Review - Zanflare F3 ( AAA 3 mode )

The Lumintop Tool seems to be its closest competition. The Zanflare F3 is bigger in every dimension and noticeably heavier.

Zanflare is on the left, Tool on the right, both on medium. Zanflare’s larger head gives it a tighter beam:

Same picture, but after I replaced the XP-G2 in the Zanflare with a Nichia 219B (ah, much better):

Here’s the teardown sequence:



Turns out the reason it’s so heavy (and front-heavy) is there’s a brass pill inside the head, sitting on the shelf formed by the clip attachment point.




40 grams with a AAA battery
the lumintop tool is 25g.
The tailcap tore into my new Amazon NIMH too. Glad you mentioned it before it got destroyed .
I don’t think the size is really an issue but after having it clipped on my collar for a short period of time made it clear it’s heavy and the weight is very noticable. OTOH I almost never even notice the lumintop is there .