT than the cool beam.

Moonlight: I will be honest and direct about this: The moonlight mode (0.2%) is pretty bad. It's way too bright to be a useful moonlight mode, like, it's almost the brightness of the 1% mode, also it consumes more than half of the 1% current, so it's not actually a 0.2% mode. Don't get me wrong, the beam is pretty good, no flicker and all, but it's too bright. This is a recurring problem in Convoy flashlights, I know it's pretty hard to make regulated moonlight modes for the ton of LED options Convoy have, but unfortunately it makes the moonlight a bad mode.
Comparison with FFL351A 3700K on FireFlies X4Q Comet [16th picture]

Blinkies: This flashlight features a blinkie mode: Strobe, to access it you must click the main button 3 times.

Lockout: The M21H features a eletronic lockout and mechanical lockout. To lock it eletronically you need to press the main button 10 times, same for unlocking, while locked this way, if the button is pressed the flashlight will blink the main light one time to indicate it's locked. The mechanical lockout works but is pretty fragile, as the MAO will be scratched pretty fast on the threads.

Throw: This flashlight has an 8 degress TIR lens, so it's no the throwiest, but I got a really good throw with it while testing it. It has a good amount of flood while still throwing light far. As you can see on the beamshots it throwed farther than 100, easily.

 

• Emitter, reflector and CRI:

Emitter: This M21H has the SFT70 4000K high CRI emitter (bin: G6-40E2-VJ), it is a recent release from Luminus. This LED is awesome, tint is beautiful and neutral (I would love to see a rosy version though), the TIR makes the beam smooth and throwy, loved it. I am very excited to see a 95-98 CRI version of this emitter. [17th Picture]

Reflector/TIR: The SFT70 LED comes by default with a 35mm 8° TIR lens it makes the beam very smooth and a bit throwy. [18th picture]

Lens: It comes with a anti-reflexive coated glass lens in front of the TIR.

Beam profile: The beam is pretty nice, in fact one of the best and smoothest beans I've ever seen, no artifacts at all. [18th picture]

CRI: This SFT70 4000K LED has amazing CRI, not as high as other variants such as 3000K, but still high CRI and a really nice tint.

 

• Beamshots Camera settings:

- 18mm lens 1" F8 ISO800

- (The trees at the back are at a distance of around 100m)

[19th picture] – M21H MAO SFT70 4000K - 100% (10A from the battery)

[20th picture] – M21H MAO SFT70 4000K - 40% (2.2A from the battery)

I always try to match what my eyes can see on the beamshots, so camera settings may vary.

 

• Driver and UI

Driver: This M21H with SFT70 features a 6V 5A constant current Boost driver, the driver works pretty well and is very efficient, Convoy claims 95% max efficiency, Convoy flashlights usually use good quality component and this one doesn't seem to be different. I wish there was a 6V 8A driver for the M21H, as it would make this flashlight even brighter.

UI: The UI is pretty simple and basic, I think this flashlight could be upgraded and receive a Anduril version.

State	Action (main button)	Result
OFF	Hold	Turn ON at 0.2% mode
ON/OFF	1 click	Turn ON/OFF at last used mode
ON	Hold	Cycle between the brightness levels
ON/OFF	2 clicks	Turn ON at 100% mode
OFF	3 clicks	Turn ON at Strobe
OFF	4 clicks	Switch to tactical mode (100% momentairly mode only)
OFF	5 clicks	Voltage Check
OFF	6 clicks	Change operation modes between smooth/stepped ramp
OFF	10 clicks	Lock/Unlock flashlight

Low Voltage Protection/Warning: The flashlight will turn off automatically when the battery voltage is too low. The main light will start blinking and dimming down when the battery voltage is very low.

Reverse Polarity Protection: This flashlight features reverse polarity protection, so inserting the battery the wrong way shouldn't do major damages, for a short time.

Temperature Control: The M21H has standard Convoy Temperature control, so when the driver reaches about 55°C the flashlight will begin to step down. The step down seems to only be down to 35%, so the flashlight can still heat up, even after the step down, under certain conditions. I'd love to see Convoy using dynamic step down temperature drivers, but they are way more expensive and hard to adapt for the variety of LEDs Simon offers.

 

A special thanks to Simon from Convoy for sending this flashlight for me to review!

*I am not being paid to do this review, everything here is my honest opinion.

Thank you for reading my review <3

This is the Brinyte Spectra T5X a flashlight made especially for hunting at dark conditions! It features a special feature: Blood Tracking mode, that makes red colors "Flash" and get your attention. It also has a dedicated Red and Green modes, a magnetic rotating mode selector, USB-C charging on the main body and also on the included 21700 cell, type III hard anodizing and more!

• My opinion:

The Spectra T5X is a cool flashlight, it has a lot of features made for hunting. The Blood Tracking mode is the best and most interesting feature of this flashlight, it really works, and not only with blood, but with everything red, making the red colors "flash" when you use it. The Red and Green modes are pretty useful for staying hidden from animals, but I think it lacks a proper moonlight mode of arond 1 or 2 lumens that would be pretty useful for up close uses, as the red and green modes are too bright for this. Charging it very easy and can be done on the main body USB-C or directly on the battery USB-C.

I think this light would benefit much if it had a throwy main beam, and the warm white emitters had a separate mode from the blood tracking that would be used for close distances. Also, the absence of a glass lens in front of the TIR and the IPX7 rating (instead of IPX8) really makes this light more fragile.

PROS	CONS
Type III hard anodizing	No glass in front of TIR
Blood Tracking mode makes red colors really highlighted	No Moonlight mode
Silent buttons	Beam full of artifacts
Easy operation with one hand	IPX7 rating only
Powerful Green and Red modes	Only 2 levels (High and Low) of white light
	Light doesn't throw much (only around 100m)

• Box contents [8th picture]

- Spectra T5X

- 21700 Brinyte battery

- USB-C Charging Cable

- 2x Extra O-rings

- User manual

• Price

Coupons: Brinyte provided a 15% coupon to be used on their website: BRINYTE15

The T5X is priced at $89.85 right now on the Brinyte Official Website. Price may vary depending at when you are reading this review.

• Body and build quality

Colors/Material Options: The T5X is offered in 2 colors: Black with red details, and red with black details. It's only available in aluminum.

Main Body: The main body feels very solid and high quality, especially as it has type III hard anodizing. But it has no grooves or knurling on the battery tube, so the body is a little slippery.

Material: The main body is all made of aluminum 6061-T6 alloy. The anodizing is pretty good, it's type III hard anodizing, so it is very resistant and durable, the only problem with it is that it's smooth, and there are no grooves on the body to enhance grip, so the body is kind of slippery.

Threads: The threads are squared and not anodized. Only the head side of the battery tube is unscrewable.

Clip: The flashlight comes preinstalled with a stainless steel clip with a black coating. The clip can be easily removed as it's a pressure fit clip.

Tail stand and rolling: The flashlight can tailstand and head stand, it does roll without the clip, but the grooves on the mode selector usually stop the rolling.

AUX lights: The flashlight doesn't have AUX lights, but on the main button there is a LED indicator of battery level and charging.

Buttons: The flashlight features a main e-switch that turns the flashlight ON/OFF and a silent magnetic rotating mode selector on the head to select the secondary light modes: Red - Green - Blood Tracking Fast - Blood Tracking Slow. The rotating selector and main button make almost no noise, this means you can easily change modes without alerting animals.

Battery contact: Contact is made with the battery by 2 nickel-plated springs.

Bezel: The bezel is made of aluminum and is crenelated, as it's made of aluminum, I do not recommend using it to break things, although it can be used to do it.

Water Resistance: It has IPX7 rating, which is decent, but IPX8 would be better for a hunting flashlight that will certainly see water and soil constantly. The lower IP rating is probably due to the rotating selector.

Size comparison: On the left is the Convoy M21K (21700), on the middle the Brinyte Spectra T5X, on the right the Convoy S2+. [9th picture]

• Weight and size

Weight:

- Without battery: 160.5g

- With battery: 235.3g

- Battery (Brinyte 21700 protected cell): 74.8g

Size: 136.8mm x 48.8mm x 28.0mm (height x head diameter x tail diameter)

• Battery, runtime, and charging

Battery: The T5X is powered by a single 21700 cell, it comes out of the box with a Brinyte 21700 5000mAh protected cell, but normal cells can also be used. [10th picture]

Battery Indicator: The LED on the main button serves as a battery indicator when the flashlight is turned ON, it will turn off in 5 seconds. It has 3 colors to indicate 4 battery levels as it follows:

Color	Battery Level	Voltage
Green	75-100%	3.8-4.2V
Orange	50-75%	3.4-3.8V
Red	25-50%	3.1-3.4V
Flashing Red	1-25%	<3.1V

Charging: This flashlight features USB-C charging on the body, and comes with a 21700 battery with USB-C port, so you can charge it by any of the ports. The maximum charging input is 5V 2A. The indicator shows red while charging and green when charging is complete. [11th picture]

• Modes, Runtimes, Throw, Candela:

Modes: The T5X has only two modes of white light, which is a bad thing in my opinion, also, the warm white LEDs cannot be turned ON individually or with the main white LED. The Red, Green have a single brightness level, and the Blood tracking has a fast and a slow mode. If the warm LEDs could be turned ON alone or with the main white, and there were more brightness levels this light would be way better. The modes are as it follows:

Mode	Brightness (Lumens)	Runtime
White High	1000 - 450	2min - 4h30min
White Low	120	21h30min
Red	170	5h20min
Green	350	5h30min
Blood Tracking Fast	680	4h10min
Blood Tracking Slow	680	4h10min

Blood Tracking: This flashlight features a special mode that is the Blood Tracking modes, while they were made for blood detection, they work with anything red. On this mode the Green and Blue LEDs are constantly lit, while the Red and Warm White LEDs alternate blinking at 5Hz on the Slow mode and 10Hz on the Fast mode. This makes Red objects "flash" when the flashlight, giving a really cool effect and getting your attention to red objects. [12th picture]

Red and Green: The solid color modes are pretty useful to stay hidden from animals, especially the Red one. Red is dimmer and for closer uses, while the Green one has almost double the lumens and is less "stealthy" as it will alert animals and insects way more, but it goes farther and is still better than using a white light for this use.

High: This flashlight actually has no turbo, but it has the high mode, which has 1000 lumens for 2 minutes before stepping down. It's a decent brightness, but I expected more for the size of this light.

Moonlight: The T5X doesn't feature a moonlight mode, which I think is a downside, as a moonlight mode is pretty useful in a lot of situations, although it has a red beam it is too bright for using it from up close.

Blinkies: It has the Blood Tracking modes as blinkies, but no strobe or SOS.

Lockout: The modes on the magnetic ring selector can be locked and will not turn ON if the selector is on "OFF", while the Cool White LED cannot be locked and will always turn ON if the main button is pressed 2 times.

Throw: The flashlight is floody, but manages to throw around 100m on the highest modes.

• Emitter, reflector and CRI:

Emitter: The T5X has 9 emitters: 1 main cool white, 2 warm white, 2 red, 2 green and 2 blue. The Warm white and blue emitters cannot be turned ON outside of the Blood tracking mode. I didn't find any information about them. [13th Picture]

Beam profile: From upclose all the beams have light rings and very noticeable artifacts, so I would avoid wall hunting and using it from up close; but with a little distance the beams become more uniform. [14th to 16th picture]

CRI: I assume all the white LEDs have standard 70 CRI, as there is no information about them.

Lens: The flashlight doesn't have glass lens in front of the TIR, so the TIR is exposed and can be easily scratched.

Reflector/TIR: The TIR is clear and improves the throw of the LEDs.

• Beamshots Camera settings:

- 18mm lens 1" F8 ISO800

- (The trees at the back are at a distance of around 100m)

[17th picture] – Spectra T5X - High (1000 lumens)

[18th picture] – Spectra T5X - Low (120 lumens)

[19th picture] – Spectra T5X - Red (170 lumens)

[20th picture] – Spectra T5X - Green (350 lumens)

You can see the High white beam and the Red/Green modes reach the trees at the back, so they can reach around 100m and still light up things.

I always try to match what my eyes can see on the beamshots, so camera settings may vary. All pictures were taken immediately after the flashlight was turned ON.

• Driver and UI

Driver: No PWM on any mode other than the blood tracking. This flashlight has an efficient regulated driver, although Brinyte does not specify it.

UI: The UI is easy to understand: Clicking the main button one time will access the magnetic rotating selector modes (Red, Green, Blood Tracking Fast and Slow), clicking it 2 times will access the White light on High, clicking it 2 times again will go to Low white mode. If the flashlight is ON and you click it one time, it will turn the flashlight OFF on any mode.

Low Voltage Warning: It has low voltage warning and will turn OFF if the battery voltage is too low.

Temperature Control: The T5X features overheating protection and will stepdown when the temperature is too low, which is curiously stated to step down at 48°C surface temperature, usually the temperature stated is for the driver, but in this case the 48°C seem to be about the external head temperature. The flashlight gets hot fast on the High white mode and on the Blood Tracking modes, as almost all LEDs are ON at the same time.

A special thanks to Tara and Brinyte for sending this flashlight for me to review!

*I am not being paid to do this review, everything here is my honest opinion.

Thank you for reading my review <3

This is the SK31, a new tactical style flashlight made by Sofirn. It has a LHP73B as the main emitter, screwable aluminum USB-C cover, powered by a single 21700 battery, 2 button design and a lockout dedicated selector!

*Sofirn informed me this is prototype version that doesn't have the Eco (50 lumens) mode, they said this is the only major change from my version to the final one, but be aware the final product can have some small changes.

• My opinion:

The SK31 is a major improvement on Sofirn tactical flashlights, it combines most of the requested "tactical" features other Sofirn products lacked. It's really nice to see Sofirn using more constant current drivers, the LHP73B was one of the best additions on this flashlight, as it has a stunning output and a very clean tint; the screwable aluminum cover is also awesome, as it protects the USB-C and mode button from water really well and are more resistant than those rubber caps. This is probably the best Tactical flashlight Sofirn has ever made.

I think the lockout button placement is kind of odd, I would prefer to swap the lockout and mode button places. And the included battery should be higher CDR for a LED like the LHP73B, I recommend that you use at least 20A CDR battery on the SK31.

PROS	CONS
Aluminum screwable USB-C cover	Lockout button "bugs" sometimes
Tungsten pins on bezel	The included battery has lower CDR than recommended
Potted USB-C for better water resistance	Battery indicator is hidden under the screwable cover
Efficient Buck Driver
Easy operation on the tail button
Very efficient LHP73B emitter with no green tint

 

• Box contents [9th picture]

- SK31

- Holster

- 21700 Battery

- USB-C to C charging cable

- Stainless steel clip

- 2x extra O-rings

- *User manual (Wasn't included in my package)

 

• Price

The SK31 is currently priced at $50.19 in the Sofirn AliExpress Store and $52.99 on Sofirn Official Website

• Body and build quality

Colors/Material Options: The SK31 is available only in aluminum with black anodizing.

Material: The main body is entirely made of 6061-T6 aluminum alloy. The bezel is made of black PVD coated stainless steel as well as the clip.

Threads: The battery tube threads are squared and anodized, this means the flashlight has mechanical lockout, also, there is an inner tube inside of the battery tube, that is actually what makes contact with the driver. The bezel threads are trapezoidal.

Clip: The flashlight comes pre-installed with a dual way clip, it only has one position and it can be rotated around it. It's made of stainless steel with a black PVD coating.

Tail stand and rolling: It cannot tail stand as the rubber button is higher than the tabs on the tail cap; it can head stand though. With the clip the flashlight doesn't roll much as the clip prevents it, without it the flashlight will roll on your desk.

AUX lights: The SK31 has an AUX light under the mode button; it serves to show at which mode you currently are (Tactical or Outdoor) and to show the battery level everytime the flashlight is turned ON. This light is hidden under the threaded aluminum cover on the flashlight head, so you will have to expose the USB-C to weather to see the battery level or change the operation mode. [10th picture]

Buttons: Sofirn advertises it as having 3 buttons, but it actually has 2 buttons and a lock switch.

- Mechanical tail switch: The main button is the mechanical switch on the tail cap covered by a rubber button, it turns ON/OFF the flashlight and cycles through the brightness levels.

- Hidden mode button: The second one, the mode button, which is hidden under the threaded aluminum cover, it's function is to change the operation mode of the flashlight (Tactical - Blue light / Outdoor - Orange light) and to show the battery level.

- Lock switch: The third button is the lock switch, which only locks/unlocks the flashlight, it is located on the tail cap below the main button for easy access. Sometimes the lockout button seems to "bug" and the flashlight doesn't turn ON even when it's unlocked, flipping it to "locked" and after "unlocked" again solved this problem for me.

Battery contact: Contact is made with the battery by two gold-plated springs one on the tail cap, the other on the driver, the springs are thicker than usual Sofirn flashlights, as they have to withstand higher currents for the LHP73B LED.

Bezel: The bezel is made of stainless steel with a black smooth PVD coating, and it has a special feature: Tungsten spheres on it for breaking glass or other structures without damaging much the bezel.

Water Resistance: This flashlight has IPX8 rating as most Sofirn flashlights, but this one has way better water ingress protection than most of them, because instead of a rubber cover on the USB-C this one has a whole rotating aluminum cover with an O-ring inside! The rubber cover on other Sofirns will degrade on the future, the rotating cover with the O-ring will last much more and the O-ring is way easier to replace than the rubber cover on other light, bonus points for this.

Size comparison: On the left is the Brinyte PT16A (21700), on the middle the Sofirn SK31 (21700) and the Convoy S2+ (18650) on the right. [11th picture]

 

• Weight and size

Weight:

- Without battery: 154.1g

- With battery: 223.3g

- Battery (Button top Sofirn 21700 cell): 69.1g

Size: 156.1mm x 36.0mm x 29.2mm (height x head diameter x tail diameter)

 

• Battery, runtime, and charging

Battery: The SK31 uses a 21700 battery, both button or flat top, a Sofirn 21700 battery is included in the package. The included battery only has 10A CDR and 15A pulse discharge rate, and LHP73B would need more than 15A, according to the datasheet, to produce the advertised 6800 lumens, so maybe it's a good idea to get a high CDR battery to run this flashlight on Turbo, because it probably won't get to the advertised 6800 lumens with the included battery. [12th picture]

Battery Indicator: It has a battery indicator on the mode changing button, it's hidden under the screwable USB cover. The battery indicator lights up as it follows:

Color	Battery level
Green	75-100%
Flashing green	50-75%
Red	25-50%
Flashing red	1-25%

Charging: This flashlight features USB-C charging, the port is protected under the screwable aluminum cover. It charges at 5V 3A maximum, at this power it will charge in around 3h. When the battery charge is complete the mode button will light up green, when charge is in progress it will light up red, if the battery is not installed correctly the mode button will flash green and red. [13th picture]

 

• Modes, Runtimes, Throw, Candela:

Modes: The flashlight has 6 modes officially, but the unit I received only has 5.

Mode	Brightness (Lumens)	Runtime
Moonlight	1	500h
*Eco	50	66h
Low	350	10h30min
Medium	1150 - 660 - 350	90min - 25min - 70min
High	2400 - 1150 - 710	3min - 90min - 40min
Turbo	6800 - 1150	30s - 120min

*Eco mode was not included on my flashlight cycle.

Turbo: Turbo is pretty bright with advertised 6800 lumens. To reach this brightness you will probably need to use a higher CDR battery than the included one, as the current to reach this number of lumens is more than what the standard Sofirn battery can provide.

Moonlight: Thank you Sofirn! After testing so many flashlights with poor moonlights, finally another flashlight with good moonlight was released! The 1 lumen mode is good, I would prefer even lower moonlight, like 0.1 lumen, but for a tactical light I think 1 lumen is nice.

Blinkies: This light features Strobe - SOS - Beacon that can only be accessed on the tactical mode by holding the tail cap switch pressed for 5 seconds, and half clicking to cycle between the blinkies.

Lockout: Lockout on this flashlight is pretty easy to access, as it has a dedicated button just for it. You just need to flip the lockout button tab to locked or unlocked. The lockout button position is kind of weird, and I didn't like much, I think there could be a more useful button there, like a dedicated brightness level button like the SK30.

Throw: The flashlight has a beam similar to the SK30, with a defined wide hotspot and a lot of spill, but it still manages to throw, especially with the high lumen LED this flashlight has. Sofirn advertises it to throw at around 395m with 39000cd.

 

• Emitter, reflector and CRI:

Emitter: This flashlight uses the LHP73B emitter in 6500K, a very powerful and efficient emitter that can deliver a lot of power in this host. The tint is pretty good for a cool white emitter, almost no green/yellow tint at all! The LED itself is very floody, but with the reflector Sofirn used it has some throw on it. [14th Picture]

Beam profile: The beam is not very clean, it has some rings and small artifacts on it, but from my testing they're only visible from up close. [15th picture]

CRI: The LHP73B has standard 70 CRI.

Lens: There is an anti-reflexive coated glass lens in front of the reflector.

Reflector/TIR: It uses a smooth reflector for improved throw.

 

• Beamshots Camera settings:

- 18mm lens 1" F8 ISO800

- (The trees at the back are at a distance of around 100m)

[16th picture] – SK31 - Turbo (*6800 lumens)

[17th picture] – SK31 - High (2400 lumens)

[18th picture] – SK31 - Turbo (1150 lumens)

I always try to match what my eyes can see on the beamshots, so camera settings may vary. All pictures were taken immediately after the flashlight was turned ON.

 

• Driver and UI

Driver: It has an efficient constant current “Buck” driver, I didn't notice any PWM on it.

UI: The UI is easy to understand and use. The lockout button and the mode button have the same function and operation on both modes, only the tail switch has a different operation:
Outdoor mode: The tail button turns the flashlight ON/OFF when fully clicked, when the flashlight is ON half clicking the tail button will cycle between Moonlight - *Eco - Low - Medium - High - Turbo.
Tactical mode: The tail button activates momentary Strobe when fully clicked; when half clicked it will go to momentary Turbo, if held for more than 5 seconds it will maintain the mode until you fully press it again.

Low Voltage Warning: The flashlight will turn OFF when the battery voltage is too low.

Reverse Polarity Protection: Yes.

Temperature Control: The SK31 has standard temperature control, if the internal temperature gets too high, around 50-55°C the flashlight will dim down to prevent driver/LED damage.

 

A special thanks to Sofirn for sending this flashlight for me to review!

*I am not being paid to do this review, everything here is my honest opinion.

Thank you for reading my review <3

This is the GT Nano Plus, a mini flashlight made by Lumintop. It uses 14500 batteries and AAs, has the SFT25R LED, a Buck constant current driver, backlit button, USB-C charging, tail magnet and more!

• My opinion:

The GT Nano Plus is a pretty solid compact thrower for EDC, in my opinion. It accepts 14500s and AAs, has a nice SFT25R with a nice beam, the backlit button, which is probably my favorite feature on this flashlight, and a very nice build quality. I just wish it had more CCT and LED options.

• Pros:

- USB-C charging

- Backlit button (helps to find the flashlight in the dark)

- Color battery indicator

- Dual fuel option (14500s and AAs)

- Efficient Constant current drivers

• Cons:

- No real moonlight, Eco mode is too bright (8 lumens with 14500s)

- Eco mode takes around 2-3 seconds to turn ON

• Box contents [8th picture]

- GT Nano Plus

- USB-C charging cable

- 2x spare O-rings

- Lanyard

- User manual and QC passed

 

• Price

The Lumintop GT Nano Plus is currently priced at $39.95 on the Lumintop Official Store

• Body and build quality

Colors/Material Options: It is only available in a single color, that is a matte black anodizing.

Material: The main body is entirely made of anodized aluminum. The main button is made of bead-blasted stainless-steel.

Threads: Only the tail cap is unscrewable, the threads are fully anodized. This means that the flashlight features mechanical lockout by slightly unscrewing the tail cap. The bezel and head side of the battery tube seem to be glued.

Clip: The flashlight doesn't feature a clip to use, this restricts a little the flashlight uses, but as it's a thrower I think the clip wouldn't be much useful to clip on a cap.

Tail stand and rolling: The flashlight rolls a little as the body is round, but there are grooves and edges that prevent it from rolling too much. The flashlight will tail/head stand without any problems.

Magnets: It has a strong magnet on the tail cap that is user removable, so if you don't like magnets you can untwist the tail cap and remove the magnet. The magnet is capable of holding the flashlight in almost any position if the metal surface is thick enough. [9th picture]

AUX lights: This flashlight has a backlit button! It will remain lit green while the flashlight is OFF to help find it in the dark and indicate the battery level. It can be turned OFF/ON by clicking on the main button 7 times. [10th picture]

Buttons: This flashlight has a single e-switch to operate the flashlight. The button has a pretty nice finish and feels very good.

Battery contact: Contact is made with the battery by a spring on the tail cap and a gold plated button on the driver. [11th picture]

Bezel: This flashlight has a standard aluminum bezel, it helps to protect the lens from scratches.

Water Resistance: The GT Nano Plus has the IPX8 rating. seems very well sealed, with the head and battery tube being glued, and the unscrewable tail cap having a O-ring. The USB-C is covered by a nice rubber gasket.

Size comparison: The Manker E05 II, on the middle the Lumintop GT Nano Plus and on the right the Convoy S2+. [12th picture]

 

• Weight and size

Weight:

- With Battery: 77.2g

- Whithout Battery: 57.9g

- Battery (Lumintop 14500): 19.2g

Size: 103.1mm x 31.9mm x 19.0mm (Height x Head diameter x Tail diameter)

 

• Battery, runtime, and charging

Battery: The GT Nano Plus has the dual fuel feature, so it accepts 14500 batteries and also AAs (alkalines, NiMH...). The included Lumintop 14500 battery with 900mAh seems to be pretty good, holds charge well and runtimes are nice. [13th picture]

Battery Indicator: The backlit button serves as a battery indicator, it turns red when the battery charge is too low and is green when the battery charge is sufficient (Lumintop does not state at which battery percentage this change happens).

Charging: This light features USB-C charging on the main body. [14th picture]

 

• Modes, Runtimes, Throw, Candela:

Modes: It has 5 modes: eco (moonlight) - low - medium - high - turbo. It's very easy to cycle through them, eco is only accessible by holding the main button while the flashlight is OFF and Turbo is only accessible by double clicking it.

Advertised Specs (14500):

Mode	Brightness [Lumens]	Runtime
Eco	8	48h
Low	40	8h
Medium	160	2h15min
High	450	2min + 1h06min
Turbo	1200	1min + 1h06min

Advertised Specs (AA):

Mode	Brightness [Lumens]	Runtime
Eco	5	33h
Low	20	11h
Medium	52	4h
High	120	2h05min
Turbo	270	1min + 2h

It is possible to see that with AAs the performance is much worse (way less lumens), but this is normal, AAs can't deliver the same power as a Li-ion battery, and their use on this flashlight is mostly as a backup power source on emergencies.

Turbo: Turbo mode has around 1200 lumens, it lasts quite some time for such a tiny host, well the SFT25R LED is pretty efficient.

Moonlight: Moonlight is very poor on this light in my honest opinion. 8 lumens is crazy high for a moonlight, even if you use AAs it's still 5 lumens which is very bright. Also, it takes like, 2 seconds holding the button to finally turn ON moonlight. This "eco" mode could be way better if it had around 1 lumen or less.

Blinkies: This flashlight has a strobe mode that can be accessed by triple clicking the main button.

Lockout: This flashlight features mechanical lockout and electronic lockout by clicking the main button 4 times, on lockout you can only momentairly access "low" mode, which, for me, is too bright, it should only be able to access momentairly "eco". To exit lockout press 4 times again, or unscrew the tail cap.

Throw: This flashlight has a nice throw to it, Lumintop states 450m max on the box, while the beam has a pretty focused hotspot and goes far, I don't think it actually reaches 450m.

 

• Emitter, reflector and CRI:

Emitter: The GT Nano Plus has a SFT-25R 6500K LED, it makes it a compact throwy flashlight with a uniform beam with no artifacts or tint shift. [15th Picture]

Lens: The flashlight has an anti-reflexive coated glass lens.

Reflector/TIR: The reflector is smooth.

Beam profile: The beam is very good, no visible artifacts and any visible yellow/green tint, just the blue-like tint that every cool white has. [16th picture]

CRI: The SFT-25R has standard 70 CRI.

 

• Beamshots Camera settings:

- 18mm lens 1" F8 ISO800

- (The trees at the back are at a distance of around 100m)

[17th picture] – GT Nano Plus - Turbo

[18th picture] – GT Nano Plus - High

I always try to match what my eyes can see on the beamshots, so camera settings may vary.

 

• Driver and UI

Driver: The driver is not directly specified, but there is no PWM on any mode, and for it to work with AAs, at least one part of the driver has to be boost, so it's certainly a constant current buck driver for 14500s and boost for AAs.

UI: The UI is pretty straight forward, one click from OFF turns it ON, holding the button will cycle between Low - Medium - High; Eco is only accessed by holding the button when the light is OFF, Turbo can be accessed by double clicking the main button at any time, and strobe is accessed by triple clicling the main button, you can triple click it again to cycle between Strobe - SOS - Beacon. Lockout is accessed by 4-clicking the button. You can activate or deactivate the backlight of the button by clicking the main button 7 times.

Low Voltage Warning: When the battery voltage drops too much, the light will dim down and eventually turn OFF to prevent damaging the battery.

Reverse Polarity Protection: It has reverse polarity protection.

Temperature Control: If the temperature rises too much, which happens specially on High and Turbo, the flashlight will dim the light to avoid driver and LED damage.

 

A special thanks to Lumintop for sending this flashlight for me to review!

*I am not being paid to do this review. Everything here is my honest opinion.

Thank you for reading my review <3

 

This is the L50 Sol, a powerful 95 CRI right-angle flashlight from FireFlies, it reaches 1900 lumens on the 3500K variation, has a Lume X1 Boost driver, tail magnet, frosted lens, and an anatomical angled button.

• My opinion:

The L50 Sol is a flashlight that I really liked, all the FireFlies I already made review of were pretty good, they just had small things that I disliked. This one isn't much different, it's an awesome flashlight and I loved the angled button design, it's really much more comfortable to press than most other right-angle flashlights button designs I tested. I really think this flashlight will be a great addition if you like right-angle flashlights. I think it could have a battery tube just a little taller and accept button top and protected cells with USB-C this would make the light much more versatile!

• Pros:

- Lume X1 efficient driver

- FFL5009R 95CRI LED very rosy

- Angled button (easier to press when holding the flashlight)

- Awesome moonlight mode

- RGB AUX light that can be used to find it in the dark

• Cons:

- Poor quality Headband

- Doesn't accept button top or protected cells

- Turbo steps down fast, but this is expected on a high CRI high power flashlight like this.

 

• Box contents [9th picture]

- L50 Sol

- Headband

- Lanyard

- Extra O-Rings

- Stainless-steel clip

- Stainless-steel ring

- User manual

 

• Price

The L50 Sol is currently priced at $59.00 on FireFlies Official Website. The Desert Storm MAO and Astral aluminum are $62.00 and the Void White version is $65.00.

 

• Body and build quality

Colors/Material Options: The L50 Sol is available in 7 different anodizing colors: Navy Blue (featured in this review), Matte Black, Magma Orange, Ember Red, Desert Storm MAO, Void White and Astral Aluminum. There are also 2 versions, one with reflector (featured in this review), and one with TIR Lens.

Material: The main body is fully made of 6063 aluminum alloy, more durable and resistant than common 6061 alloy. The bezel is made of Stainless-steel with a PVD coating. The clip is made of stainless-steel.

Main body: The main body has knurling on the battery tube for better grip, the head has small grooves foe heat dissipation.

Headband: The headband quality is bad comparing to the flashlight, it's a generic headband you can find on AliExpress. It's usable but it could be way better, considering the flashlight has an awesome quality, the headband doesn't fit the quality level.

Threads: All threads are trapezoidal and anodized, so mechanical lock is present on this flashlight by untwisting the head of the flashlight.

Clip: The flashlight comes pre-installed with the lanynard hole ring, but you can easily remove the tail cap and swap it for the included stainless-steel clip.

Tail stand and rolling: The flashlight body is cylindrical but has flat surfaces on the head that stop it from rolling much. The flashlight tail and head stands.

Magnets: It has a strong magnet on the tail cap that is user removable, so if you don't like magnets you can untwist the tail cap and remove the magnet. The magnet is capable of holding the flashlight in almost any position if the metal surface is thick enough. [10th picture]

AUX lights: The L50 reflector version has RGB AUX lights in the button, it does not feature AUX on the lens as other FireFlies models. The RGB AUX light is controlled by Anduril and can be used as a battery indicator and also to help find the flashlight in the dark, one of my favorite features. [11th picture]

Buttons: The L50 has a single e-switch to control the UI. The button is pretty good as usual from FireFlies, this one is a little special though, because the button is placed on an angled surface on the head, making it very anatomical to press when you are holding the flashlight.

Battery contact: Contact is made with the battery by two Beryllium-copper silver-plated springs. FireFlies uses silver on the plating because it has better electrical conductivity than even copper. [12th picture]

Bezel: The bezel is pretty small on this flashlight and is only for protecting the lens from scratches. It is made of smooth black PVD coated stainless-steel.

Water Resistance: It has IPX8 water resistance rating. The waterproofing is made by O-rings on the threads and on the lens bezel.

Size Comparison: On the left is the FireFlies X4 Stellar (21700), on the middle the L50 Sol and the Convoy S2+ on the right. [13th picture]

 

• Weight and size

Weight:

- Without battery (with SS clip): 63.0g

- With battery (Vapcell F38): 110.7g

- Battery (Vapcell F38): 47.8g

Size: 97.6mm x 27.2mm x 21.5mm

 

• Battery, runtime, and charging

Battery: This flashlight is powered by a single non-protected flat top 18650 cell, it is recommended to use a battery with higher than 10A CDR, I just had the Vapcell F38 laying around, so I tested with it (it has 10A CDR, so using a higher CDR battery may make the flashlight even brighter, as the battery is on the limit CDR when using turbo). [14th picture]

Battery Indicator: The flashlight has battery indicator on the Anduril UI by flashing the main light to the correspondent battery voltage and also a color battery indicator that can be toggled on the RGB AUX on the button.

Charging: This flashlight doesn't feature charging on the main body.

 

• Modes, Runtimes, Throw, Candela:

Modes: This flashlight features Anduril, so you have many brightness levels and modes to choose from, if you don't like the factory ones you can also configure the brightness level on Anduril and have the levels you want.

Turbo: The flashlight has a very powerful turbo with 1900 lumens on the 3500K variation, especially for a 95 CRI LED, but it gets hot Really fast, so be careful.

Moonlight: Moonlight is amazing, like other FireFlies I've tested, it reaches about 0.1 lumens, very dim and awesome for night time.

Blinkies: One of the coolest things about Anduril is it´s blinkies modes, I really love that “Candle mode” and the “Lightning”! You can choose from a wide variety of blinkies and even configure their brightness, have fun with it!

Advertised specs: This version with the FFL5009R 3500K emitter has a maximum of 1900 lumens on turbo. Unfortunately, FireFlies doesn't provide full information about all the brightness levels and Emitter options, it only provided information about the FFL5009R 5000K that was collected by 1Lumen.

Throw: FireFlies advertises this version (FFL5009R 3500K) having 190m of throw on the Turbo mode.

 

• Emitter, reflector and CRI:

Emitter: This L50 Sol has the domeless 6V FFL5009R 3500K (Rosy) emitter, it's a pretty good emitter with quad-die (similar to the SFT70), comparable to the loved Nichia 519A! The beam has a very beautiful rosy tint, even more rosy than my 519A 5000K Dedomed. I loved this emitter from FireFlies, it's floody but still has some throw to it. [15th and 16th Picture]

Lens: This flashlight has a special type of glass lens, it has a "frosted" glass, making the beam more uniform and eliminating artifacts, it loses some throw due to it.

Reflector/TIR: It has an Orange Peel (OP) reflector that makes the beam floody, but with a nice smooth hotspot that can throw light.

Beam profile: The beam shape is very floody with a smooth transition to the hotspot. [17th picture]
Left: Convoy S2+ - 519A 5000K DD
Right: L50 Sol - FFL5009R 3500K (Rosy)

CRI: The FFL5009R has crazy good CRI, reaching 95 Ra, comparable to high CRI monsters like the Nichia 519A and SFT40/70 3000K. The R9 value for this LED is insane, reaching 97!

 

• Beamshots Camera settings:

- 18mm lens 1" F8 ISO800

- (The trees at the back are at a distance of around 80m-90m as I was a little closer than previous beamshots)

[18th picture] – L50 Sol 3500K - G7 Level (1900lm - Turbo)

[19th picture] – L50 Sol 3500K - F6 Level

[20th picture] – L50 Sol 3500K - E5 Level

I always try to match what my eyes can see on the beamshots, so camera settings may vary.

 

• Driver and UI

Driver: The L50 Sol uses the Lume X1 Boost driver, a very respected driver that I already tested on other reviews and loved it. No flickering, just constant brightness on a very efficient driver.

UI: It uses Anduril 2 UI, I will not elaborate much on it, as it's a very customizable UI and it would extend much this review.

Low Voltage Warning: The battery indicator and the main light will also blink when the battery level is too low.

Reverse Polarity Protection: This flashlight has low voltage protection so you will not damage the flashlight easily by inserting the battery the wrong way.

Temperature Control: It has automatic real time temperature control, by default when it reaches 45°C (113°F) it will lower the brightness to prevent driver and LED damage. This can be changed on the Anduril UI, but be careful not to damage your flashlight by setting the stepdown temperature too high.

Lockout: It features electronic lockout on the Anduril 2 UI, by clicking the button 4 times the flashlight will lock and only moonlight will be available for use; and also, mechanical lockout by slightly untwisting the head.

 

A special thanks to Ivy and FireFlies for sending this flashlight for me to review!

*I am not being paid to do this review, everything here is my honest opinion.

Thank you for reading my review <3

 

This is the Wurkkos DL04, a jellyfish-shaped diving light rated with IP68 for 100m underwater, with RGB and neutral white (3000K) light and a 16340 800mAh battery with USB-C charging.

• My opinion:

 The flashlight is fun and not much expensive, it's main purpose is to be a signal light, though it can light up things near you and serve as a small lamp when it's dark. It seems decently water-proofed and the USB-C port being on the battery helps with that.

• Box contents [8th picture]

- DL04

- Lanyard

- Keychain carabiner

- 4x extra O-rings

- USB-C to C charging cable

- User manual

• Price

The DL04 is currently priced at $19.42 on the Wurkkos AliExpress Store and $16.99 on the Wurkkos Official Website.

• Body and build quality

Colors/Material Options: It's only available in aluminum alloy with a "Silvery" anodizing.

Material: The main body is made of an aluminum alloy and the diffuser it made of a hard thick matte plastic.

Main body: The main body is very simple and a solid piece, there aren't any button/holes on the main body other than where the diffuser screws on.

Threads: The main body threads are anodized and the flashlight will only turn ON if the light is fully tightened, the UI uses this feature to cycle between modes.

Tail stand and rolling: The flashlight can only tail stand, as the head is round. It rolls a lot as there are not any grooves on the main body to stop it.

AUX lights: The DL04 is kind of a really big AUX light. [9th and 10th picture]

Buttons: There are no buttons on the flashlight, the UI is fully controled by tightening the main body into the diffuser.

Battery contact: Contact is made with the battery by a gold-coated spring on the tail cap (main body) and a flat brass button on the driver.

Water Resistance: This flashlight has the IP68 rating with 100m of water resistance. To achieve this the flashlight has double O-rings on the thread, so if one of the O-rings fail, the other one will be there to hold the water outside.

Size Comparison: On the left is the Armytek ELF C1 USB-C, on the middle the DL04 and the Convoy S2+ on the right. [9th picture]

 

• Weight and size

Weight:

- With battery: 56.8g

- Without battery: 37.5g]

- Battery (Wurkkos 16340): 19.2

Size: 37.8mm (Dome diameter) / 23.4mm (tail diameter) x 64mm (total height)

 

• Battery, runtime, and charging

Battery: The DL04 is powered by a 16340 Wurkkos branded battery with 800mAh of capacity, it's a decent capacity for it's size. The battery has a USB-C port near the top of the flashlight, with a charging indicator on the top of the cell. [11th picture]

Battery Indicator: The flashlight will flash a color everytime it's turned ON to indicate the battery level as it follows:

Flashing color	Battery level
Green	100% - 60%
Yellow	60% - 30%
Red	< 30%

Charging: It has a USB-C charging port on the battery as I commented before, charging is kinda slow, as it only charges at 5V 0.4A taking about 2h30min to fully charge. The slow charging is probably to preserve the battery and prevent overheating on the small driver.

 

• Modes, Runtimes, Throw, Candela:

Modes: The DL04 has a total of 10 modes, them being: warm (3000K) white; green, red, orange, blue each one also having a flashing mode and RGB rainbow mode.

Mode	Brightness (lumens)	Runtime
Warm White (3000K)	9.5	14h50min
Green	5.4	30h43min
Red	1.9	30h
Orange	3.6	23h49min
Solid Blue	1.7	31h25min
Rainbow	-	26h
Flashing Green	-	58h31min
Flashing Red	-	57h25min
Flashing Orange	-	45h
Flashing Blue	-	60h

Throw: The flashlight is mainly for short range flood illumination, so it throws almost nothing, as it's pourpose is more of an indicator.

 

• Emitter, reflector and CRI:

Emitter: This flashlight uses the SK6812 emitter, it's a RGB + warm white emitter, usually used in LED strips for decoration.

Reflector/TIR: The DL04 has a dome diffuser that resembles a jellyfish when the flashlight is turned ON.

CRI: The CRI is standard 70 from what I could find about this LED.

 

• Driver and UI

Driver: Wurkkos does not say which driver it uses, but I did not see any PWM while testing it, so I assume it is a regulated driver.

UI: The UI is pretty simple, but as there are no buttons on this flashlight, it's kind of slow to cycle between modes. To cycle modes you must untwist the diffuser from the body to disconnect the driver and quickly tighten it again to make contact. If you do it fast enought the flashlight will turn ON in the next mode.

Low Voltage Warning: When the battery charge is too low and the light is turned ON, it will blink 3 times every 3 minutes to indicate the low voltage. If the voltage is too low the flasghlight will turn OFF automatically.

Temperature Control: The flashlight does not heat up in normal conditions, so I assume it does not have any kind of temperature control.

Lockout: Lockout is only present by unscrewing the diffuser from the main body, turning the flashlight off.

Blinkies: Every solid color has a flashing mode and the rainbow mode is also present.

 

A special thanks to Wurkkos for sending this flashlight for me to review!

*I am not being paid to do this review, everything here is my honest opinion.

Thank you for reading my review <3

 

This is the Convoy M21K, a "small" light cannon that will light up everything you want, this setup has the LHP73B 4000K with a 20A buck driver, USB-C charging and more!

• My opinion:

The M21K is a pretty useful, powerful and fun flashlight to have. I really recommend getting it with the LHP73B LED, I loved the 4000K tint! This flashlight is an absolute light cannon, it will light up everything pretty far with the 10A and 20A modes, even the normal modes are pretty bright. The moonlight is awesome for a light so big like this, very dim with similar brightness as other 1 lumen moonlights. I really doesn't have much to dislike on this flashlight, I really just hope it had AUX lights, especially for finding it in the dark, this could easily be made as the flashlight already has LEDs on the button to indicate the charging state.

• Pros:

- Super powerful (6000 to 8000 lumens)

- LHP73B LED has an awesome nice tint

- USB-C charging

- Stainless-steel bezel by default

- Great thermals

• Cons:

- No battery level light indicator

- No light to find it in the dark

- USB-C rubber cap gets in the way when trying to connect the cable

 

• Box contents [10th picture]

- M21K

- 21700 Battery (bought separately)

 

• Price

The M21K with LHP73B is currently priced at $34.12 in Convoy Official Website. The Amprius 50Q battery adds $6.01 to the order in the flashlight.

• Body and build quality

Colors/Material Options: The M21K is available in aluminum alloy with 4 anodizing colors: Black camo, Green camo, Blue camo (featured on this review) and standard black. This Blue camo is absolutely fantastic, the design is so cool!

Material: The main body is entirely made of an aluminum alloy, probably 6061-T6 or something similar, Convoy does not specify it.

Main body: It's full of knurling and grooves, this makes the flashlight have a nice and grippy body, and have better temperature dissipation.

Threads: All body threads are squared, the tail cap threads are anodized, this means this light has mechanical lockout by untwisting the tail cap a little bit, the head ones are not anodized.

Clip: The flashlight doesn't come with a clip, but a screw on clip can be installed on the holes on the tail cap.

Tail stand and rolling: The flashlight can both head and tail stand, it rolls a little, but the rolling is stopped by grooves on the head part.

AUX lights: The M21K has a red light in the button to indicate charging, but the light cannot be be used as an AUX to find the flashlight in the dark or other uses.

Buttons: It has a single e-switch to operate the flashlight, covered by a black rubber cap.

Battery contact: Contact is made with the battery by a flat button on the driver and a thick nickel plated spring on the tail, to support the 20A maximum current this light is rated.

Bezel: The bezel is made of stainless-steel and easily removable by unscrewing it to access the LED.

Water Resistance: The flashlight does not have an IP rating, but I consider most Convoy flashlight IP68. The M21K for example has O-rings on all threads including the lens and bezel.

Size Comparison: On the left is the Convoy M21A, on the middle the M21K and the FireFlies X4 Stellar on the right. [11th picture]

• Weight and size

Weight:

- M21K with battery: 284.5g

- M21K no battery: 215.1g

- Battery (Amprius 50Q): 69.4g

Size: 55.1mm (head diameter) / 31.0mm (tail diameter) x 141.7mm (height)

 

• Battery, runtime, and charging

Battery: The M21K is powered by a single 21700 cell, it must have at least 20A CDR, it only accepts flat top batteries, button tops doesn't fit inside the battery tube. Simon was kind and sent an Amprius 50Q for review with the flashlight, this is a tabless cell, so it has lower internal resistance and a longer lifespan than traditional tab cells. [12th picture]

Battery Indicator: You can access the voltage check by clicking 5 times the main button, the main light will blink and show the voltage. Unfortunately the red/green light on the button cannot be used as a battery indicator.

Charging: The flashlight has USB-C charging on the main body, it is protected by a rubber cover. Used USB-C cables with a thin connector, because the rubber cap can be on the way sometimes. The red light will turn ON while the battery is charging, when it's fully charged the light will be green. [13th and 14th picture]

 

• Modes, Runtimes, Throw, Candela:

Modes: The flashlight comes by default on the smooth ramping mode, where only moonlight, turbo 10A and turbo 20A are pre-set modes, by clicking 6 times on the main button you can go to stepped mode, where you have 4 pre-set modes to cycle from. I don't have the measurements for the exact lumen count of the modes, but comparing to other flashlights the first mode seems about 50 lumens, second mode around 500, third mode around 1000 and the fourth mode around 2000-3000.

Turbo: This flashlight has two turbo modes, the 10A mode is on the 4 modes cycle, and can also be accessed by double clicking the flashlight, it's very bright and actually takes some minutes to start heating up, and lasts around 2 minutes with around 2000-3000 lumens before a major stepdown. The 20A turbo is even brighter, Simon says theoretically it has 6000 to 8000 lumens of the LHP73B rated, but it gets hot REALLY fast, in just a few seconds you can fell the head becoming warm, that's why this mode is only acessible momentairly.

Moonlight: Moonlight is actually pretty good on a big flashlight like this, usually these big powerful ones have a super bright moonlight, but this one is similar to the 1 lumen moonlights of my other flashlights.

Blinkies: This light features "Strobe" mode by triple clicking the main button.

Throw: This flashlight has amazing throw while also having a large hotspot, this is due to the amount of lumens it push + the 3**°** TIR lens, I've tested it to throw at least 400-500m but couldn't get good beamshots of it.

 

• Emitter, reflector and CRI:

Emitter: This M21K setup has the LHP73B LED, the SFT-90 LED is also available, the emitter is way better than I expected, the tint is awesome! It's very creamy and has some rosyness to it, loved it. It is a pretty floody LED, but with the 3**°** TIR lens it throw a lot. [15th and 16th Picture]

Reflector/TIR: The M21K comes with a big 3**°** TIR.

Lens: There is a hardened AR (anti-reflexive) coated glass lens in front of the TIR.

Beam profile: The beam has a very concentrated hotspot, but still manages to have a lot of flood on the higher brightness settings, it has some artifacts if you go wall hunting. Picture taken at 2m away from the wall with 18mm lens [17th picture]

CRI: The LHP73B is standard 70 CRI as far as I know, but the color looks so good on this 4000K emitter that I belive it may have slightly better CRI and R9 levels than most emitters.

 

• Beamshots Camera settings:

- 18mm lens 1" F8 ISO800

- (The trees at the back are at a distance of around 100m)

[18th picture] – M21K LHP73B 4000K - 20A Turbo

[19th picture] – M21K LHP73B 4000K - 10A Turbo

[20th picture] – M21K LHP73B 4000K - 4th mode ("high")

I always try to match what my eyes can see on the beamshots, so camera settings may vary.

 

• Driver and UI

Driver: It uses a 20A Buck constant current driver, so you have around 60W of power on this little monster! The driver is pretty good, has powerful brightness modes and also a very good moonlight.

UI: The UI is pretty simple. A single click on the button turns it ON/OFF, double click goes to turbo, double click + hold goes to 20A turbo. Holding the button while ON will change brightness. Triple click goes to strobe. Quadruple click activates tactical mode (you can only access 20A turbo momentairely. Quintuple click goes to battery check. 6 clicks change between the smooth ramp brightness and stepped brightness.

Low Voltage Warning: When the battery voltage is too low, the flashlight main light will start blinking and the red button LED will turn ON.

Reverse Polarity Protection: The flashlight is protected against inserting the battery with the wrong polarity.

Temperature Control: This is a big flashlight with big heat dissipators, so it will sustain the higher modes for a better amount of time than most flashlights, except for the 20A mode thant will heat up fast like crazy. It has temperature control, so when the driver hits 55°C the light will start to dim down to prevent driver and LED damage.

Lockout: This flashlight features eletronic and mechanical lockout (by unscrewing the tail cap a little). To access eletronic lockout you must press the main button 10x, the main light will blink to indicate.

 

A special thanks to Simon and Convoy for sending this flashlight for me to review!

*I am not being paid to do this review, everything here is my honest opinion.

Thank you for reading my review <3

 

This is the Wurkkos HD04 flashlight, a small flashlight with rotating head, glow in the dark plastic body, high CRI flood 4000K emitter, throw cool white LED and RGB!

• My opinion:

The HD04 is a very fun and useful flashlight, I am glad this flashlight has useful features for a nice price, as some recent Wurkkos flashlights have disappointed me, the HD04 is not one of them. I could only suggest to use the SFT25R on the "throw" cool white emitter, as this would increase a lot the throw distance. 

• Pros:

- 4000K 90 CRI floodlight

- Buck driver

- Potted USB-C

- Smooth RGB ramp

• Cons:

- TIR can be scratched easily

- The black body almost doesn't glow in the dark

- Doesn't use a standard battery type (14500, 10440...)

 

• Box contents [8th picture]

- HD04

- Lanyard

- Keychain carabiner

- USB-C charging cable

- User Manual

 

• Price

The Wurkkos HD04 is currently priced at $25.99 on the Wurkkos Official Website

• Body and build quality

Colors/Material Options: The HD04 has an aluminum head with gray anodizing, it is available in 3 plastic colors: cyan, white and black (featured in this review)

Material: The head part is made is made of 6061-T6 aluminum, the main body is made of clear plastic.

Main body: The main body is entirely made of clear plastic, it's very smooth, with there only being a small knurling near the edges. The main body has a Glow in the dark feature, the plastic has a powder that glows in the dark when previous charged with luminous energy, like sunlight, it's not very bright though, the main reason is probably the black plastic.

Clip: The clip is also made of plastic and has rubber ends for better grip. It's obviously not as resistant as a metal clip, but the plastic one seems pretty resistant as it's pretty thick.

Tail stand and rolling: The flashlight has a rectangular box shape, so it will stand on almost every position, it does not roll.

AUX lights: It features a RGB light that functions as an AUX light and also a battery indicator when you press the button. The RGB light cannot be used "always ON" to find the flashlight in the dark, but the main body glows in the dark. [9th to 12th picture]

Rotating head: The flashlight head can rotate 180° horizontally and 95° vertically, this is good especially when you combine this with the magnetic tail, so that you can get light where you need without holding the flashlight with your hands.

Buttons: The HD04 has 2 buttons, both of them being e-switches with aluminum caps on top of it. One of them is to turn the flashlight ON/OFF and the other one for changing the illumination mode (Cool white, Warm flood white or RGB).

Bezel: This flashlight has no bezel, so be extra careful with scratches.

Water Resistance: It has IPX6 ingress rating, the water-proofing on the main body is made by a rubber gasket that goes around all the perimeter of the plastic body, the head hinge has o-rings to prevent water ingress. The main body can be easily accessed by removing the 4 screws on it.

Magnets: The tail of the flashlight has a big magnet, it can be easily removed by unscrewing the 4 screws on the main body. [13th and 14th picture]

Size comparison: Here is a size comparison, on the left it is the Armytek ELF C1, on the middle the Wurkkos HD04 and on the right the Convoy S2+ [15th to 16th picture]

• Weight and size

Weight:

HD04 total weight: 55.8g

Size: 34.0mm (length) x 24mm (width – biggest width with clip) x 71.0mm (height)

 

• Battery, runtime, and charging

Battery: The HD04 uses a single LiPo battery with 600mAh, the capacity is OK, not awesome, but also not bad. It does not use a easy to replace size as 14500 or 18650, but rather a more specific format. [17th pícture]

Battery Indicator: You can access battery indicator by clicking on the mode button while the flashlight is OFF. The RGB light will turn ON and indicate the battery level is it follows:

Color	Battery level
Green	100% - 75%
Flashing Green	75% - 50%
Red	50% - 25%
Flashing Red	< 25%

Charging: It has a potted USB-C port on the head at the opposite side of the LEDs, charging does not take too long, taking around 1h20min to 1h40min using a 5V1A power source. [18th picture]

 

• Modes, Runtimes, Throw, Candela:

Modes: The HD04 has 6 modes on the Cool white "throw" beam, 4 modes on the 4000K "flood" light and a smooth RGB ramp, the advertised specs are as it follows:

Cool White "Spotlight" light:

Mode	Brightness	Runtime
Turbo	750 - 260 lumens	1 min - 1h20min
High	375 - 260 - 150 lumens	5min - 35min - 150min
Medium	110 lumens	4h
Low	10 lumens	38h
Moonlight	1 lumen	86h

4000K "flood" light:

Mode	Brightness	Runtime
High	450 - 150 lumens	3min - 1h30min
Medium	100 lumens	2h50min
Low	10 lumens	29h
Moonlight	1 lumen	75h

Throw: The flashlight is rated to throw about 120m with the cool white beam, it actually is useable for like around 80m, SFT25R probably would make a much better throw on this flashlight, but 80m is acceptable.

 

• Emitter, reflector and CRI:

Emitter: The main cool white emitter is SST20 in 6500K, the 4000K emitter is not stated, but it is stated that it is 90 CRI. This SST20 6500K emitter has a little bit of green/yellow tint on lower brightness levels, on higher ones it gets more of the blue tint; the 4000K LED is good and neutral, has a little more of a yellow tint than my 4000K 519a flashlights, but it seems to be very good.

Lens: The flashlight does not have glass lens in front of the TIR.

Reflector/TIR: It has a smooth TIR on the cool white LED, a beaded TIR on the RGB light and a beaded/frosted TIR in front of the 4000K white.

Beam profile: The cool white beam has a defined hotspot with a smooth transition to a dimmer spill. The 4000K beam and RGB have a very floody beam, with the RGB having a lot of artifacts when pointing it to a wall from up close. [19th and 20th pictures]

CRI: The cool white emitter is standard CRI, but the 4000K flood emitter is claimed to be 90 CRI

• Driver and UI

Driver: The HD04 uses a constant current buck driver, so expect a constant output for almost all the runtime of this flashlight! Very good to see Wurkkos using regulated drivers on their flashlights. I didn't notice any PWM on my tests.

UI: The UI is pretty simple to use, one button is the "light button" and will turn the flashlight ON/OFF, and, if ON, holding it will cicle through the brightness levels, double click goes to turbo - double clicking again goes to moonlight, triple click (Cool white only) goes to strobe. The other button is the "mode button" it will access battery check if pressed when the flashlight is OFF, and, if ON, pressing it will cycle between: cool white - RGB - 4000K white.

Mode Memory: The flashlight will memorize the last mode, brightness setting and RGB color used, except "Turbo" or "moonlight".

Temperature Control: When the flashlight gets too hot, the output will be reduced to prevent driver and LED damage.

Lockout: Lockout can be accessed by holding both buttons at the same time until the main light flashes 2 times, same for unlocking. While locked the cool white low can be accessed momentarily by holding the light button (not the mode one).

Turbo: The cool white turbo has 750 lumens, a nice output for this tiny light. The 4000K has only 450 lumens, could be more, but this brightness is still good.

Moonlight: The moonlight modes are decent, 1 lumen is nice to have when needed, thought it seems to be a bit brighter than 1 lumen.

Blinkies: The cool white mode has strobe by triple clicking, and the RGB mode has solid color flashing, rainbow, red/blue flashing and slow rainbow fading, all accessed by double clicking while on RGB mode.

 

A special thanks to Wurkkos for sending this flashlight for me to review!

*I am not being paid to do this review, everything here is my honest opinion.

Thank you for reading my review <3

This is the Wuben X4 a multi-purpose EDC flashlight with a lot of features, side neutral white/RGB AUX, brightness ramp with a dimmer rotating switch, mode sliding selector, USB-C charging, tail magnet and more!

• My opinion:

The X4 has a lot of good features condensed in a single flashlight, in fact it has so many features that it confused me sometimes, the X4 is not perfect, as it tries to do everything in a small body, but it has many useful features that for those that like multi-feature flashlights will like, especially if you want to carry a single light for everything. In my opinion 4 cool white emitters on the main beam is too much, it could have a single throwy emitter like the SFT-25R and red/UV emitters to add more useful features to the package, or even add some warm/neutral LEDs to the main beam and let you select a throwy or floody beam on the main light, the side neutral white emitters are pretty good and have a nice tint, very good for doing up close work.

I think I would trade the rotating dimmer for more water resistante, as, for me, the dimmer is more of a gimmick than actually useful, as it will probably fill with dust in the future and makes the light less water resistant. The tail switch feels good to click, but it could be used to actually turn the flashlight ON instead of only momentary.

• Pros:

- Useful battery indicator

- 3 types of illumination options

- Nice tint on the side neutral white emitters

- Tail switch with easy and fast access to "Turbo" and "Strobe"

- Accepts protected/unprotected button-top/flat-top batteries

• Cons:

- TIR not protected by glass

- Mode slider selector turns the light OFF when changing modes

- Main cool white emitters have a slightly green tint]

- Dimmer is not much precise

- IP65 rating

 

• Box contents [8th to 9th pictures]

- X4

- 21700 Wuben protected Li-ion battery

- Wuben lanyard

- USB-C charging cable

- User manual

• Price

The Wuben X4 is currently priced at $49.99 in Wuben official store

• Body and build quality

Colors/Material Options: The X4 is available only in aluminum, with 3 anodizing colors: White (featured on this review), Grey and Black.

Material: The main body is entirely made of 6061-T6 aluminum alloy, with what I suppose to be standard type II anodizing.

Main body: The main body has a lot of smooth areas, there are some screws on the button side.

Clip: The clip does not have the strongest grip, but it will hold the flashlight well. The clip is held by 2 Allen screws on the main body.

Tail stand and rolling: The X4 can head/tail stand and does not roll.

AUX lights: It has RGB lights and 4000K white light as a side light, the light is very diffused. It's possible to adjust the brightness of the white light, but not of the RGB as it can only cycle between the 7 colors available and blinkies. The RGB light cannot be configured to be always ON and help to find the flashlight in the dark. [10th to 11th pictures]

Buttons: This flashlight features 4 buttons, one standard e-switch to turn the flashlight ON/OFF, one tail button for quick "tactical" access, one slider mode selector button, and, one of the highlights of this flashlight, the rotating button for changing brightness level/RGB color. The slider mode selector button is kind of annoying, because if you try to change modes when the flashlight is already ON, it will turn OFF the flashlight, also, the rotating brightness selector is not much precise and sometimes you need to move it a lot to start changing the brightness, this is helpful to prevent accidental changes on brightness though.

Battery contact: Contact is made with the battery by 2 gold-plated springs. I usually prefer springs for battery contact because they absorb impact if the flashlight is dropped and protect the driver/LED.

Bezel: The bezel is a little higher than the TIR lens to help prevent scratches.

Water Resistance: It has IP65 ingrees rating, this means that it can withstand jets of water, but cannot be submerged; the main water-proofing is made by a rubber gasket on the tail cap held by pressure of the tail cap lock, the bezel also has O-rings and also on the lens.

Magnets: The tail cap has a strong magnet to hold the flashlight horizontally and vertically. [12th picture]

Size comparison: FireFlies X4 Stellar (21700) on the left and Convoy S2+ (18650) on the right. [13th to 14th pictures]

 

• Weight and size

Weight:

-With battery: 141.4g

-Without battery: 91.7g

-Battery (Wuben 18650): 49.8g

Size: 34.1mm (length) x 26.4mm (width – with clip) x 96mm (height)

 

• Battery, runtime, and charging

Battery: The Wuben X4 comes with an 18650 Wuben branded battery ABE3400 with 3350mAh of capacity. The battery is protected as it is 69.0mm tall, around 4mm taller than usual 18650 batteries. Non-protected cells can also be used on this flashlight. [15th picture]

Battery Indicator: It features battery indicator on the side RGB LEDs! To access it you must select the side light or the main throw light on the mode slider selector and, with the light OFF, hold the main e-switch for 1 second. The RGB light will light up and represent the battery level as it follows:

Color	Battery Level
Solid Blue	≥ 90%
Flashing Blue	90% - 40%
Solid Red	40% - 15%
Flashing Red	≤ 15%

Charging: The X4 features USB-C charging on the main body, the USB-C port is hidden below the mode slider selector, to access it you need to slide the selector all the way to "moonlight", then the USB-C port will be accessible. It has an input of 5V 2.4A and is expect to fully charge the battery in 2.5h. The red RGB light will turn ON when the flashlight is charging, and when fully charged the blue light will be lit. The USB-C charging cable actually has the Wuben logo, which is not common for flashlights to come with the brand name on cable, as usually the cables are generic, this one at least has the brand name. [16th to 17th pictures]

 

• Modes, Runtimes, Throw, Candela:

Modes: The X4 main light has a smooth ramp, so the only pre-defined brightness levels are "Turbo" with 1500 lumens, and "Moonlight" with 5 lumens (Which is not an ideal moonlight in my opinion). The side white light has also a smooth ramp with "Turbo" having 100 lumens and "moonlight" 1 lumen. The RGB lights have a locked brightness at 10 lumens.

Turbo: This flashlight turbo has around 1500 lumens, very bright, gets hot fast thought, around 30 to 40 seconds before major stepdown.

Moonlight: Moonlight is also present on this flashlight, but it has around 5 lumens, which is too bright for a moonlight mode in my opinion. The moonlight is not bad, and has no PWM, but it's too bright.

Blinkies: It features some flashing modes, as tactical strobe on the main cool white light by triple clicking, red-blue/yellow/green flashing and also RGB flashing.

Advertised specs:

Main Cool white light (FL1 Standard)

Mode	Brightness level (lumens)	Runtime
Turbo	1500 lumens	40s - 3h
Moonlight	5 lumen	285h

*I noticed a stepdown at around 40 seconds of Turbo.

Side light (FL1 Standard)

Mode	Brightness level (lumens)	Runtime
Neutral White (Turbo)	100 lumens	8h
Neutral White (Moonlight)	1 lumen	720h
RGB	10 lumens	70h
RGB Blinkies	10 lumens	250h
Multi-color flashing	10 lumens	185h

Throw: The flashlight is tested to throw 205m on the FL1 standard, by my testing it could reach 100m but was not that bright, so I assume it could hit around 150m with the light still being useful, decent for an EDC flashlight with so many features.

 

• Emitter, reflector and CRI:

Emitter: Wuben, sadly, does not specified the emitters anywhere I could find, and I also couldn't recognize the LEDs. For the main cool white beam, it seems to use 4 of the same tiny LED, each with a type of TIR optic; they have some green tint, especially on lower levels, not the worst I've seen though, it's only slightly green; they are all turned ON at the same time, you cannot choose which turns ON. The neutral white lamp and RGB lights have a plastic diffuser in front of it, making them super floody. [18th Picture]

Lens: The TIR is not protected by glass lens.

Reflector/TIR: It has 4 TIR optics on the main white beam, one beaded for a floody beam, two being on the sides for a better flood illumination and one large clear TIR for throw.

Beam profile: The hotspot is not a perfect circle from up close if you go wall hunting (lol), but with some meters it appears more pleasant, the transition between the hotspot and the flood area is smooth. Around the flood circle there are artifacts only visible if you point it at a wall from up close. [19th picture]

CRI: All the LEDs seem to have standard CRI.

 

• Beamshots Camera settings:

- 35mm lens 1" F8 ISO800

- (The trees at the back are at a distance of around 100m)

[20th picture] - X4 - "Turbo" (1500 lumens)

I always try to match what my eyes can see on the beamshots, so camera settings may vary.

 

• Driver and UI

Driver: The driver is not stated anywhere, but certainly it is a regulated driver, as the LEDs have no PWM and I didn't notice output drop when the battery level dropped.

UI: The UI has a lot of buttons to press, the main e-switch is for turning the flashlight ON/OFF; the tail "tactical" switch goes to momentary turbo by clicking it, double-clicking it will go to strobe mode; the mode slider selector if for... well, selecting the mode you want, from top to bottom: moonlight - main cool white beam - side neutral white/RGB - lockout; and the rotating dimmer is for changing the brightness level.

Low Voltage Warning: Yes, the battery indicator will flash red when the battery charge is too low.

Reverse Polarity Protection: It features reverse polarity protection, so don’t worry if you insert the battery by the wrong side.

Temperature Control: The brightness output will drop significantly when the driver reaches a hot temperature around 55°C (131 **°**F).

Lockout: The light features lockout on the mode selector, the flashlight will not turn ON when the lockout mode is selected.

 

A special thanks to Telma and Wuben for sending this flashlight for me to review!

*I am not being paid to do this review, everything here is my honest opinion.

Thank you for reading my review ❤️

 

This is the Acebeam UC3A, a tiny flashlight powered by a single 10440/AA battery, with dual SST-36F 6500K LEDs, a flood AUX 5000K/RGB light, tail magnet and much more!

• My opinion:

The UC3A is a pretty fun flashlight for EDC, I think for it's size it could have used 14500/AA batteries, as this would add more than double the runtime, but 10440/AAAs are okay too. The main cool white LEDs are quite powerful, but the "high" mode can only last some seconds as the flashlight will heat very fast.

The side AUX light is pretty good to use as a tiny lamp when you need it, it's not super powerful, but enough for lighting up a small room in the dark. The RGB modes are cool and useful, but cycling them is not great in my opinion, including the "flashing" modes on the 2-click cycle made it take more time to get to the mode you want, I think it should have been hidden behind a 3-clicks maybe.

Overall it's a pretty nice flashlight, but it lacks some features I think would improve it, like battery indicator, glass in front of the TIRs, a more easy to cycle RGB UI, and, of course, a dimmer moonlight mode; it's on sale right now for almost $9 discount!

 

• Pros:

- Dual fuel feature (can accept 10440 cells and AAAs)

- The "High" modes of RGB are much brighter than advertised

- White Neutral AUX light can be useful

• Cons:

- Main LEDs Moonlight is too bright at around 4 lumens

- The AUX lights UI is a bit annoying

- No battery indicator

- The output with AAAs is much dimmer

 

• Box contents [9th picture]

- UC3A

- Acebeam 10440 Li-ion cell with USB-C charging

- Keychain ring

- Lanyard

- USB-C charging cable

- Instructions manual

 

• Price

The Acebeam UC3A is currently discounted and priced at $26.20 on the Acebeam official store. The normal price is $34.90.

 

• Body and build quality

Colors/Material Options: The UC3A is available in aluminum with 3 anodizing colors: Black, Olive Green and Orange. (This review features the orange version).

Material: The main body of the flashlight is made of aluminum alloy 6061-T6 hard anodized, type 2 anodizing.

Main body: The main body is very smooth; there is only knurling on the tail cap to make easier to unscrew it. The head is held on the body by 2 Allen screws.

Threads: The threads are trapezoidal and anodized; this means this light features mechanical lockout by untwisting a little the tail cap.

Clip: The clip is made of PVD black coated stainless-steel and already comes attached to the main body by 2 Allen screws on the opposite side of the buttons.

Tail stand and rolling: The UC3A can head/tail stand and does not roll easily.

AUX lights:  This flashlight features AUX lights on a diffuser tube located on one of the sides of the flashlight. This tube produces a very diffused and floody light that reaches 270°, serving as a small lamp. Apart from 4000K white light, you can access 3 main colors (red, green and blue) in solid or flashing mode, and also a police flash and rainbow mode. [10th to 12th pictures]

Buttons: The UC3A has 2 buttons, the top one turns ON the main SST36f LEDs, the lower one turns ON the AUX/flood light. If one of the lights is already ON, pressing the other button will override it and turn the other light ON.

Battery contact: Contact is made with the battery by one tiny gold-plated spring on the tail cap and a gold-plated button contact on the driver.

Bezel: The flashlight bezel is made of aluminum and anodized on the same color as the main body, the TIR lens are recessed only a little bit, so it’s prone to scratches.

Water Resistance: It has IP68 ingress rating, so it's resistant to water submersion around 2 meters for 30 minutes. It seems to be decently sealed, the bezel has 2 o-rings to prevent water ingress, the AUX diffuser has one O-ring and the tail cap also has a tiny O-ring; it seems to be decently sealed.

Magnets: The UC3A has a tiny magnet on the tail cap, which is strong enough to hold the flashlight horizontally or vertically on metal surfaces. [13th picture]

Size comparison: Manker E02 III on the left and UrFlamp E8 on the right. [14th picture]

 

• Weight and size

Weight:

-With battery: 62.0g

-Without battery: 53.2g

-Battery (Acebeam 10440): 9.0g

Size: 31.1mm (length) x 19.6mm (width – with clip) x 71.3mm (height)

 

• Battery, runtime, and charging

Battery: The UC3A is powered by a single 10440 Li-ion cell, it comes with a protected 10440 Acebeam Li-ion battery with 400mAh and USB-C charging! The capacity is not the best in the world, but good for 10440 batteries. This flashlight has the Dual Fuel feature, so you can use 10440 cells and also AAA batteries (Alkaline, NiMH…), the light does not reach the maximum brightness though, so it’s mainly for emergencies. I personally love dual fuel flashlights for the option to use other types of battery if your main one has no charge. [15th picture]

Battery Indicator: There is no battery indicator present on this flashlight, there is a charge indicator on the battery top.

Charging: There is no USB-C port on the flashlight body, instead the charging port is located on the 10440 cell. Charging is pretty quick as the battery is only rated for 400mAh.

 

• Modes, Runtimes, Throw, Candela:

Modes: The Acebeam UC3A has 4 modes on the main SST36f white light, them being: moonlight (4 lumens), low (80 lumens), medium (210-30 lumens) and high (900-400-90 lumens), and also features a strobe mode. The UC3A does not feature mode memory, and this bothered me a little, but I guess some people may like it this way.

Main Cool White LEDs advertised specs (FL1 Standard):

Cool White (Modes)	Brightness [Lumens]	Runtime [Hours-Minutes-Seconds]
High	900-400-90 lumens	15s-14min-26min
Medium	210-30 lumens	30min-1h
Low	80 lumens	1h50min
UltraLow	4 lumens	23h
Strobe	900-400-90 lumens	15s-25min-1h

The side AUX light has a lot of modes, all of them except of the red-blue flash and rainbow, have low and high modes: Neutral white, red, green and blue. The RGB colors have also a blinking mode.

Auxiliary LEDs Advertised specs (FL1 Standard):

*The High modes of the AUX lights seem way more bright than the 2 lumens/1 lumen advertised.

Neutral White (Modes)	Brightness [Lumens]	Runtime [Hours-Minutes-Seconds]
High	35 lumens	3h
Low	2 lumens	23h

Red (Modes)	Brightness [Lumens]	Runtime [Hours-Minutes-Seconds]
High	1	6h
Low	0.5	18h
Flashing High	1	17h
Flashing Low	0.5	53h

Green (Modes)	Brightness [Lumens]	Runtime [Hours-Minutes-Seconds]
High	2	6h
Low	1	18h
Flashing High	2	17h
Flashing Low	1	53h

Blue (Modes)	Brightness [Lumens]	Runtime [Hours-Minutes-Seconds]
High	1	6h
Low	0.5	18h
Flashing High	1	17h
Flashing Low	0.5	53h
Red-Blue flashing	-	23h
Rainbow	-	4h

Throw: The flashlight is not focused on throw and is mainly for EDC and close up work, it has around 85m maximum throw FL1 standard on the cool white LED, so it is pretty floody and will not throw far, but this is actually the purpose of this flashlight.

 

• Emitter, reflector and CRI:

Emitter: This flashlight uses 2x Luminus SST-36F 6500K LEDs for the main cool white light, I didn’t notice any green tint at all on it, it has that classic blueish tint of cool white LEDs though. The neutral white/AUX RGB emitters are not listed and I assume they are generic LEDs; the neutral white seems to be very clean 5000K, I didn’t notice any green or blue tint to it. [16th to 17th pictures]

Lens: The lenses are not made of glass, the TIR lens is directly in contact with the outside world.

Reflector/TIR: The TIR lenses on this flashlight make the beam slightly focused but still very floody, good for close/medium range uses.

Beam profile: The beam has a slightly focused hotspot with a nice amount of spill. [18th picture]

CRI: Standard 70 CRI for the cool white LED

 

• Beamshots Camera settings:

- 18mm lens 1" F8 ISO800

- (The trees at the back are at a distance of around 100m)

[19th picture] - UC3A - High (900 lumens)

[20th picture] - Flashlight off

I always try to match what my eyes can see on the beamshots, so camera settings may vary.

 

• Driver and UI

Driver: The driver type is not stated directly, but none of the lights has PWM, so I can assume it has a buck constant current driver. The output with AAA batteries is much dimmer, and when you cycle through modes sometimes it gives a brighter flash and dims down after.

UI: The UI is very simple to understand and use, each button turns ON a type of light, the top one is for the main cool white light, while the “RGB” button is for the neutral white lamp and the RGB AUX lights. If any of the modes is ON, clicking the button to access the other illumination type will override it.

For the main cool white light: One click on the top button to turn ON/OFF. Holding the button from OFF is the only way to access “moonlight”, holding the button from ON will cycle between “low” – “medium” – “high”. Double clicking will go to “high” instantly. Triple click will go to “Strobe”.

For the AUX light: One click on the top button to turn ON/OFF. Holding the “RGB” button will cycle between “low” – “high” on the color you have selected. Double clicking will swap the color following: “Neutral white” – “red” – “flashing red” - “green” - “flashing green” – “blue” – “flashing blue” - “Red/Blue flashing” – “Rainbow”. Holding the button while the light is OFF will access the “low” mode.

Mode Memory: The flashlight does not have mode memory, it will always turn ON in “medium” for the main cool white light, and “neutral white – high” for the RGB AUX.

Reverse Polarity Protection: The battery has low voltage protection on the protection circuit inside it.

Temperature Control: The flashlight will dim the light to a pre-defined brightness level if the temperature reaches hot temperatures. This is made to prevent LED and driver damage.

Lockout: It features lockout, to lock the flashlight you must hold the cool white light button for 3 seconds, the “moonlight” mode will turn ON, and this is normal. When locked, if you press the button the AUX light will blink red and green to indicate it’s locked. To unlock simply hold the same button for 3 seconds again.

Turbo: The “turbo” on this flashlight is simply the “high” mode with 900 lumens.

Moonlight: The moonlight mode is not the best in my opinion, as it has around 4 lumens, for me it’s too bright. I wish it had the 4 lumens mode on the normal cycle (4 lumens mode) – “Low” – “medium” – “high”, and the moonlight mode was dimmer, like 1 lumen or less.

Blinkies: This light has strobe mode on the main cool light, and some solid flashing colors, red/blue flash and rainbow mode.

 

A special thanks to Chris and Acebeam for sending this flashlight for me to review!

*I am not being paid to do this review, everything here is my honest opinion.

Thank you for reading my review ❤️

This is the Armytek ELF C1 USB-C in cool white with the "PCB" emitter. It has a nice tint in the cool white beam, USB-C charging, amazing moonlight mode, matte rubber-like anodizing, one of the highest water/impact resistances I've seen on a flashlight, lamp mode and much more!

This is a repost, because I didn't like the format of the previous review, so I went back to the old one with the "th picture" to help find the picture about an specific topic, and, for some reason, some pictures didn't got uploaded to the original post.

• My opinion:

This flashlight is really awesome and super high quality, I was surprised at how good the anodizing and built quality are. The LED is also pretty good and powerful, especially as it has a beautiful tint for a cool white LED. The moonlights modes are also pretty dim, making them perfect for using at night. One of the things that caught my attention the most was the extremely good resistance ratings this flashlight has, 10m underwater and 10m impacts is awesome resistance, as it's fully potted you don't have to worry much about damaging it.

I really don't have much to criticize on this flashlight, it's almost perfect on everything it does. It's one of the few flashlight I can recommend without hesitation, awesome flashlight.

• Pros:

- Awesome clean cool white (around 5700K)

- Great water and impact resistance (10m underwater and 10m drops)

- Fully internally potted components and USB-C port

- Battery indicator and state indicator (helps find it in the dark)

- Type III hard anodizing with a matte rubber-like texture

- Very high quality headband

• Cons:

- The flashlight holder on the headband seems fragile

- Memorizes moonlight modes*

 

• Box contents [10th picture]

- ELF C1

- Armytek Headband

- Stainless-steel clip

- USB-C charging cable

- Extra O-ring

- Warranty cards

- Instructions manual

 

• Price

Coupons:

- LMP15

The Armytek ELF C1 USB-C is currently priced at $55.00 on the Armytek official store.

• Special features (Lamp mode): The ELF C1 can operate in what they call “lamp mode”. It is essentially using the flashlight without a battery and connected to a power source. To access this mode, you only need to remove the battery and connect the USB-C cable with a powerbank or even a phone charger. On “Lamp mode” you can only access Firefly1, Firefly2 and Main1 (low). A useful feature, especially in emergencies, but not the feature I liked the most.

• Acessories: The headband is superb quality, no complaints on it, feels very high quality and durable and also has a nice design. The flashlight holder on the headband is made of plastic and I think it could be more resistant, it seems a little fragile, but holds the flashlight well. The stainless-steel clip is very sturdy and useful and is kinda deep carry.

• Body and build quality

Colors/Material Options: The ELF C1 is only available in aluminum with a black type III matte hard anodizing. The ELF C1 is available in cool and warm white. The version featured in the review is cool white.

Material: The main body is made of Aluminum, probably 6061 or 6063, Armytek does not specify it. The bezel is made of stainless-steel. The button and USB-C are covered by yellow rubber covers.

Main body: The main body is very clean, there is not much knurling because the anodizing is already matte and has a rubbery feel on the hands, this already makes it very grippy, even without knurling. The anodizing is so hard that it can file my nails a little when I try to scratch it. The only “Knurling” are 2 rings on the battery tube to secure the clip in place.

Threads: The threads are trapezoidal and anodized; this means this light features mechanical lockout by untwisting a little the tail cap. [11th picture]

Clip: The clip is made of stainless-steel and attaches to the battery tube very tight.

Tail stand and rolling: The ELF C1 can easily tail stand and also head stand as the LED is on the side. The flashlight does not roll much because it has some straight sides on the head, they serve to accommodate the clip better.

AUX lights: The main button has AUX lights under the yellow rubber cap, it’s not RGB, it can light up green, orange and red! The AUX lights serve to indicate the battery level, which is a must-have feature for most flashlights IMO, but it also can show a temperature warning if the flashlight is too hot. It also has a feature they call “state indicator”, in which the AUX LEDs will blink every 4 seconds, even when the flashlight is off, indicating the battery level and helping find the flashlight in the dark even if it’s not turned on. [12th picture]

Battery level indicator:

AUX (flashes)	Battery Level
Green (every 4s)	>25%
Orange (every 2s)	25%-10%
Red (every 1s)	<10%

Temperature indicator: Is also featured in this light and I explained it more on the "Temperature Control" section.

Water Resistance: It has IP68 ingress protection rating, a lot of flashlights have this rating, but the ELF C1 has a big difference, most flashlights are tested to be 1m or 2m underwater for 1 hour, the ELF C1 is tested to be in 10m submersion for 5h! This is absolutely AMAZING water resistance. The USB-C is covered by a yellow rubber cover, but it is also internally potted to prevent water ingress even without the rubber cap.

Impact Resistance: I usually don’t talk much about impact resistance, but this flashlight Is advertised to have all the components internally potted, and to resist 10m impacts! This is awesome impact resistance.

Buttons: The ELF C1 has a single e-switch that is covered by a yellow rubber button.

Battery contact: Contact is made with the battery by 2 gold plated springs, this makes the flashlight more resistant to impacts as the springs absorb the shock and prevent it from damaging the driver and battery. [13th picture]

Bezel: This flashlight has a smooth stainless-steel bezel, it is not easily removable and I could not get it open, apparently, it’s sealed to prevent water ingress and also to prevent opening it.

Magnets: It has strong magnets on the tail cap. [14th picture]

Size comparison: Manker E05 II on the left and Convoy S2+ on the right. [15th picture]

 

• Weight and size

Weight:

-With battery: 79.4g

-Without battery: 55.5g

-Battery (Armytek 18350): 24.0g

Size: 32.9mm (head diameter) / 24.3mm (tail diameter) x 78.7mm (height)

 

• Battery, runtime, and charging

Battery: The ELF C1 is powered by a single 18350 Li-ion cell, the package includes an Armytek branded cell with 900mAh, and they say it’s made by leading manufacturers (e.g. Samsung, Sanyo, Sony, Molicel…). Any 18350 can be used, just be sure it meets CDR requirements. [16th picture]

Battery Indicator: The flashlight features battery indicator on the main button AUX. It will blink every 2 seconds if the flashlight is ON, and you can enable a “always ON” battery indicator which blinks every 4 seconds when the flashlight is OFF, this is called by them “state indicator” and also helps to find the flashlight in the dark.

Charging: Charging is pretty easy on this flashlight as it features a potted USB-C port on the opposite side of where the LED is. A yellow rubber cap covers the USB-C, but it’s fully internally potted for maximum water ingress protection. [17th picture]

Low Voltage Warning: The AUX light will blink red when the battery voltage is too low, also the main white light will be flashing.

Reverse Polarity Protection: it features reverse polarity protection, so don’t worry if you insert the battery by the wrong side.

 

• Modes, Runtimes, Throw, Candela:

Modes: The ELF C1 has 6 brightness modes total. It has a FANTASTIC 0.11 lumen moonlight mode, I wish it was just a little bit dimmer, but it’s already pretty good, it also has a secondary moonlight mode with 2 lumens which is also nice. The turbo mode reaches around 1000 lumens and is very powerful.

The advertised mode specs are as follows:

Mode	Brightness (lumens)	Runtime
Turbo	1000-530 lumens	4min-52min
Main3 (High)	500 lumens	1h11min
Main2 (Medium)	220 lumens	3h
Main1 (low)	40 lumens	15h
Firefly2	2 lumens	192h (8 days)
Firefly1	0.11 lumen	1440h (60 days)

Throw: The flashlight is pretty focused on being a floody light, so the beam is very wide and the hotspot is very diffused, still it manages to throw a good 70-100m.

Mode Memory: The ELF C1 memorizes the last mode used, including “Firefly” modes and “Turbo”. I think it should not memorize “Firefly” because you already have a simple shortcut to it, by holding the main button when it’s OFF.

Turbo: Turbo mode reaches 1000 lumens for around 3 to 4 minutes before it heats too much and steps down to prevent driver and LED damage, they advertise after 4 minutes it still maintains 530 lumens. Very powerful for such a tiny light.

Moonlight: It has 2 moonlight modes that are called “Firefly1” and “Firefly2”. The first one is absolutely fantastic, it has around 0.11 lumen and lasts 60 days always ON, it’s pretty dim and awesome for not blinding yourself at night. The second firefly mode is also pretty good, I prefer the first one, but it’s also pretty nice to have more options.

Blinkies: It has no blinking mode, which is a good thing IMO, it’s a work light, not a tactical one.

 

• Emitter, reflector and CRI:

Emitter: The LED is pretty good, Its cool white, but has no blueish or greenish tint, just a clean cool white. It seems to be around 5700K, not the usual 6500K, also CRI looks to be better than most cool white flashlights I own. Armytek does not state which LED it’s used on the ELF C1, they call it “PCB” on their website. However, it’s been found by other enthusiasts that it actually uses the Samsung LH351D , probably in 5700K. It’s an awesome LED and a real upgrade from most brands that use way “worse” emitters with low CRI and blueish/greenish tint. Previous versions seem to have used the Cree XP-L emitter. [18th picture]

Lens: The TIR lens is covered by anti-reflexive coated hardened glass.

Reflector/TIR: It features a floody beaded TIR lens in front of the LED.

Beam profile: The beam is very floody and doesn't have a well defined hotspot, perfect for close up work. [19th picture]

CRI: The Samsung LH351D emitter in 5700K can be 70 or 80 CRI, which isn't the best CRI, but really better than most cool white low CRI LEDs most brands use.  

• Beamshots Camera settings:

- 18mm lens 1" F8 ISO800

- (The trees at the back are at a distance of around 100m)

[20th picture] - ELF C1 USB-C - "High" mode

The ELF C1 is not a throwy flashlight, it's for close work, so it's impressive that it can throw at around 100m.

I always try to match what my eyes can see on the beamshots, so camera settings may vary.

 

• Driver and UI

Driver: The driver is not stated anywhere I could find, but I’m sure it’s something pretty good as well. Probably a high-quality buck driver. It would not make sense to make a flashlight with this outstanding quality and use a bad driver.

UI: The UI is pretty straight forward. One click turns it ON/OFF. When it’s ON you can hold the button to cycle between the main modes (low, medium, high). From OFF if you hold the main button it will go to Firefly1 mode of 0.11 lumen, if you keep holding it will go to Firefly2 of 2 lumens, keep holding and it will go to the main modes. From ON or OFF double clicking will access “Turbo” with 1000 lumens.

Timer mode: You can also activate a timer to keep the flashlight ON for a determined amount of time, to do this unscrew the tailcap until the light turns OFF and while the flashlight is off, press the button and tighten the tailcap while keeping the button pressed until the main light starts flashing. After this you have 3 options to choose:

1 click - 2 minutes

2 clicks - 5 minutes

3+ clicks - 10 minutes

The flashlight will blink the amount of clicks you made to confirm the action. To disable this and go back to normal mode unscrew the tailcap until it disconnects while the flash-light is off, press the button, release it and screw in the tailcap.

State Indicator: The state indicator will blink every 4 seconds and indicate the battery level when the flashlight is OFF, helping you to find it in the dark. To active it ]unscrew the tailcap a little bit while the flashlight is off, press the button and keeping the button pressed, screw the tailcap back in. The flashlight memorizes that you enabled this mode.

Temperature Control: This flashlight features active real-time temperature control, few flashlights actually feature this, as it’s way more complicated and expensive to do than normal temperature control; the flashlight will always measure the temperature of the driver when it’s ON and it will dynamically adjust the brightness to prevent overheating. The flash will also indicate when the flashlight is getting too warm, around 58°C (136.4°F) by flashing the main button AUX in orange 3 times every 2 seconds, at critical levels it will flash red 3 times every second.

Lockout: The light features only mechanical lockout by untwisting the tail cap a little. There is no electronic lockout.

A special thanks to Anastasia and Armytek for sending this flashlight for me to review!

*I am not being paid to do this review, everything here is my honest opinion.

Thank you for reading my review ❤️

This is the Armytek ELF C1 USB-C in cool white with the "PCB" emitter. It has a nice clean cool white beam (with nice CRI), USB-C charging, amazing moonlight mode and Turbo, matte grippy anodizing, amazing water and impact resistance, lamp mode and much more!

• My opinion:

This flashlight is really awesome and super high quality, I was surprised at how good the anodizing and built quality are. The LED is also pretty good and powerful, especially as it has good CRI (90 CRI and 50 R9) and a beautiful tint for a cool white LED. The moonlights modes are also pretty dim, making them perfect for using at night. One of the things that caught my attention the most was the extremely good resistance ratings this flashlight has, 10m underwater and 10m impacts is awesome resistance, as it's fully potted you don't have to worry much about damaging it.

I really don't have much to criticize on this flashlight, it's almost perfect on everything it does. It's one of the few flashlight I can recommend without hesitation, awesome flashlight. Congrats Armytek!

• Pros:

- Awesome clean cool white (5700K and nice CRI)

- Super water and impact resistance (10m underwater and 10m drops)

- Fully internally potted components and USB-C

- Battery indicator and state indicator (helps find it in the dark)

- Very resistant type III matte anodizing

- Very high quality headband

• Cons:

- The flashlight holder on the headband seems fragile

- Memorizes moonlight modes*

 

• Box contents

- ELF C1

- Headband

- Stainless-steel clip

- USB-C charging cable

- Extra O-ring

- Warranty card

- Instructions manual

 

• Price

Coupons: “LMP15”

The Armytek ELF C1 USB-C is currently priced at $55.00 on the Armytek official store.

 

• Special features (Lamp mode): The ELF C1 can operate in what they call “lamp mode”. It is essentially using the flashlight without a battery and connected to a power source. To access this mode, you only need to remove the battery and connect the USB-C cable with a powerbank or even a phone charger. On “Lamp mode” you can only access Firefly1, Firefly2 and Main1 (low). A useful feature, especially in emergencies, but not the feature I liked the most.

• Acessories: The headband is superb quality, no complaints on it, feels very high quality and durable and also has a nice design. The flashlight holder on the headband is made of plastic and I think it could be more resistant, it seems a little fragile, but holds the flashlight well. The stainless-steel clip is very sturdy and useful and is kinda deep carry.

• Body and build quality

Colors/Material Options: The ELF C1 is only available in aluminum with a black type III matte hard anodizing. The ELF C1 is available in cool and warm white. The version featured in the review is cool white.

Material: The main body is made of Aluminum, probably 6061 or 6063, Armytek does not specify it. The bezel is made of stainless-steel. The button and USB-C are covered by yellow rubber covers.

Main body: The main body is very clean, there is not much knurling because the anodizing is already matte and has a rubbery feel on the hands, this already makes it very grippy, even without knurling. The anodizing is so hard that it can file my nails a little when I try to scratch it. The only “Knurling” are 2 rings on the battery tube to secure the clip in place.

Threads: The threads are trapezoidal and anodized; this means this light features mechanical lockout by untwisting a little the tail cap.

Clip: The clip is made of stainless-steel and attaches to the battery tube very tight.

Tail stand and rolling: The ELF C1 can easily tail stand and also head stand as the LED is on the side. The flashlight does not roll much because it has some straight sides on the head, they serve to accommodate the clip better.

AUX lights: The main button has AUX lights under the yellow rubber cap, it’s not RGB, it can light up green, orange and red! The AUX lights serve to indicate the battery level, which is a must-have feature for most flashlights IMO, but it also can show a temperature warning if the flashlight is too hot. It also has a feature they call “state indicator”, in which the AUX LEDs will blink every 4 seconds, even when the flashlight is off, indicating the battery level and helping find the flashlight in the dark even if it’s not turned on.

Battery level indicator:

AUX (flashes)	Battery Level
Green (every 4s)	>25%
Orange (every 2s)	25%-10%
Red (every 1s)	<10%

Temperature indicator: Is also featured in this light and I explained it more on the "Temperature Control" section.

Water Resistance: It has IP68 ingress protection rating, a lot of flashlights have this rating, but the ELF C1 has a big difference, most flashlights are tested to be 1m or 2m underwater for 1 hour, the ELF C1 is tested to be in 10m submersion for 5h! This is absolutely AMAZING water resistance. The USB-C is covered by a yellow rubber cover, but it is also internally potted to prevent water ingress even without the rubber cap.

Impact Resistance: I usually don’t talk much about impact resistance, but this flashlight Is advertised to have all the components internally potted, and to resist 10m impacts! This is awesome impact resistance.

Buttons: The ELF C1 has a single e-switch that is covered by a yellow rubber button.

Battery contact: Contact is made with the battery by 2 gold plated springs, this makes the flashlight more resistant to impacts as the springs absorb the shock and prevent it from damaging the driver and battery.

Bezel: This flashlight has a smooth stainless-steel bezel, it is not easily removable and I could not get it open, apparently, it’s sealed to prevent water ingress and also to prevent opening it.

Magnets: It has strong magnets on the tail cap.

Size comparison: Manker E05 II on the left and Convoy S2+ on the right.

 

• Weight and size

Weight:

-With battery: 79.4g

-Without battery: 55.5g

-Battery (Armytek 18350): 24.0g

Size: 32.9mm (head diameter) / 24.3mm (tail diameter) x 78.7mm (height)

 

• Battery, runtime, and charging

Battery: The ELF C1 is powered by a single 18350 Li-ion cell, the package includes an Armytek branded cell with 900mAh, and they say it’s made by leading manufacturers (e.g. Samsung, Sanyo, Sony, Molicel…). Any 18350 can be used, just be sure it meets CDR requirements.

Battery Indicator: The flashlight features battery indicator on the main button AUX. It will blink every 2 seconds if the flashlight is ON, and you can enable a “always ON” battery indicator which blinks every 4 seconds when the flashlight is OFF, this is called by them “state indicator” and also helps to find the flashlight in the dark.

Charging: Charging is pretty easy on this flashlight as it features a potted USB-C port on the opposite side of where the LED is. A yellow rubber cap covers the USB-C, but it’s fully internally potted for maximum water ingress protection.

Low Voltage Warning: The AUX light will blink red when the battery voltage is too low, also the main white light will be flashing.

Reverse Polarity Protection: it features reverse polarity protection, so don’t worry if you insert the battery by the wrong side.

 

• Modes, Runtimes, Throw, Candela:

Modes: The ELF C1 has 6 brightness modes total. It has a FANTASTIC 0.11 lumen moonlight mode, I wish it was just a little bit dimmer, but it’s already pretty good, it also has a secondary moonlight mode with 2 lumens which is also nice. The turbo mode reaches around 1000 lumens and is very powerful.

The advertised mode specs are as follows:

Mode	Brightness (lumens)	Runtime
Turbo	1000-530 lumens	4min-52min
Main3 (High)	500 lumens	1h11min
Main2 (Medium)	220 lumens	3h
Main1 (low)	40 lumens	15h
Firefly2	2 lumens	192h (8 days)
Firefly1	0.11 lumen	1440h (60 days)

Throw: The flashlight is pretty focused on being a floody light, so the beam is very wide and the hotspot is very diffused, still it manages to throw a good 70-100m.

Mode Memory: The ELF C1 memorizes the last mode used, including “Firefly” modes and “Turbo”. I think it should not memorize “Firefly” because you already have a simple shortcut to it, by holding the main button when it’s OFF.

Turbo: Turbo mode reaches 1000 lumens for around 3 to 4 minutes before it heats too much and steps down to prevent driver and LED damage, they advertise after 4 minutes it still maintains 530 lumens. Very powerful for such a tiny light.

Moonlight: It has 2 moonlight modes that are called “Firefly1” and “Firefly2”. The first one is absolutely fantastic, it has around 0.11 lumen and lasts 60 days always ON, it’s pretty dim and awesome for not blinding yourself at night. The second firefly mode is also pretty good, I prefer the first one, but it’s also pretty nice to have more options.

Blinkies: It has no blinking mode, which is a good thing IMO, it’s a work light, not a tactical one.

 

• Emitter, reflector and CRI:

Emitter: The LED is pretty good, Its cool white, but has no blueish or greenish tint, a very clean cool white. It seems to be around 5700K and not 6500K and CRI looks also very good. Armytek does not state which LED it’s used on the ELF C1, they call it “PCB” on their website. However, it’s been found by other enthusiasts that it actually uses the Samsung LH351D 5700K! It’s an awesome LED and a real upgrade from most brands that use way “worse” emitters with low CRI and blueish/greenish tint. Previous versions seem to have used the Cree XP-L emitter.

Lens: The TIR lens is covered by anti-reflexive coated hardened glass.

Reflector/TIR: It features a floody beaded TIR lens in front of the LED.

Beam profile: The beam is very floody and doesn't have a well defined hotspot, perfect for close up work.

CRI: The Samsung LH351D emitter in 5700K has 90 CRI and 50 R9 rating.

 

• Beamshots Camera settings:

- 18mm lens 1" F8 ISO800

- (The trees at the back are at a distance of around 100m)

The ELF C1 is not a throwy flashlight, it's for close work, so it's impressive that it can throw at around 100m.

I always try to match what my eyes can see on the beamshots, so camera settings may vary.

 

• Driver and UI

Driver: The driver is not stated anywhere I could find, but I’m sure it’s something pretty good as well. Probably a high-quality buck driver. It would not make sense to make a flashlight with this outstanding quality and use a bad driver.

UI: The UI is pretty straight forward. One click turns it ON/OFF. When it’s ON you can hold the button to cycle between the main modes (low, medium, high). From OFF if you hold the main button it will go to Firefly1 mode of 0.11 lumen, if you keep holding it will go to Firefly2 of 2 lumens, keep holding and it will go to the main modes. From ON or OFF double clicking will access “Turbo” with 1000 lumens.

Timer mode: You can also activate a timer to keep the flashlight ON for a determined amount of time, to do this unscrew the tailcap until the light turns OFF and while the flashlight is off, press the button and tighten the tailcap while keeping the button pressed until the main light starts flashing. After this you have 3 options to choose:

1 click - 2 minutes

2 clicks - 5 minutes

3+ clicks - 10 minutes

The flashlight will blink the amount of clicks you made to confirm the action. To disable this and go back to normal mode unscrew the tailcap until it disconnects while the flash-light is off, press the button, release it and screw in the tailcap.

State Indicator: The state indicator will blink every 4 seconds and indicate the battery level when the flashlight is OFF, helping you to find it in the dark. To active it ]unscrew the tailcap a little bit while the flashlight is off, press the button and keeping the button pressed, screw the tailcap back in. The flashlight memorizes that you enabled this mode.

Temperature Control: This flashlight features active real-time temperature control, few flashlights actually feature this, as it’s way more complicated and expensive to do than normal temperature control; the flashlight will always measure the temperature of the driver when it’s ON and it will dynamically adjust the brightness to prevent overheating. The flash will also indicate when the flashlight is getting too warm, around 58°C (136.4°F) by flashing the main button AUX in orange 3 times every 2 seconds, at critical levels it will flash red 3 times every second.

Lockout: The light features only mechanical lockout by untwisting the tail cap a little. There is no electronic lockout.

 

 

A special thanks to Anastasia and Armytek for sending this flashlight for me to review!

*I am not being paid to do this review, everything here is my honest opinion.

Thank you for reading my review ❤️

This is the UrFlamp E8 keychain flashlight in “Glacier blue”! A powerful tiny flashlight with 800 lumens, USB-C charging, RGB LEDs under the main button and more!

• My opinion:

The E8 is a good keychain flashlight, it’s very bright with 800 lumens on turbo, and easy to use, has the lockout feature, USB-C charging for convenience and RGB for fun. The USB-C is potted and it has IP65 ingress protection rating. The battery has a decent capacity with 400mAh, the RGB colors on the main button are fun and very bright, I wish they also served as AUX lights and it were possible to set them to be always ON very dim. The high mode could be brighter, I think 200 or 300 lumens would be better than the 130 lumens it delivers on high.

 

• Pros:

- Turbo mode reach 800 lumens (for 30 seconds)

- The Glacier Blue color is pretty nice and has texture

- RGB light is bright

- Decent battery capacity

- Tiny and easy to use

• Cons:

- High mode could be brighter (only 130lumens)

- Clip is not much strong

- IP65

 

• Box contents [8th picture]

- E8

- Stainless-steel clip

- Keychain ring

- Charging cable

- Instructions manual

 

• Price

The UrFlamp E8 Glacier blue is priced at $23.99 on the UrFlamp official website. The White version is $21.99 and the black version is $19.99

 

• Body and build quality

Colors/Material Options: It’s only available in aluminum, probably 6061, but it’s not stated, and there are 3 anodizing color options: Black, White and Glacier Blue (shown on this review).

Material: The entire flashlight body is made of aluminum with a nice cyan/blue anodizing, the main button is made of clear plastic, the clip and keychain ring are made of stainless-steel.

Main body: The main body is entirely texturized with these ice-like cracks, you can feel them with your finger, this gives It a special look and a nicer grip. The button is also texturized and has concentric ring shapes so your finger doesn’t slip too easily.

Clip: The clip is not the strongest because of its design, but the flashlight is also not heavy, so the clip slips off if there is too much movement. [9th picture]

Tail stand and rolling: The flashlight can tail stand, but the tail area of contact is small, so it can fall easily. It has a squared shape so it does not roll.

AUX lights: The are RGB AUX lights on the flashlight beneath the main button, they are pretty strong for a tiny flashlight like this and, also serve as a battery indicator and you can also turn the ON with one of the 7 colors it has: Red, orange, yellow, purple, cyan, blue, green. They don’t stay lit to help find the flashlight in the dark. [10th picture]

Buttons: The E8 features a single e-switch on the top part of the flashlight, the button is made of clear plastic and it has RGB LEDs under it.

Bezel: The flashlight has a tiny thin bezel in front of the lens to protect it from scratches.

Water Resistance: It has the IP65 ingress protection rating with the USB-C being potted, the website says IP68 and the manual IP65, but I believe IP65 is the correct one, as usually tiny flashlights like this one have lower water resistance. The USB-C is covered by a metal slider which you need to slide for accessing the USB-C, it does not protect from water, just from dust.

Here is a comparison with 2 flashlights of similar size, on the left the Manker E02 III and on the right the Sofirn SE1. [11th and 12th picture]

 

• Weight and size

Weight: 26.1g (battery included)

Size: 53.8mm x 22mm x 13mm

 

• Battery, runtime, and charging

Battery: The E8 a battery with 400mAh, a nice battery for such a small flashlight. It’s not stated which type of battery is uses, I believe it to be Li-ion.

Battery Indicator: The LEDs under the main button will flash for 5 seconds each time the flashlight is turned on and indicate the battery charge as it follows:

Battery level	Light
90-100%	Solid Green
40-90%	Flashing Green
15-40%	Solid Red
<15%	Flashing Red

Charging: The E8 features USB-C charging on the main body, it is protected against dust from an aluminum slider cover, and protected from water by being internally potted to prevent water ingress inside the flashlight. It doesn’t take long to charge as the battery is not high capacity, it takes around 1 hour. When charging the AUX LED will be lit red, when the charge is over it will light up green. [13th to 14th picture]

 

• Emitter, reflector and CRI:

Emitter: The SE1 uses 2 OSRAM P8 LEDs they produce incredible 800 lumens, but it steps down very quickly, it’s a very uncommon LED but I actually liked it, it’s very powerful in a tiny flashlight like the E8 and has almost no green tint, producing a clean white beam. [15th Picture]

Lens: The lens is made of glass and seem to have an anti-reflexive coating.

Reflector/TIR: This light uses 2 tiny reflectors, I think they are probably made of plastic, but I couldn’t tell.

Beam profile: The beam is not the cleanest, there are some visible artifacts around the hotspot and, depending on the distance you are using it, it’s possible to see the 2 hotspots. Not my favorite beam, but also not much bad. [16th picture]

CRI: The LEDs have standard 70 CRI.

 

• Modes, Runtimes, Throw, Candela:

Modes: The SE1 has 4 white light main modes and 3 RGB modes. The “low” mode is advertised to have 1 lumen, but I think it actually looks brighter, so not an ideal moonlight-like mode. The Turbo mode Is actually quite impressive, with 800 lumens! It steps down very quickly, around after 30 seconds.

Advertised specifications:

Modes	Brightness (lumens)	Runtime
Turbo	800-200 lumens	35s+54min
High	130 lumens	90min
Medium	50 lumens	4h
Low	1 lumen	50h
RGB	20 lumens	3h

Throw: The throw is actually decent for this tiny little guy, 100m ANSI/NEMA FL1 with 2503cd. It actually doesn’t get usable this far, but still decent.

 

• Beamshots Camera settings:

- 24mm lens 2" F8 ISO400 WB: daylight (5200K)

There was some fog on the day I made the beamshoots, sorry for that.

[17th picture] - E8 6500K - Turbo (800 lumens) mode

I always try to match what my eyes can see on the beamshots, so camera settings may vary.

 

• Driver and UI

Driver: The driver is not specified, but from what I´ve tested it seems to be a good driver, probably buck. I did not see PWM on any mode by testing.

UI: The UI is very simple and good for a keychain flashlight.

From OFF:

-1 click turns it ON, another click turns it OFF, holding the main button cycles between low-medium-high, double click goes to turbo

-double click goes to turbo, another single click turns it OFF.

-Holding the button lights up the RGB light, holding the button again will cycle between the colors, double click makes the RGB light enter blinking mode.

-Triple click goes to the “police strobe”

-Quadruple click locks the light.

 

Low Voltage Warning: It has low voltage warning; the light will blink and turn off.

Thermal Regulation: The flashlight will dim down the brightness when the flashlight gets too hot.

Lockout: The E8 features lockout, a very important feature for a keychain light. To lock the flashlight, you must quadruple click the main button, same to exit lockout mode.

Turbo: The Turbo is quite impressive on this flashlight, 800 lumens is powerful for a keychain flashlight, as expected it doesn’t last long and steps down quickly.

Moonlight: This flashlight has not a specific “moonlight” mode, but the “low” mode is said to be 1 lumen, I actually believe it’s brighter than 1 lumen, but it’s not that bad. A dimmer mode would be better though.

Mode memory: The flashlight memorizes the last white light mode used, except “Turbo”. The RGB color is also memorized.

Blinkies: This flashlight features the police red and blue strobe and RGB blinking.

 

A special thanks to UrFlamp for sending this flashlight for me to review!

*I am not being paid to do this review, everything here is my honest opinion.

Thank you for reading my review <3

This is the Sofirn SE1, a new tiny flashlight made by Sofirn. It has 300 lumens, 395nm, a little RGB ring light, magnet on the bottom and charging with a USB-C potted port.

 

• My opinion:

The SE1 is not a bad flashlight, I think it had a lot of wasted potential. The white light could be brighter and have more options of tint/CRI, the UV should be 365nm as the 395m UV it has is almost useless for most people. The battery should have a higher capacity and the RGB modes more mode options, as I said in the review, it could have a feature where it’s always ON in a very dim setting to help you find the flashlight in the dark. I wished it worked like the Anduril AUX lights, on which you can almost fully control them. The USB-C being potted and water resistant without a rubber cover is a great improvement I hope more Sofirn flashlights receive, also the accessories it comes with are kind of cool, but really only the plastic clip and the keychain ring are useful for me, the other ones are just gimmicks. The SE1 is not a bad light, I think the general public may like it, but from an enthusiast point of view it could be MUCH better.

Also, I disapprove a flashlight brand not stating which LEDs and components they use, this can be used to make a flashlight with bad components and hope the consumers don’t notice it.

 

• Pros:

- Potted USB-C port

- Tiny and light

- Magnetic bottom

- Useful plastic clip

• Cons:

- PWM on the “moonlight” mode

- The RGB ring light is very limited

- Unknown LEDs

- Non replaceable battery

- low-capacity battery

- No other CCT or CRI options

 

• Box contents [9th picture]

- SE1

- Magnetic plastic clip

- Wristband

- Charging cable

- Keychain ring

- Beaded chain

- Instructions manual

 

• Price

Edit 1: New Aliexpress coupon available: SE1NEW AliExpress coupon: SE1NEW1

The standard kit (shown in this review) is currently priced at $19.77 and only the flashlight $22.36 on Sofirn AliExpress official store. On the Sofirn official website the standard kit is $16.99 and only the flashlight is $12.99.

• Body and build quality

Colors/Material Options: Sofirn SE1 is available in Aluminum with 3 colors: Blue (shown in this review), orange and silver gray. A copper SE1 was also available for limited time.

Material: The SE1 is made of 6061 aluminum and has a slightly matte anodizing. The magnetic clip is made of plastic and has rubber ends to have a better grip when clipped on, wristband is made of an elastic material.

Main body: The main body is pretty simple and compact, a magnet is located on the opposite side of where the button is, a potted USB-C port is located on one of the sides and the lens and LEDs are located by its side.

Tail stand and rolling: The flashlight can stand on all sides, and does not roll as it has a box-like shape.

AUX lights (RGB mode): The main button has a light ring around it. There are only 4 modes to choose from: The “rainbow” mode; solid red; “breathing” in which the colors alternate by dimming down and a police red and blue flashing. It would be so much better if it was possible to choose a color to be lit very dim when not using the flashlight, just like Anduril AUX lights, because the way it is on the SE1 makes it not be practical, maybe you can have fun with it, but I don’t see it being much useful. The ring light also serves a battery indicator every time the light is turned ON, this is a good feature to have on any flashlight! [10th and 11th picture]

Buttons: There is a single button on the flashlight, it is an e-switch, it can be easily clicked by accident so it’s recommended to lock the flashlight when not using it.

Magnet: The magnet is strong to hold the flashlight easily on metal surfaces. [12th to 14th pictures]

Water Resistance: The flashlight has IPX5 water ingress rating! The USB-C has no rubber cap, the USB-C is internally potted to prevent water ingress, a very low water ingress protection rating.

Here is a size comparison with the Convoy S2+ on the left and the Manker E02 III on the right. [15th picture]

Accessories: Plastic magnetic clip, it feels kinda solid and has rubber on the ends to grip better [16th picture] and wristband with plastic clip [17th picture]

 

• Weight and size

Weight: 21.2g

Size: 30mm x 30mm x 14mm

 

• Battery, runtime, and charging

Battery: The battery is not replaceable and is only 140mAh, the capacity could be better, 140mAh is a very small capacity, especially when lights of a similar size and cost have double or triple this capacity. Usually, the batteries on these non-replaceable tiny flashlights are not Li-ion, to extend the battery life, but Sofirn has not stated which type of battery the SE1 uses.

Battery Indicator: The SE1 has a battery indicator light around the main button! The battery indicator will flash every time the flashlight is turned ON, it works as it follows:

 

RGB ring color	Battery level
Solid green	75-100%
Blinking green	50-75%
Solid red	25-50%
Blinking red	<25%

Charging: This flashlight features USB-C charging on the main body, as I stated before, the USB-C port is potted and there is no rubber cover on the USB-C, so be careful with dust. It charges really fast, but this is due to the battery being low capacity. When the flashlight is charging the RGB light around the button will be lit red, when charging is over it will light up green.

 

• Modes, Runtimes, Throw, Candela:

Modes: The SE1 features 3 types of light, the main white light, UV 395nm and the RGB ring light. The white light has 4 brightness levels: moonlight (2 lumens), low (15 lumens), medium (75 lumens) and high (300-75 lumens). The UV light has a single brightness level with 120mW. The RGB ring light has 4 modes, but the power is not stated; the ring light is not super bright.

Mode	Power	Runtime
High	300-75lumens	1min-41min
Medium	75lumens	44min
Low	15lumens	3h35min
Moonlight	2lumens	10h24min
UV light	120mW	33min

*The RGB ring runtime is not specified

Throw: The white light is advertised to reach at high mode 76m. There is a defined hotspot on the white light, so it can manage to throw light at small distances.

 

• Emitter, reflector and CRI:

Emitter: So… Sofirn does not state which LEDs the SE1 uses, that’s a very bad move in my opinion, as it could have any LED. The main white light is cool white and I can confidently say it’s low CRI because some colors look odd with this light. The UV is not stated too, but they say it’s 395nm, so it’s not “real UV”, it will not make fluorescent things glow nearly as good as 365nm and I think there is no use for it other than curing resin. The RGB ring light is also not stated which LED it is, but it’s RGB and seems alright, no complaints with this one other than the lighting modes being very limited. [18th Picture]

Lens: There seems to be no glass in front of the TIR, it seems like the TIR plastic to me.

Reflector/TIR: The white and UV lights are under a tiny TIR lens; the white light has a throwy TIR and makes a defined hotspot; the UV light has a totally floody beaded TIR.

Beam profile: The white light is floody but still has a slightly defined hotspot. The UV light is totally floody. [19th picture]

CRI: The flashlight seems to have low CRI.

 

• Beamshots Camera settings:

- 24mm lens 2" F8 ISO400 WB: daylight (5200K)

[20th picture] - SE1 (high) 300lumens

The tress at the back are around 50m away - It is kind of bright for a tiny flashlight, but this is due to it having a tiny hotspot.

I always try to match what my eyes can see on the beamshots, so camera settings may vary.

• Driver and UI

Driver: The driver is also not stated, so I assume it to be a FET. Also, I noticed PWM on the “moonlight” mode with my camera, I didn’t notice PWM on other modes.

UI: The UI is very simple, from OFF:

- one click turns ON the white light, another click turns it OFF, holding the button will cycle between the modes.

- double click turns ON UV, another click to turn OFF.

- holding the button will turn on the RGB ring light, another click turns it OFF, double click cycles between the 4 RGB modes: “Rainbow”, solid red, “breathing” and police flashing.

Low Voltage Warning: The flashlight will blink and turn off when the battery voltage is too low.

Reverse Polarity Protection: -

Thermal Regulation: The flashlight dims down ON turbo after it gets hot, this is to prevent driver and LED damage.

Lockout: One of the most important features of these tiny flashlights is the lockout feature. This flashlight has lockout and it’s very easy to access it: triple click goes to lockout, the white light will blink 2 times to indicate it’s locked, triple click again to unlock it.

Turbo: The flashlight “Turbo” is actually the high mode with 300 lumens, it does not have a shortcut to access it, so you have to cycle through all the modes to get to it.

Moonlight: This flashlight features moonlight mode with 2 lumens, but I think it’s too bright, in my opinion moonlight modes should be 1 lumen or less. It also has PWM on the moonlight mode.

Blinkies: The only blinking mode on this flashlight are the RGB ring “breathing” and the police flashing.

A special thanks to Sofirn for sending this flashlight for me to review!

*I am not being paid to do this review, everything here is my honest opinion.

Thank you for reading my review <3

Look how tiny and cute this 18350 is!

I've been liking a lot this flashlight so far. The LED is cool white, but has a beautiful tint! It has a nice matte anodizing, it feels kind of like rubber.

I will test it and soon post a review of it.

This is the FireFlyLite X4 Stellar, an Anduril 2 flashlight with all the main enthusiast features you would want! A fantastic flashlight with many features done almost perfect. This one has 4 FFL351A LEDs in 5000K with 95 overall CRI and 90 R9, it comes with a Lume X1 Boost driver, USB-C charging with the best designed USB-C cover I’ve ever seen, AUX LEDs, tail magnet and much more!

• My opinion:

The X4 Stellar is really an almost perfect flashlight in my opinion, especially for enthusiasts. It has almost every single feature you would expect on a good flashlight, and it does every single one of them almost perfectly! One of the features that caught my attention the most was the USB-C charging port. It is the most awesome I have ever seen, the magnetic USB-C cover is easy to open and it closes automatically when you remove the charging cable, it doesn’t make the flashlight more water resistant though, but the USB-C port is already internally potted to prevent water ingress. The AUX LEDs are pretty good, but I wish they were brighter on the high brightness setting. This is a flashlight I can recommend without fear to you, if you don’t care for paying a bit more than budget flashlights.

I have to confess it was also hard to find things I disliked on this flashlight, the main ones being the lack of a more throwy TIR on the box, the X4Q 15-degree clear TIR lens would pack a punch on this thing; and the beaded TIR are very hard to swap, because the suction cup doesn’t work to remove them, it took me some time to swap the TIR the first time.

 

• Pros:

- Almost perfect “moonlight” mode

- FFL351A LED is pretty high CRI (95 CRI, 90 R9) and has a beautiful tint

- USB-C fully potted and water resistant

- USB-C magnetic cap is very convenient

- Button AUX is independent to the TIR AUX

- Efficient Lume X1 Boost driver

- Very customizable

 

• Cons:

- No throwy clear TIR option out of the box

- AUX LEDs could be brighter on high setting

- Beaded TIR is a little hard to swap

**- ***Turbo steps down fast, but this is expected on a high CRI high power flashlight like this

• Box contents [10th picture]

- X4 Stellar

- Extra 15-degree TIR lens

- Stainless-steel clip

- Stainless-steel lanyard ring

- Lanyard

- Extra O-rings

- Instructions manual

 

• Price

The X4 Stellar (2025 version) is currently $67.00 on the FireFlyOutoor official website! (not an affiliate link)

 

• Body and build quality

Colors/Material Options: This X4 Stellar is the “Timber Green” version, but it’s also available in “Navy Blue”, “Ember Red” and “Matte Black” on the Aluminum version. It’s also available in Titanium and Copper.

Material: The main body is made of 6063 Aluminum, it’s more resistant to corrosion and impact and more durable than the more common 6061 alloy. The bezel is made of stainless-steel with a smooth and shiny black “Multi-coated Black Diamond PVD” coating! The clip and lanyard ring are made of regular stainless-steel.

Main body: The battery tube has big squared shaped knurling with round edges, a more aggressive knurling than usual on flashlights, but it gives a nice grip to the flashlight. The head part has big heatsink “holes” for better heat dissipation, there are two bulges, one where e-switch is, the other where the USB-C port is. The tail cap is very simple, it can be unscrewed and a magnet is inside, on the threads a lanyard ring or a clip can be installed.

Threads: The head threads are squared; the tail cap threads are trapezoidal. Both are anodized.

Clip: The clip seems to be a new version, my X4Q Comet came with the original version, which is the one on the X4 Stellar pictures on the Fireflies website, but mine came with the 2-way clip, which I think is a little better than the original one.

Tail stand and rolling: The flashlight tail stand easily and is very stable because the tail cap Is solid and flat. It doesn’t roll much on a desk because the button and USB-C port bulges prevent rolling a lot, a clip or lanyard ring can be installed to prevent it even more.

AUX lights: The X4 Stellar has amazing AUX lights, they are RGB and you can control their brightness level and turn it off or into blinking mode. The AUX lights are located on the TIR lens and on the main button, the TIR ones are RGB and you can customize them, the button one is a fixed color and will also light up red when charging, mine came with a cyan AUX light on the button. It’s separate from the TIR ones, other than the X4Q which had a shared LED color with the TIR LEDs, this means the X4 Stellar button AUX will remain ON even if the flashlight is turned on, unlike the X4Q which turns off together with the TIR AUX. The AUX brightness mode is shared, so the button will be off if you turn the AUX off, low if you set the AUX to low brightness, and so on. [11th picture]

AUX Light comparision: The one at the back is the X4 Stellar, and the front one is the X4Q Comet [12th picture]

Buttons: The button is the same as most FireFlies flashlights, the nice e-switch covered by a stainless-steel black smooth PVD coated button! The X4 Stellar comes by default with the normal non-raised ring, which is actually slightly raised above the button, but not enough to prevent most accidental activations. The raised ring comes by default on the X4Q Comet, and you can also order it separately or ask for it to be installed for free when placing an order at FireFlies.

Bezel: The X4 Stellae bezel is an EDC type bezel, no protruding ends on it, only really small round cuts around the bezel. It’s made of stainless-steel and has the same nice smooth black PVD coating as the button.

Battery contact: Contact is made with the battery by 2 nice springs, one on the head driver, the other on the tail cap. Both of them are Beryllium-copper springs silver plated for better electrical conductivity.

Water Resistance: It has IPX8 ingress resistance rating! I have to say, the X4 Stellar looks even more water resistance than the X4Q, especially on the bezel/lens part, it has 4 O-rings on there.

Size Comparison: Here is a size comparison with the Wurkkos TS26 on the left and the FireFlyLite X4Q Comet on the right. [13th picture]
As you can see the X4 Stellar is smaller than the TS26, almost the same size of the X4Q Comet, and it features USB-C charging, this adds a bulge on the opposite side of where the button is though.

 

• Weight and size

Weight:

**-**Without battery: 100.8g

-With battery (Molicel P50B): 170.9g

-Molicel P50B: 70.0g

Size: 107.1mm (length) x 36.2mm (head diameter - on button) x 27.5mm (tail diameter)

 

• Battery, runtime, and charging

Battery: The X4 Stellar is powered by a single 21700 battery, it has a 40W maximum power, so it is recommended to use a battery that has at least 15amp CDR; I used the Molicel P50B on the tests. 18650 cells can also be used, as long as they have a compatible CDR, I recommend getting an adapter to avoid the 18650 from rattling inside the tube if you do so. [14th picture]

Battery Indicator: It features battery indicator, both the Anduril blinkie mode “battery check” and the colored battery indicator from the AUX LEDs! Pretty nice. I think a good battery indicator is essential on every flashlight.

Charging: X4 Stellar features USB-C charging, and it’s one of the best I have ever seen on a flashlight! The charging is rated to 10W maximum for fast speed charging if needed; if the cell is below 3V it will start the charging with 100mA only, to preserve the battery and guarantee a good life span; also, when the battery is almost fully charged it will charge it very slowly for the same reason. If the flashlight is charging for more than 10 hours it will automatically stop the charging to avoid damage to the flashlight. The main button AUX LED will light up red when charging and will turn itself OFF when the charge is complete, it will also start blinking if the battery is inserted incorrectly. [15th picture]
The USB-C port it internally potted to prevent water ingress and the outside USB-C cover is magnetic and goes in to place automatically when you remove the charging cable, this prevents dust and other debris from going into the USB-C! One of the best designs I’ve ever seen!

 

• Modes, Runtimes, Throw, Candela:

Modes: This flashlight features Anduril, so you have many brightness levels and modes to choose from. These are the factory settings my flashlight came with (estimating the brightness by comparing to other flashlights I have): A1 is the “moonlight” mode, it has very close to 0.1 lumens, the B2 mode seems to have around 10 to 15 lumens, other modes will be increasing the brightness level until it reach the maximum of 2800 lumens (5000K version).
I will not enter into more detail on it because Anduril has a ton of options and it would extend much the review.

Throw: The 30-degree lens it comes with is pretty floddy, the 15-degree TIR too, but a little more throwy. With the standard 30-degree TIR it can achieve up to 265m as advertised by FireFlyOutdoor. I think this flashlight should have also come with a clear 15-degree TIR the X4Q comes with, because both lens the X4 Stellar comes with are pretty floody.

 

• Emitter, reflector and CRI:

Emitter: This X4 comes with the FFL351A high CRI LED in 5000K, it’s an emitter especially made for FireFlyLite! It’s available in several CCTs, but the main ones available on the X4 Stellar page are 1800K, 2700K, 3700K, 4000K and 5000K. All versions are high CRI (95 CRI). The lower the CCT less lumens it will generate. The SFT25r LED is also available with 4000 lumens. [16th Picture]

Lens: It comes with a glass lens double AR coated and it’s advertised to be 98% transmittance.

Reflector/TIR: It comes pre-installed with the 30-degree beaded TIR, and an extra 15-degree beaded TIR is also included on the box. Both options are pretty floody, I think it should have a clear 15-degree option on the box like the X4Q Comet for a more throwy option.

Beam profile: The beam profile with both TIR lens Is very floody and homogeneous, no artifacts or donut holes, nothing. The hotspot is more defined on the 15-degree but still blends very smoothly with the outer spill. [17th picture]

CRI: All main FFL351A LED main options offered on the X4 Stellar page are 95 CRI with most of them being above 90 R9.

 

• Beamshots Camera settings:

- 24mm lens 2" F8 ISO400 WB: daylight (5200K)

There was some fog on the day I made the beamshoots, sorry for that.

[18th picture] - X4 Stellar 5000K - Turbo (2800 luemens) mode

[19th picture] - X4 Stellar 5000K - G7 mode

[20th picture] - X4 Stellar 5000K - F6 mode

- The trees at the back are around 100m distance, I could measure with more precise tools so now I have a more precise distance.

I always try to match what my eyes can see on the beamshots, so camera settings may vary.

 

• Driver and UI

Driver: The X4 Stellar comes with the Lume X1 40W constant current “Boost” driver! This driver is very efficient and high power for a tiny flashlight like this. I see no major downsides with the driver and it’s a pretty good driver.

UI: As I mentioned before, this flashlight has the Anduril 2 UI, so you have A LOT of options and customization to make, have fun! It uses a single e-switch to control the entire flashlight and customize to your liking!

Low Voltage Warning: Yes. Both from the battery indicator and the main light will also blink when the battery level is too low.

Reverse Polarity Protection: Yes, the flashlight is protected against reverse polarity, so inserting the battery the wrong way will not fry the flashlight so easily.

Thermal Regulation: The X4 Stellar has active automatic thermal regulation of the Anduril 2 UI, a pretty efficient and safe thermal regulation.
*The thermal regulation can be configured, so be careful to not mess with the thermals.

Lockout: It features electronic lockout on the Anduril 2 UI, by clicking the button 4 times the flashlight will lock and only moonlight will be available for use; and also, mechanical lockout by slightly untwisting the head.

Turbo: The Turbo mode has 2800 lumens on the FFL531A 5000K version of the X4 Stellar, it’s pretty powerful and, of course, produces a lot of heat, especially as it is high CRI, so it doesn’t maintain for too long and the flashlight will become hot fast as expected. Mine lasted 30 seconds until I noticed a stepdown. You can configure the thermal regulation to allow more time on turbo, but be careful as you can reduce the life span of the LEDs and even damage the electronics if you don’t do it correctly.

Moonlight: The moonlight mode on this bad boy is also nearly perfect, constant very low, close to 0.1 lumens output and no flickering or PWM. The FireFlyLite moonlight is currently the best moonlight I have tested so far, so if you like moonlight modes, or “Fireflies” modes like me, this flashlight is perfect for this purpose.

Blinkies: One of the coolest things about Anduril is it´s blinkies modes, I really love that “Candle mode” and the “Lightning”! You can choose from a wide variety of blinkies and even configure their brightness, have fun with it!

A special thanks to Ivy from FireFlyOutdoor for sending this flashlight for me to review!

*I am not being paid to do this review, everything here is my honest opinion.

Thank you for reading my review <3