Lumintop edc05 (14500, NW)

Lumintop have some of the worst photoshop images that have ever been produced.
Check out the images on FastTech of the under the hood of a car shot. The flashlight is just levitating there, LOL

https://www.fasttech.com/products/1601/10017693/9619813-authentic-lumintop-edc05-led-flashlight

The shot of the tailcap with the greatly off center spring must be real however. Should have shopped that one too.
They need a competent copy editor on staff.

Anyway, looks like a nice light, now where is the $9.99 code?? :slight_smile:

Later,
Keith

what surprises me is they don’t give flashlights away to english speakers to help with the marketing translations

for example the edc05 is on amazon now:
https://www.amazon.com/LUMINTOP-Flashlight-Professional-Tactical-Batteries(Cold/dp/B078MYBHF5/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1515817411&sr=8-1&keywords=lumintop%2Bedc05&th=1

and here is just one description:

“strong magnetic tail cap. Can be sucked on metal surface or tail standing serve as a candle”

I’m not being critical of lumintop here…I see some companies giving away products for reviews to generate interest and that same idea could be applied to helping polish the chinese to english advert lingo.

Give-aways and feedback are fine, but they should really pay actual writers a going rate. It’s not like they are that expensive.

Google Translate, as useful as it is, is distorting and degrading English (and, I’m sure, every other language it supports).

My Lumintop EDC05 is fully programmable just like the Utorch ut01. All 4 outputs can be programed. Turbo can be run without step down. Battery check is there.

There’s an amazon coupon coming on 1/18 for this light. Contacted LUMINTOP via amazon. How much, I do not know……

Cool, Dirt!

I just placed an order for two of the EDC05. I was looking for a light that used a single 1,5v cell that was significantly better than my SK68 zoomies with XP-G2 S4 and Nichia 319AT. The driver is waaay better on the Lumintop for sure! I would have went with a Zebra but for $70.00 it’s not worth it. Not when you can get two EDC05’s for near the same price.

Little late to the party… mine will be here tomorrow. I got the cool white version.

I am a purchasing consumer (Amazon), this is not a free review sample… FWIW.

Does this Lumintop angle measurment with the ruler spacer for the EDC05 seem like intentional deception? I wonder why Lumintop, a fairly reputable company, would publish pics like that. Even still, I have my EDC05 on order to compare with the UT01.

I have found my perfect AA/14500 light, stopped looking. But now for the perfect 18650/(insert new Tesla format) one. Still haven’t found that …

Cheating?… no, I have seen other manufacturers and reviewers try and quantify beam dispersion / spread pattern like this. Its probably one of the more useless ways to try and present this body of information though… IMHO.

Fixed exposure beam pics are much more useful, particularly the ones directly A/B comparing.

When I get my 05, I will try and compare beam pattern versus my UT01. The EDC05 with its XPL-HI factory de-dome emitter could out-throw the UT-01. But then again with different reflectors it could all end up being equal… which really is what I am expecting.

How does the 05 compare to the Rofis TR15?

I really care about such a comparison, especially the NW version. Differences in color and width of the beam. I will be grateful :slight_smile:

Oh… not sure I can help you there. My incoming 05 is the cold tint / pale white version, and my 14 month old UT01 is neutral tint. But I’ll do what I can ;^)

At least the angles can be compared

Just received my two EDC05’s CW versions today. They both came in a high quality box. The box includes the Titanium coated clip, two spare o-rings, a high quality orange lanyard and a free OEM Duracell AA Alkaline battery.

The lens is AR coated.

The end cap is mildly magnetic. It’s good enough to stay in place on a attractable surface but it can be flung off if bumped hard enough.

These two were not free review samples, as I paid $30.00 each for them on Amazon.

The EDC05 comes with a CW or NW Cree XP-L HI emitter.

The quality of this light is top notch.

I’d say Lumintop has a winner here. It’s tiny, powerful and is of exceptional build quality.

Totally worth the $30 bucks imho! It’s my new favorite AA EDC. Goodbye modded SK68!

High Mode with a Alkaline AA Battery __High Mode with a Protected 14500 Battery

Has this EDC a double spring (head and tail) to accept long protected batteries as keeppower?

It has a button on the driver and a double spring on the endcap. This light can accomodate a protected 14500. I’m using a EVVA 14500 with no issues. It’s basically the same as your KeepPower.

I don’t have any equipment to test but, here’s a comparison. The Left is my Jaxman E2L tripple XP-G2 S4 on high @ 900lm stock 2.1A driver w/ fresh battery. The right is the Lumintop EDC05 XP-L HI on high with a fresh protected Sanyo 14500/800mAh cell. I’d say it’s pretty damn close.

Found a new video review on Youtube!