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My overall impression is positive.

The body is typical for this brand: fairly simple, but well-made. The button takes a little getting used to, as it’s best to press it at a right angle and with noticeable force. The rotation control is surprisingly convenient in this case, but I’d like the rotation feel to be better, since right now it’s a bit “scratchy” (after lubricating it, it became almost perfect).

The modes are a real treat, since there are 4 of them and they’re just right.

I thought I’d have to swap it out right away(emittes), but the light for a cold lowCRI setup is quite decent—no terrible tint/shifts and a comfortable beam. A bold hotspot and sufficient flood. The look of the optics is a real treat.

In terms of brightness, it doesn’t reach for the stars (at least in turbo mode), but it’s definitely not dim (about two kilolumens)

In conclusion, even by today’s standards, it’s a decent flashlight, and when you consider that it’s over 10 years old, it’s clear that in its day, it was a pinnacle of flashlight design.

A pleasant milestone in history that doesn’t feel archaic at all.

This turned out to be a really interesting product. With Wurkkos flashlights, I often don’t like the light or the UI, but this time everything is great. Obviously, the brightness isn’t very high, and if you toss it into deep water, you risk not being able to find it. I’m not a diver; I just occasionally go swimming with flashlights. This flashlight works great as a beacon, both on your clothes and on the shore, and it also works well as a night light. Good job, wurkkos kos.

But I don’t quite understand why it uses a 16340 battery instead of an 18350.

Honestly, for me, it’s seriously the best one right now.

USB-C, compact, decent light (swapped to 519 3000 K), top-notch UI and modes. The only thing I don’t really like is that it flashes once when you press it from a lower to a higher setting.

I haven’t used it for the last month because I thought I’d broken it. But it turned out I just needed to clean the contacts)0

This is just a comparison of a few of my high-powered stock/swapped flashlights. The beam shots were taken under identical conditions with all camera settings locked, with a difference of about 3 minutes between shots without re-activating turbo mode. Most flashlights can probably maintain a higher brightness level, but this is how they perform under these settings. On Anduril flashlights, the thermal cutoff is set at ~55°C.

So, the first one is the Starfish X85, and it’s my brightest flashlight. It might look pretty dim in the second column, but it definitely maintains the highest brightness. And it has a nice color temperature and light tint. Love it.

Lumintop Mach4695 SFT40 (4×3000K+2×5000K+2×6500K). It has good light on high modes, but the driver lacks regulation and efficiency, which spoils the experience.

Sofirn Q8+ lhp531 5700K. This is exactly how it should have been out of the box. Excellent beam and brightness, but no active cooling and a relatively small battery.

Sofirn Q8PRO lml5050sq3 (2×3000K+2×6000K). It has a fairly narrow beam with a nice tint, which, despite relatively low overall brightness, allows it to shine for a long time over a considerable distance.

Nightwatch LW55. I was just curious to see how it would stack up against the big boys. It’s a good flashlight.

A friend helped me order this from Taobao. Including shipping, it came to about $150. It features a 30A buck driver and a FET turbo. The 7*LHP73B provides a nice neutral light. I have a few, as I thought, bright lights of this type, but this is on a whole other level. It’s noticeably bigger and significantly brighter. There’s no moonlight mode or dimming here. The lowest mode here is about the same as an FC11C))0. The fan turns on and off by pressing the button 9 times. First impressions are good.

It looks really nice. It feels pretty good, too. But the light and UI aren't perfect. Plus, the batteries are proprietary. Mixed feelings.

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