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Arbitrary List of Popular Flashlights - Winter Solstice 2025 Edition

In honor of Fall Equinox, I've made an updated list of popular flashlights. This is the day you're most likely to need a flashlight in the Northern Hemisphere, and I have some good […]

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A colorful collection of flashlights against a black background
December 22, 2025 at 5:26 AM
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Review: Skilhunt M200 v4 - an outstanding everyday carry flashlight with 18650 battery and magnetic charging

The Skilhunt M200 v4 is a midsize everyday carry flashlight powered by an 18650 Li-ion rechargeable battery. It has a side switch, a magnetic […]

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A blue Skilhunt M200 flashlight between stone and wood surfaces with a purplish background beyond
November 27, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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Review: Loop Gear SK05 Pro - three flashlights and a powerbank in one pocketable package

https://zakreviews.com/loop-gear-sk05-pro.html

#flashlight #flashlights #powerbank @bruceloopgear @flashlight
A Loop Gear SK05 Pro flashlight sitting on a wet rock
November 21, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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Review: Skilhunt EC500 - a long-range flashlight and USB powerbank powered by a 21700 size rechargeable battery

https://zakreviews.com/skilhunt-ec500.html

#flashlight #flashlights @flashlight
A Skilhunt EC500 flashlight on a stone wall with a body of water and sunset in the background
November 13, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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Review: Acebeam PT20 - a stylish pen light with high output

https://zakreviews.com/acebeam-pt20.html

#flashlight #flashlights #everydaycarry #edc #review @flashlight
An Acebeam PT20 pen light on a bench, turned on
October 22, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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Skilhunt joins the bespoke LED club with the high-CRI SL-F50

This hasn't been officially announced on their site yet, but they sent me one and they didn't say not to talk about it, so here it is.

It's a 6V 5mm square quad-die emitter without a dome. It […]

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A close up view of a flashlight reflector and LED highlighting a four-die design with a cross shape in the center
October 8, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Arbitrary List of Popular Flashlights - Fall Equinox 2025 Edition

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

#flashlight #flashlights #edc #everydaycarry @flashlight
A collection of flashlights against a black background
September 23, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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Review: Skilhunt MiX-7 Plus - a multicolor and white floodlight that's actually useful

The Skilhunt MiX-7 Plus is a multicolor flashlight with red, green, blue, UV, and white LEDs. It provides an efficient flood light with great color rendering on white […]

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The business end of a Skilhunt MiX-7 Plus flashlight, showing six LEDs in a ring around a dark UV-pass lens
September 18, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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Arbitrary List of Popular Flashlights - Summer Solstice 2025 Edition

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

#flashlight #flashlights #edc #everydaycarry @flashlight
A collection of flashlights against a dark background
June 21, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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Review: Acebeam L16 2.0 - an all-purpose duty flashlight with significant reach

#flashlight #flashlights #review @flashlight
https://zakreviews.com/acebeam-l16-2.html
An Acebeam L16 2.0 flashlight sitting on a park bench with water and vegetation in the background
May 12, 2025 at 4:53 AM
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Review: Acebeam EC20 - an everyday carry flashlight that tries to bridge the mainstream and hobbyist markets

#flashlight #flashlights #edc #everydaycarry #review @flashlight

https://zakreviews.com/acebeam-ec20.html
An Acebeam EC20 flashlight on a stone wall with the last light of the setting sun in the background
May 7, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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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 […]

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A Skilhunt H200 on a railing, barely illuminated
May 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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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 […]

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The business end of a flashlight, showing an LED (sort of) centered in a reflector
April 1, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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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 […]

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The business end of a Skilhunt M200 flashlight showing an aftermarket Luminus SFT40 LED in the middle of its reflector
March 31, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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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 […]

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An assortment of flashlights on a dark surface
March 21, 2025 at 4:12 AM
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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 […]

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A Sofirn SC13 flashlight hanging from the beak of a white goose figurine
March 17, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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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.

#flashlight #flashlights @flashlight
A red colored Convoy S2+ flashlight emitting red light sits below a goose figurine holding an opened pocket knife A field in a park with a horse and rider statue at the far end with walls and trees beyond, lit in red
March 13, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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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.
A Vapcell N40 18650 battery on an Opus BT-C3100 charger showing an advertised capacity of 4000 mAh and tested capacity of 3901 mAh.
March 11, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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Here's an LED for people who miss the incandescent look: 3000K and 95+ CRI.

This post is mostly to see if the BlueSky bridge works.
A closeup of the business end of an Acebeam T35 flashlight focused on the aftermarket 3000K SFT40 LED
February 7, 2025 at 7:41 PM