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Review: Skilhunt H200 - an all-purpose right-angle headlamp with white and red in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

@solrize It's easy, and the pocket clip can remain installed as long as it's oriented toward the front of the mount.

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Review: Skilhunt H200 - an all-purpose right-angle headlamp with white and red (social.goodanser.com)
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Review: Skilhunt H200 - an all-purpose right-angle headlamp with white and red

The Skilhunt H200 is a midsize right-angle flashlight and headlamp with two white LEDs and one red, powered by an 18650 size Li-ion rechargeable battery recharged internally with a USB-magnetic cable. The right-angle light is perhaps the most versatile category of flashlight since it can be used as a handheld flashlight, a headlamp, clipped to gear or clothing, or attached to surfaces with its magnetic tailcap. Someone who wants one flashlight for all use cases will be well served by a light like this, as long as none of those use cases involves illuminating things much past 100m.

#flashlight #flashlights #EDC #EveryDayCarry #headlamp #headlamps @flashlight

https://zakreviews.com/skilhunt-h200.html

Review: Convoy 14500 Shipping Light - the best value in flashlights today in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

@Onomatopoeia @flashlight

I don't have an affiliate link for Convoy. If you buy batteries from them, you'll probably get lights like this one due to shipping regulations. https://convoylight.com/collections/14500

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Review: Convoy 14500 Shipping Light - the best value in flashlights today (social.goodanser.com)
 

Review: Convoy 14500 Shipping Light - the best value in flashlights today

The Convoy 14500 Shipping Light is included free of charge with the purchase of a 14500 battery from Convoy. It's a great value - one might even say an infinite value.

https://zakreviews.com/convoy-shipping-light.html

#flashlight #flashlights #EDC #EveryDayCarry @flashlight

Emitter swap: Luminus SFT40 4000K high-CRI into a Skilhunt M200 v3 in c/[email protected]
Emitter swap: Luminus SFT40 4000K high-CRI into a Skilhunt M200 v3 in c/[email protected]
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Emitter swap: Luminus SFT40 4000K high-CRI into a Skilhunt M200 v3 (social.goodanser.com)
 

Emitter swap: Luminus SFT40 4000K high-CRI into a Skilhunt M200 v3

Kaidomain sold a handful of these LEDs last fall and I made the mistake of buying only two. Rumor has it they were engineering samples, and may never be produced in large quantities.

Unlike the 3000K model, efficiency is not much worse than the low-CRI SFT40. I see 1400 lumens from this flashlight, and 250m throw. The increased throw over the original 519A is most welcome. Color rendering index is 92, and R9 (deep red rendering) is 71, which are a bit lower than the 3000K. That's probably responsible for the higher efficiency.

I noticed a broken bond wire after I took this picture. I'm glad it has extras.

#flashlight #flashlights #EDC #EveryDayCarry @flashlight

Arbitrary List of Popular Flashlights - Spring Equinox 2025 Edition in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

@ArcaneSlime @flashlight

A Wizard Pro is a good option if you like that style. Skilhunt has a couple that cost a little less. They're on the list.

Arbitrary List of Popular Flashlights - Spring Equinox 2025 Edition in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Not many changes this time around.

NU25UL becomes NU25 MCT UL
Removed Catapult Pro (price increased)
Added DW3AA
Added Pineapple Mini II

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Arbitrary List of Popular Flashlights - Spring Equinox 2025 Edition (social.goodanser.com)
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Arbitrary List of Popular Flashlights - Spring Equinox 2025 Edition

Happy Spring Equinox!

In honor of Spring Equinox, I've made an updated list of popular flashlights. It's alawys a good day for another flashlight, and I have some good candidates here.

#flashlight #flashlights #EveryDayCarry @flashlight

https://zakreviews.com/arbitrary-list.html

Review: Sofirn SC13 - a budget EDC light with great color quality and USB-C charging in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

@solrize I would definitely enjoy it more with Anduril. That's not to everyone's taste of course, but I think manufacturers would do well to base their simple UIs on the FSM codebase for its otherwise mature feature set (thermal management and such).

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Review: Sofirn SC13 - a budget EDC light with great color quality and USB-C charging (social.goodanser.com)
 

Review: Sofirn SC13 - a budget EDC light with great color quality and USB-C charging

The Sofirn SC13 is a very inexpensive pocket flashlight powered by an 18350 size rechargeable battery with a USB-C port on the flashlight body for charging and a magnetic tailcap for hands-free use.

#flashlight #flashlights #EDC #EveryDayCarry @flashlight
https://zakreviews.com/sofirn-sc13.html

NLD: red in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

@solrize There's not much heat from the Convoy. I can hold the lens against my skin with it on in the highest mode for many seconds with no discomfort. It pulls about 2A at the tail, so about 8W of electricity, which would definitely result in discomfort at contact distance with a white LED.

I do find pointing it straight into my eyes uncomfortable.

NLD: red in c/[email protected]
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NLD: red (social.goodanser.com)
 

NLD: red

After reading the post from @solrize regarding potential benefits of far-red light on cellular respiration, I bought a Convoy S2+ with the 660nm Luminus SST-20. It's red. Very red.

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The Vapcell N40 18650 battery has impressive capacity (social.goodanser.com)
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The Vapcell N40 18650 battery has impressive capacity

I tested this N40 I bought from Convoy at 1A on the Opus and got 3901 mAh. I expected a bit less since advertised capacity is usually at very low current, so I am pleased with this result.

#flashlight #flashlights #battery #batteries #18650 @flashlight

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Review: Skilhunt EC200S (warm) - a compact 18650 EDC light with two color temperatures and USB-C (social.goodanser.com)
 

Review: Skilhunt EC200S (warm) - a compact 18650 EDC light with two color temperatures and USB-C

https://zakreviews.com/skilhunt-ec200s-warm.html

#flashlight #flashlights #EDC #EveryDayCarry #review @flashlight

Arbitrary List of Popular Flashlights - Winter Solstice 2024 Edition in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

@solrize The TS10 is already on the list, in the enthusiast section. I think that's the right place for it because it trips USB-charging 14500s, doesn't have onboard charging, doesn't take AA, throttles hard on max, and uses Anduril. I don't have a hard set of criteria for it, but that's a lot of non-mainstream traits in one light. My SP10 Pro runs on Eneloops, and it's one of the highest output lights I've seen on 1xAA with 403 lumens and good regulation.

The SC13A is mentioned as a variant of the SC13. Currently, it's priced quite a bit higher, which diminishes one of the most compelling things about the SC13.

I'll think about something from the DL25 series. I see there's a version with deep red now, and there's some merit to that.

Added HD10, enthusiast section for now. The USB charging might get it moved to mainstream later.

Noted about the Tube.

I'm not adding a 3xAAA headlamp with a bad UI no matter how cheap it is.

I'm hoping they'll do a bit work work on the TS10 Max. I believe a buck driver was part of the original plan.

Arbitrary List of Popular Flashlights - Winter Solstice 2024 Edition in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

@vladmech I can endorse that plan!

Arbitrary List of Popular Flashlights - Winter Solstice 2024 Edition in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

@SubArcticTundra Those can be used as headlamps, handheld, and for most of them, magnetic work lights.
@flashlight

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Arbitrary List of Popular Flashlights - Winter Solstice 2024 Edition (social.goodanser.com)
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Arbitrary List of Popular Flashlights - Winter Solstice 2024 Edition

In honor of Winter Solstice, I've made an updated list of popular flashlights. Today is the day you're most likely to need a flashlight in the northern hemisphere, and I have some good candidates here.

#flashlight #flashlights #EDC #EveryDayCarry @flashlight

https://zakreviews.com/arbitrary-list.html

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Flashlight review: The Sofirn IF24 offers two white light sources and a colorful one, USB-C charging, and an 18650 battery. (social.goodanser.com)
 

Flashlight review: The Sofirn IF24 offers two white light sources and a colorful one, USB-C charging, and an 18650 battery.

https://zakreviews.com/sofirn-if24.html

#flashlight #flashlights #EDC #EveryDayCarry #review #ProductReview #FlashlightReview @flashlight

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There's a new highest-capacity 14500 battery, but it falls a bit short of advertised. (social.goodanser.com)
 

There's a new highest-capacity 14500 battery, but it falls a bit short of advertised.

#flashlight #flashlights #battery #batteries #14500 #vapcell @flashlight

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Arbitrary List of Popular Lights - Fall Equinox 2024 Edition (social.goodanser.com)
 

Arbitrary List of Popular Lights - Fall Equinox 2024 Edition

https://zakreviews.com/arbitrary-list.html

#flashlight #flashlights #EDC #EveryDayCarry #headlamp #headlamps @flashlight

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