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This is the Convoy M21A flashlight, it’s a throwy flashlight powered by a 21700 cell, has the SFT70 3000K LED, a constant current “boost” driver, orange peel reflector, and more!

I added some accessories that you can buy separately: 20mm Blue LED switch, white translucent silicone button, green glow in the dark lens O-ring and stainless-steel bezel.

• My opinion:

This flashlight is on my favorites list, it’s a simple flashlight, but it has a lot of features done very well. The M21A is a pretty solid flashlight with an awesome design, with the SFT70 3000K it's pretty bright, having around 2000 lumens, it's throwy and has a lot of spill. The body quality and machining are very good, it has a efficient driver for most LEDs and you have a lot of options of LED to choose from! I just wish it had a proper battery indicator and a dimmer "moonlight" mode. It's not easy to find a flashlight with so many of those features done well for the price Convoy sells this, it's really a bang for your buck.

The upgrades I said earlier really improve the M21A, the stainless-steel bezel, LED switch and GITD o-ring for the lens are really an upgrade for the flashlight.

• Pros:

- Very good quality for the price

- A lot of LED options to choose

- Easy to disassemble and modify

Specific to this setup (SFT70 3000K):

- Efficient “boost” driver

- Absolute awesome tint and really high CRI

- Very powerful for a high CRI LED

 

• Cons:

- No external battery indicator

Specific to this setup (SFT70 3000K):

- No real moonlight mode (The 0.1% has around 5 lumens from what I could see)

- The SFT70 3000K can handle 8A max, but the driver only has 5A and, currently, there is no other driver option for the SFT70, so less maximum output.

• Box contents [10th picture]

- M21A

- Lanyard

 

• Price

Currently the price of the tan M21A with SFT70 3000K is $26.68 on Convoy official website

• Body and build quality

Colors/Material Options: The M21A is only available in aluminum, you can currently choose the anodizing color between black and tan.

Material: The M21A main body is made of an aluminum alloy, it is probably 6061-T6 but Convoy does not specify it. The standard button is made of black silicone.

Main body: The M21A battery tube has a diamond pattern knurling, this makes it have a better grip, especially if it’s wet. The anodizing apparently is not type III, I already heard it was type II but I am not sure. The head part has circular cuts to serve as heat dissipator and manage heat better, this texture on the head feels very nice and I think it looks very cool, a similar pattern is found on the tail cap. When the head and battery tube are screwed in, the head part actually covers the battery tube end and makes the flashlight feel like a solid piece.

Threads: The battery tube threads are squared, the tail cap threads are fully anodized, so you can mechanically lock the flashlight by unscrewing the tail cap a little; the side of the battery tube that connects to the head is not anodized.

Clip: The flashlight does not come with any kind of clip, but as you can see a screw clip can be installed on the 2 holes near the tail button.

Tail stand and rolling: The M21A can tail stand and is stable while doing it. It will not roll easily on a surface because it has some straight cuts on the circular rings on the head and tail cap that prevent it from rolling too much and falling of a desk. Using a screw on clip will prevent rolling even more.

AUX lights: This flashlight has no AUX lights by default, but you can install a tail switch with light that will help you find the flashlight in the dark, and can also serve as a battery indicator because it gets dimmer when the battery voltage drops.

Buttons: The M21A has a single tail cap reverse mechanical switch, it has a very nice click, it’s a 20mm tail switch and can be swapped for a switch with LEDs or a forward switch.

Battery contact: The flashlight makes contact with the battery by 2 phosphor-bronze gold-plated springs, this prevents battery and driver damage if the flashlight is dropped, because the springs will absorb the impact.

Bezel: The default bezel is made of aluminum anodized the same color of the flashlight body; it is crenelated having 6 trapezoidal shapes. A polished stainless-steel bezel is available for the M21A and is a must-have upgrade IMO, I installed it on mine and I love it, it won’t get scratched as easily as the aluminum one and gives a more solid feel to the flashlight, and makes it better if you need to break glass on emergencies.

Water Resistance: I have no doubts the M21A has similar water resistance to IPX8 rating, although it does not have an ISO IP rating, I think we can all agree that most Convoy flashlights are very well water sealed. It has O-rings on all threads, bezel, lens, battery tube and the silicone button works as a big O-ring for the switch, if you choose to get the metal button it will come with 2 O-rings to ensure water resistance.

Here is a size comparison with 2 other flashlights the Wurkkos TD01C on the left and Convoy S2+ brass on the right. [11th picture]

 

• Weight and size

Weight:

- Without battery (Aluminum bezel): 167.7g

- With battery Molicel P50B (Aluminum bezel): 237.6g

Stainless-Steel bezel adds 12.7g

- Molicel P50B: 70.0g

Size: 152.8mm (length) x 44.5mm (head diameter) x 31.5mm (tail diameter)

 

• Battery, runtime, and charging

Battery: The M21A is powered by a single 21700 battery, on my case I got a Molicel P50B to use with it. The SFT70 requires at least 10A CDR battery, so if you are going to get a similar setup be sure to get a suitable battery. You can also use 18650 on this flashlight, I recommend using an adapter to prevent the 18650 rattling inside the battery tube. [12th picture]

Battery Indicator: There is a mode called “battery check” on some groups of brightness levels you can choose, it will blink 1 to 5 times depending on the battery level:

Battery voltage	~Battery level	Light blinks
< 2.95V	0-20%	1 flash
2.95V to 3.25V	20-40%	2 flashes
3.25V to 3.55V	40-60%	3 flashes
3.55V to 3.85V	60-80%	4 flashes
&gt; 3.85V	80-100%	5 flashes

*The battery percentage is not really accurate, but it's easier (at least for me) to think that way.

There is no external battery indicator present on the M21A, you can use the switch with LED to get kind of that, because the LEDs on the button will get dimmer with the battery voltage dropping.

Charging: There is no on-body charging on the M21A, you need to recharge the battery on a dedicated charger.

 

• Modes, Runtimes, Throw, Candela:

Modes: This one hass the 12 groups driver; I recommend getting the 12 groups one because you get way more brightness levels to choose from. I like to use group 1 and 2 because they have all the main brightness levels: 0.1%, 1%, 10%, 35% and 100%, and group 1 also has 2 blinkie modes: “strobe”, “bike light” and “battery check”; but you can choose from 12 groups if you get the correct driver, and some modes have other brightness levels like 20% and 50%.

Throw: This flashlight can throw pretty far with the correct setup, the SFT70 is not the best for throw, but as the reflector is kind of big you will have a nice focused hotspot and a lot of spill, I estimate it can get to about 400m or more with this setup. You can get other emitters such as the SFT40/42r or Osrams if you want a pretty throwy flashlight, but I choose the SFT70 to have a bigger hotspot and to get the 3000K high CRI because I love this LED.

 

• Emitter, reflector and CRI:

Emitter: This M21A has the Luminus SFT70 3000K LED with 95+ CRI, the CCT and CRI make the LED lose some lumens and efficiency compared to the 6500K version, but I like to have a warm/neutral CCT and high CRI on my lights. This LED is capable of throwing far on this flashlight, and has a beautiful tint, while still having a considerable output, the SFT70 3000K is tested to have around 1800 to 2000 lumens at 6V 5A by the tests I have seen some time ago, very good output for a high CRI low CCT LED. [13th picture]

Lens: The lens is made glass with a green anti-reflexive coat.

Reflector/TIR: It comes default with an Orange Peel (OP) reflector.

Beam profile: It has little, almost not noticeable, artifacts due to the SFT70 having 4 separated emitting surfaces instead of one, but the artifacts are really not much apparent with the smooth reflector it comes with by default. [14th picture]

CRI: The SFT70 3000K has 95+ CRI!

• Beamshots Camera settings:

- 24mm lens 2" F4 ISO200

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

[15th picture] - M21A SFT70 3000K - 100%

[16th picture] - M21A SFT70 3000K - 35%

[17th picture] - M21A SFT70 3000K - 10%

[18th picture] - Flashlight off (I actually was a little closer to the trees than on the other pics)

• Driver and UI

Driver: The SFT70 M21A comes with a constant current “Boost” 6V and 5A driver, this ensures it has a great efficiency, Convoy advertises it as having 85% to 95% efficiency, the driver can vary depending on the LED you choose. This means you have a 30W power flashlight, it is very bright with the SFT70 LED, even with the 3000K 95CRI, but the SFT70 LED could handle 8A, and, sadly, there is no driver option for the M21A to get the maximum brightness from the SFT70 LED.

UI: It uses the standard UI for Convoy flashlights with a single tail switch. Fully clicking the tail switch turns the flashlight ON/OFF, half clicking cycles between modes; to enter configuration mode you need to half click it 10+ times until it stops flashing, then you can choose which mode group you want and if you want mode memory or not.

Low Voltage Warning: Yes, the flashlight will start blinking when the battery voltage is too low and will eventually turn off to protect the battery.

Reverse Polarity Protection: Yes. It has reverse polarity protection, so inserting the battery with the wrong polarity should not fry it.

Thermal Regulation: Yes, the flashlight will reduce the brightness when it gets too hot to prevent damage to the LED and driver. Be careful when using it on very hot places though, because the flashlight may overheat if it cannot reduce the brightness enough.

Lockout: It does not feature electronic lockout, only mechanical lockout by unscrewing the tail cap a little, because it has anodized threads. Lockout isn’t even that important on this light as it has a mechanical switch, that already prevents accidental activation a lot.

Turbo: The “turbo” mode on Convoy flashlights is actually called 100%. On the M21A you don’t have quick access to it unless you have it on memory, or if you select a mode that the first brightness level is 100% and deactivate the mode memory. The “turbo” mode has around 1800-2000 lumens is very bright and heats up pretty fast.

Moonlight: The Convoy calls the “moonlight” mode as 0.1%, if you get a driver with lower power, you will have a lower brightness, as this driver is 6V 5A even on 0.1% it’s still pretty bright, I estimate around 5 lumens comparing to my other flashlights. This means it’s actually not a moonlight mode because it is too bright.

Blinkies: On the 12-group driver you have 4 different blinkies, “strobe”, “biking”, “battery check” and “SOS”. They are separated on some groups, but group 7 has all of them together.

 

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

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This is the Wurkkos TS26, a enthusiast focused flashlight with 4 TN-3535 LEDs, RGB AUX LEDs on the optics, USB-C charging and reverse charging, 21700 Li-ion battery, magnet on the tail cap and much more!

• Pros:

- Constant current Boost driver

- Anduril 2 (Very customizable and versatile)

- The AUX LEDs are pretty bright

- IPX8 water resistance

- Very easy to disassemble

- Nice built quality

• Cons:

- Lower modes blink very fast like the "candle mode" but very dim, the flashlight doesn't seem to be able to maintain a constant brightness level and will be kind of like the “candle mode” on the super low brightness levels. I experienced this on levels lower than 20 clicks on the Anduril config. (This can be a malfunction on the unit I received)

- The pre-configured "moonlight" mode seems way brighter than 1 lumen

- Only available in cool white and low CRI (for enthusiasts it should have more CCT options)

My Opinion:

I liked this flashlight, but it is not what I think it should be, it needs improvement, especially on the driver to make sure the "blinking" on the lower modes is fixed. I think, as this light is more focused on enthusiasts, that it should at least have more CCT options and high CRI, I would love to see this with the 519a LED they promised, but it's an overall very good flashlight, very powerful, efficient driver, magnet on the tail cap, bright AUX LEDs, USB-C charging make the TS26 a very complete and quality flashlight for only around $40.

• Box contents [8th picture]

- TS26

- USB-C to C charging cable

- Lanyard

- 2x spare O-rings

- Instructions manual

 

• Price

The price of this flashlight is currently $42.33 on AliExpress Wurkkos store and $39.99 on Wurkkos official website (non-affiliate links)

 

• Body and build quality

Colors/Material Options: This flashlight is only available in aluminum and grey “gun metal” anodizing

Material: The main body is made of 6061 hard anodized aluminum, the bezel and clip are made of stainless-steel with a black coating.

Threads: Both threads of the battery tube are anodized, the tail cap threads are squared and the head threads are the standard thinner threads.

Clip: The battery tube threads have a space for the clip to be inserted before screwing only on the head, the clip cannot be reversed! There is also an O-ring in contact with the clip ring, and another to prevent water in the flashlight tube.

AUX lights: This flashlight has AUX lights on the optics and on the main button! The optics AUX LEDs can be configured on Anduril to blink, show battery level and has a lot of fun modes, the button only lights up green when charging to show the charge state, and for some reason it lights up blue for some seconds when you unplug it from charging.

Buttons: This flashlight, as most Anduril flashlights, only has a single click e-switch. It is covered by a black silicone dome with the Wurkkos logo in transparent silicone.

Bezel: The bezel is crenelated with 4 trapezoidal shapes, it is very useful when you leave the flashlight on a table at dark as you can still see the AUX lights, and this type of bezel can also be used to break glass on emergency situations.

Water Resistance: It has ISO IPX8 water resistant rating, and I don’t see any major failures in the water proofing, I don’t like much the exposed rubber cap to protect the USB-C from water damage, but the rubber cap seems to be good on this model.

Here is a size comparison with 2 other flashlights the Wurkkos TS28 on the left and FireFlyLite X4Q Comet on the right. [10th Picture]

 

• Weight and size

Weight: 106.1g  (without battery – measured on scale by me)

170.0g (with battery – measured on scale by me)

Size: 122mm (length) x 35mm (head diameter) x 27.9mm (tail diameter)

 

• Battery, runtime, and charging

Battery: This flashlight is powered by a single 21700 battery, a Wurkkos branded 5000mAh 21700 is included inside the box, I tested and 18650 can also be used, but be sure it can handle at least 10A constant discharge and to make an adapter so it doesn’t rattle inside the tube. [11th picture]

Battery Indicator: The main AUX lights serve as a battery indicator every time you turn OFF the flashlight, also you can access Anduril battery indicator by clicking 3 times the main button while the flashlight is OFF.

Charging: The TS26 features USB-C charging on the main body. The USB-C is protected by a rubber cap. When charging the button light will be lit flashlight green, when the charge is complete the button will be solid green. When you unplug the charging cable the button will light up blue. [12th picture]

 

• Modes, Runtimes, Throw, Candela:

Modes: The TS26 has Anduril so you can configure it to have almost any brightness levels you want! But it comes with some predefined brightness levels from factory, you can change there later on Anduril.

Advertised specs:

Mode	Brightness (lumens)	Runtime (hours&minutes)
A1	1 lumen	520h
B2	15 lumens	135h
C3	65 lumens	31h
D4	220 lumens	11h
E5	550 lumens	4h30min
F6	1150 - 700 lumens	11min - 2h48min
G7	2100 - 550 lumens	2 min - 4h12min
H8	3400 - 550 lumens	1min - 4h

 

Throw: This flashlight is kind of floody, but it still manages to go a little far, it lights up a whole big area where it is pointed to. The box states it can reach up to 190m on maximum brightness.

 

• Emitter, reflector and CRI:

Emitter: This flashlight uses the TN-3535 emitters in 6500K, they are not bad emitters, but I feel for a flashlight with Anduril UI focused on enthusiasts it would be much better to use lower CCT emitters, like at least 5000K or 4000K, also high CRI emitters would be very good on this flashlight. My opinion is a lot of people, including me, were expecting the TS26 to use the same LEDs as the the TS26s, the Nichia 519a. When they announced it had the TN-3535 I saw a lot of people complaining, and I totally agree with it. The 519a LED would make way more sense on a enthusiast flashlight like this. [13th picture]

Lens: It has anti-reflexive coated glass lens in front of the TIR lens.

Reflector/TIR: It features a balanced TIR lens, being floody while still managing to throw light a little far.

Beam shape: Very smooth hotspot transition with little diffused flood around it, usual on TIR lens like this. [14th picture]

CRI: No. The 6500K TN-3535 LEDs used on this flashlight doesn’t have high CRI.

• Beamshots Camera settings:

- 24mm lens, 1", F4, ISO200, WB: 5200K (daylight)

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

[16th picture] - F6 mode (1150 lumens)

[17th picture] - G7 mode (2100 lumens)

[18th picture] - H8 mode (3400 lumens)

• Driver and UI

Driver: This flashlight uses a constant current efficient Boost driver to power up the LEDs. The driver doesn’t seem to be capable of deliver the lower currents necessary for sub-lumen brightness levels, as when I tried configuring the lowest mode to less than 20 clicks, on the Anduril configuration, the light started to blink like the “candle mode”, not being able to maintain the lower brightness level. It doesn’t seem to have any problem with higher currents, and works perfectly with them.

UI: The TS26 uses the famous enthusiast UI: the Anduril v2.0. This UI is full of cool and useful features, it’s almost totally customizable! I will not focus on the UI as it would make this review much bigger, but you can check all the information on the github official page, and I will include a picture with a lot of information about the UI. [15th picture]

Anduril Github page

Anduril manual and image credits

 

Low Voltage Warning: Yes, and the flashlight will power OFF when the battery voltage is below 2.8V to preserve the battery life.

Reverse Polarity Protection: Yes.

Thermal Regulation: Yes, and it seems to not have any thermal problems as far as I’ve tested it.

Lockout: The flashlight has electronic lockout on Anduril by pressing the main button 4 times, the AUX lights will get into blinking mode and blink on the color that represents the battery level. You can also have mechanical lockout by unscrewing the tail cap or head a little, as both threads are anodized.

Turbo: The Turbo mode has a max stated brightness of 3400 lumens, that's a lot of lumens! n this flashlight you can access “turbo” which is the maximum brightness by double clicking the main button, as it comes configured from the Wurkkos factory.

Moonlight: Moonlight on this flashlight should be very good, but as I said before, the driver doesn’t seem to be capable of maintaining a lower brightness than what is necessary for a sub-lumen brightness, so on the lowest mode that it already comes pre-configured from the factory, the brightness will be bliking like crazy like the “candle mode”, that’s very sad, because moonlight mode is one of my favorite to use daily, and this flashlight fails hard on it.

Blinkies: As it has the Anduril 2 UI it has a lot of blinkies, including “candle mode”, “lightning mode”, “tactical strobe”, “party strobe” and a lot more!

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 ❤️

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This is the HD05 review, a nice flashlight for EDC for people that like a lot of lighting modes on an EDC flashlight! It has a white throw LED (SFT70 6500K), a white flood lamp with adjustable CCT, a Deep Red light for preserving night vision and avoiding insects at night, and a 365nm UV light. It also features a boost driver, mangnet on the tail cap, USB-C charging port and a magnetic rotary selector for cycling between modes!

• Pros:

- 4 types of lighting (White throw, white flood, deep red and UV)!

- Efficient Boost driver

- No green tint

- Adjustable CCT on the "wing" light

- Magnetic rotary switch allows fast cycling on lighting modes (though it has a delay)

- Battery indicator

• Cons:

- Strobe modes makes a loud “clicking” noise

- You can't fold the "wing" light with the light point out of the flashlight and lock it on the body, the light will turn OFF close to the locking position.

- Magnetic light selector is not as smooth as other flashlights, TS27 is way smoother

- "Wing" light part will scratch the main body where the "wing" lock is.

- A little hard to disassemble

- IPX6 water resistance is kind of bad (IMO)

• My opinion:

I am very surprised with this flashlight, I didn't think it would be this good. Of course it has some flaws, but the light is still pretty decent. The SFT70 6500K produces a nice throwy beam with no green tint at all, the driver is a boost efficient driver, 4 different light modes to choose, it's a nice all-around flashlight, especially for EDC, if you like to have all these lighting modes and doesn't care for it being a little big and heavy. The Red and UV light are not perfect as the Red beam is kind of ugly if you are near enough and the UV has no ZWB filter, so you have a lot of visible light coming of, not just almost pure UV. Also the blinky modes make an awful loud clicking sound. The "wing" flood white light also doesn't seem fragile, but I think on the long run it will be the first thing to break, especially as you will be almost always with your fingers touching it when holding the flashlight.

• Box contents [10^(th) picture]

- HD05

- 21700 battery

- USB-C to C charging cable

- Lanyard

- Instructions manual

- Extra o-rings

• Price

The price of this flashlight is currently $68.49 on Wurkkos official AliExpress store and $62.99 on Wurkkos official website (non-affiliate links)

AliExpress coupon: ($4): EO5RS3

• Body and build quality

Colors/Material Options: It’s only available in aluminum, and the only available color is this "gun-metal" grey.

Material: It’s made of 6061 hard anodized aluminum, like most Wurkkos flashlights. The bezel and button outer ring are made of Stainless-steel with a bead blasted finish.

The part that locks the side “wing” light will get scratched by opening and closing with time (mine already has a thin scratch line without the anodizing)

Threads: The threads are squared and anodized. Only the tail cap is unscrewable.

Clip: The clip is fixed by screws on the side of flashlight body, it’s made of black coated Stainless-steel. The clip can be removed by removing 3 Phillips screws on the clip.

AUX lights: This flashlight has a lot of lights, but the only AUX light on it is the battery indicator on the middle of the main button.

Buttons: It has one main electronic switch and a magnectic rotary switch for selecting between UV. White throw (SFT70) and red light. The flood side light is turned on by lifting it, even when the flashlight is off.

Bezel: The bezel is very small and made of black coated Stainless-steel.

Water Resistance: This flashlight has IPX6 water resistance rating. The battery tube and LED/Driver part seem to be well sealed, the USB-C charging port is covered by a tiny rubber cover, but I think what makes this light more susceptible to water damage is the side “wing” flood light, the mechanisms to make it fold and rotate reduce the water resistance.

Here is a size comparison with 2 other flashlights, the Wurkkos TS28 at the left and Convoy S2+ on the right. [11^(th) and 12^(th) Pictures]

 

• Weight and size

Weight: 168.2g (without battery – measured on scale by me)

236.5g (with battery – measured on scale by me) (It's heavy!)

Size: 129.1mm (length) x 36.7mm x 30mm

 

• Battery, runtime, and charging

Battery: This flashlight is powered by one 21700 Li-ion cell, a Wurkkos 5000mAh 21700 cell is included. [13^(th) picture]

Battery Indicator: There Is a battery indicator on the center of the main button. It lights up to indicate charging as it follows:

Color	Battery percentage
Green	75% – 100%
Blinking Green	75% – 50%
Red	50% – 25%
Blinking Red	<25%

 

Charging: It features USB-C charging on the body, the charging port is on the back side of where the button is. It comes with a USB-C to C charging cable.

When charging (Button battery indicator):

Color	Charging state
Red	Charging
Green	Fully charged
Red and Green Blinking	Battery not installed correctly

 

• Modes, Runtimes, Throw, Candela:

Modes:

1) White Throw Light: This flashlight does not separate brightness levels by “steps” it uses a stepless ramping to control brightness. The only predefined brightness level are the “minimum” of 7 lumens, which is essentially “eco” mode, and “maximum” of 3100 lumens, which is essentially “turbo”.

Claimed specs:

Brightness level	Lumens (lm)	Runtime
Max brightness	3100 / 950 lm	1min30 / 2h15min
Min brightness	7 lm	254h

2) White Flood Light: There are also no steps on this light option, you need to hold the button to access the ramping brightness. You can mix the cool and warm light as you prefer, or use the “pure” cool or warm white. You can't make the "wing" light stay ON while closing the "wing" with the light pointing out, this will make the "wing" light turn OFF, as it works by "feeling" a magnetic field of a magnet where the locking pin hole is. I tested getting the tail of another flashlight I have close to the "wing" while it was completely out of the HD05 body and the "wing" turned OFF while the magnetic tail was close to it. [14^(th) and 15^(th) pictures]

Claimed specs:

(Cool white)

Brightness level	Lumens (lm)	Runtime
Max brightness	300 / 260 lm	4min / 4h30min
Min brightness	4.5 lm	259h

(Warm white)

Brightness level	Lumens (lm)	Runtime
Max brightness	240 / 180 lm	3min / 4h08min
Min brightness	4 lm	259h

3) Red light: There is also no steps on red light mode, same as others.

Claimed specs:

(Red light)

Brightness level	Lumens (lm)	Runtime
Max brightness	90 / 50 lm	3min / 11h13min
Min brightness	8 lm	62h17min

4) UV light: On UV light mode, there are 2 brightness levels (“steps”), low and high, low mode consumes 700mW and high mode 1600mW. [16^(th) picture]

Claimed specs:

(UV)

Brightness level	Output (mW)	Runtime
High	1600mW	4h27min
Low	700mW	11h16min

Throw: The combo of SFT70 and the tiny reflector makes this LED kind of throwy, it is advertised as having 28100cd, which is on the throwy side for EDC flashlights.

 

• Emitter, reflector and CRI:

Emitter:

1) White throw - This flashlight uses the SFT70 LED in 6500K, I didn’t notice any green tint, it has more of a light blue tint, way better than green or yellow IMO. I think the SFT70 5000K or even 3000K would be better on an EDC flashlight, but as this flashlight already has the floodlight with high CRI and warm/cool CCTs I think it´s good to have a more efficient throwy option. [17^(th) Picture]

2) White flood – I am almost sure it uses the same LEDs as the Wurkkos TS27 for the flood white light, as it has similar specs, the CSP1313 in 6500K and 2700K. The LEDs are distributed at rows of 6500K and 2700K LEDs, high 90 CRI and you can mix the LEDs and obtain intermediary CCTs by double clicking and holding the main button. The rows of LEDs are visible when the brightness is dim enough. [18^(h) picture]

3) Red light – The LED is not specified but it surprised me at how powerful it is for such a tiny LED, it is probably the same LED used on the Sofirn ST10, the beam shape is not the best, there are some rings on it, but the deep red is a very good. [18^(th) picture]

4) UV light - Again, the LED is not specificed, shame, but the UV light is 365nm and is "real UV", it just has some blue and violet color because it has no ZWB filter.

Lens: The main SFT70 LED lens is a glass lens AR-coated (anti-reflexive) held in place by a Stainless-steel bezel. The Red and UV LEDs lens is made of glass too, at first I was certain it was plastic, but after testing it I was suprised it was glass, as using plastic would be cheaper, but the lens would get scratched way more easily. The Flood white LEDs don't have a lens, only a white plastic diffuser.

Reflector/TIR: The reflector for the main SFT70 LED is an OP (Orange Peel) reflector, while the UV and Red LEDs use tiny smooth reflectors, they're probably made of plastic.

CRI: The flood white light has high CRI LEDs!

• Beamshots Camera settings:

- 24mm lens 2" F4 ISO200

[19th picture]: White throw light (SFT70) - Around 100m to the trees at the back

[20th picture]: Deep red light - Around 60 to 70 meters

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

• Driver and UI

Driver: This flashlight uses a boost driver for the SFT70 6500K LED, I imagine the other LEDs use the same driver, as having more drivers would increase the flashlight price.

UI: The flashlight has a lot of lighting modes, but the UI is not overcomplicated. The main button is an e-switch, and it turns the flashlight ON/OFF, the magnetic rotary selector changes between, starting from the left, UV, white throw and red light. Holding the main button will decrease or increase the brightness. The side "wing" flood light will turn on if you pull it from it's neutral position, it will turn on automatically unless the flashlight is locked, you can click the main button while the "wing" flood light is ON to turn it OFF.

Low Voltage Warning: Yes

Reverse Polarity Protection: Yes

Thermal Regulation: The flashlight thermal regulation doesn't seem to have major problems, it will get pretty hot fast, especially with the SFT70 LED on turbo, but for other LEDs it takes a while for it to get hot, yes it gets hot on UV, Red light and flood "wing" light too.

As the main body is made of a single piece of aluminum the heat conduction is very good and the flashlight tail will soak the heat from the head fast, usually flashlights that have unscrewable battery tube don't have this good heat conduction.

Lockout: This flashlight has a lockout mode, you must click the main button 4 times to access it. On lockout you can access momentary "low" brightness level by holding the main button. To unlock simply press the main button 4 times while it's locked.

Turbo:

1) White throw (SFT70): This flashlight is advertised to have 3100 lumens on the "turbo" mode, it is very powerful even if it does not reach the advertised lumens. To access turbo you can hold the main button while the flashlight is ON and wait for it to reach maximum brightness or double click at any time to go straight to it.

2) White flood "wing": Advertised to reach maximum of 300 lumens on cool white and 240 on warm white, it doesn't last long though, as the tiny aluminum volume at the "wing" gets hot fast.

3) Red light: Advertised to reach 90 lumens max, holds up for around 4 minutes.

Moonlight:

1) White throw (SFT70): OK, so, this flashlight does not have a "moonlight" mode. 7 lumens is not "moonlight".

2) White flood "wing": Here it gets as low as 4 lumens depending on which CCT you have configured, but again, no moonlight.

3) Red light: Minimum of 8 lumens, but it actually looks brighter, so no moonlight, but at least red light does not affect your night vision as much as white light.

Blinkies: It features 3 blinkie modes: strobe, SOS and beacon. All modes make an awful loud clicking sound that any other flashlight I own makes, it is extremely loud and you can hear it if the flashlight is around 2m distance from you. Usually the flaslight makes this sound because the electronics are changing their state being with a lot of amps to being OFF, this makes some electronics such as inductors vibrate and make this noise, but on this flashlight it is extremely loud, most flashlights I own you have to put the flashlight near your ear to hear it.

 

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