Thanks for the review, very good! Love it much! :+1:
Will the EDC05 be available at Amazon?… My employer rewards us with Amazon gift cards and I have some $$$ saved up . ;^)
Hi, yes it will be. The EDC05 is now on the way and estimated to be available on Amazon US next Friday. Expected!
Awesome!!! cant wait to get one. thanks
Got my EDC05 in yesterday 1-6-2018. I was using it while taking my daughter to sleep and after about a minute on high mode the lens cracked in half :cry: I contacted banggood about the problem and they took care of me today 
When I chatted with Lumintop they said it was do to the bezel being to tight and the heat caused it to crack 
I did not know this could happen and now I know. I wonder if it could happen with larger lenses like the C8 size or large. The EDC05 is an awesome little light and the UI is great. :+1:
Well, good to know, guess when I get mine I’ll reset the bezel so it’s not as tight
Just recieved my edc05 today. Has extra room for protected 14500 cells just like the one in the review. Super nice flashlight. Thanks for the review steel_1024.
LUMINTOP EDC05
XP-L or XP-L Hi
You can see from the photo that is a XP-L Hi.
what light is on the right side?
Eagle Eye F10
Does anyone have beamshots of this light? 
Specially to see how it reaches in distance (once it has XPL-HI), and if possible compared with other AA/14500 flashlights!
A new member asked for a AA light with similar characteristics of the ones that this EDC05 has, but with throw, and I recommended to take a look to this one.
Having pictures (if possible comparing it with others) would be great to see what this light does
Thanks in advance :+1:
I had the same problem with 2 utorch ut01 from GB. They resend and the 3rd one was ok. I noticed the driver on old utorch is different has a manker logo,but new ones do not,and the driver on lumintop look the same as the one on the utorch. So the problem is driver. For the money lumintop shoul have better quality control and made their own driver…
I agree. Don’t get me wrong, the physical design of the light is fantastic. I really like the machine work and springs, however that really doesn’t mean much if the job it’s designed to do falls short.
My EDC05 has been erratic and inconsistent with NiMH and Alkaleak. 14500 cells though have been alright (since I always unscrew the tailcap anyways).
EDC05
14500 IMR
>LMHT = All work fine
>Must power interrupt tailcap to turn back on
Eneloop
>LMH = All work fine, Turbo shuts off after a second
>Must power interrupt tailcap to turn back on
Alkaleak
>LM = All work fine. H is dimmer than eneloop or 14500. Turbo shuts off after a second
>Don’t need power interrupt tailcap to turn back on
E^2 Lithium
>LMH = All work fine. Turbo shuts off after a second
>Don’t need power interrupt tailcap to turn back on
Every once in a while, with random battery changes using Alkaleak, E^2 and eneloop the EDC05 would enter a WEIRD mode sequence… LMH, Strobe, SOS, Beacon, OFF. Turning it back ON, it would then proceed to behave as above… LMH and Turbo 1 sec shut off
Is this light available anywhere? Amazon is preferred, but open to other sources as well.
What is the light on the left side? I “need” more flat dark earth lights in my life :D.
I don’t think we will see more on Amazon until the driver issues are sorted out. They have acknowledged to me that a driver issue is indeed present. Looking forward to the fixes as its a nice looking light.
There are a lot of common elements between many Chinese flashlights.
It makes me think that all the brands are buying parts from the same source, with some customization, such as different LEDs, a magnet or not, where the knurling is cut, etc.
It also seems the drivers have similar printed literature regarding lumen levels and mode sequence diagrams…:
Im not sure any of them are clones or copies, more like some sort of shared supply chain to which different logos are applied…
In general there seems to be a pattern that Manker sometimes provides drivers with the Manker logo, for example for the Astrolux A01. Then when a contract expires, sometimes the vendors source slightly different drivers, such as the current Astrolux A01.
I see a similar pattern with the Utorch and Lumintop drivers in this thread, they are similar to the Manker branded version, but not necessarily identical.
It does appear to me that the Manker branded drivers tend to be better, and that the unbranded drivers are less reliable, as in the case of the Lumintop EDC05, or even have different features, for example the Astrolux A01 w Manker driver did not have Next Mode Memory, but the driver now being used, without the Manker logo, in the A01 does have Next Mode Memory.
to me, that all adds up to a common source, but each brand then adds certain details, some of which seem to be more to my liking than others…
I see similar patterns in the Roof Top Tent category, and in the One Wheel category. A Roof Top Tent can be had direct from china for under $1000, but once Tepui, or James Baroud, add their own enhancements, be that different canvas, color, springs, pull tabs, latches, then the item jumps to $4000 when rebranded and sold in the US. Same with One Wheels. Buy from a USA company, pay $1500, buy direct from china, $395. Again not identical in every detail, the USA company upgrades the tires for example, changes the colors… etc…
but the tents, one wheels, and flashlights and drivers, are all being sourced from Chinese factories that seem to start with the same base parts, and then take orders for enhanced features.
imo, the Manker labeled models tend to be more to my liking, maybe of higher reliability. Note for example the debacle of the poor performance of the Lumintop EDC05 driver, which bears some resemblance, but not in every way, to the Manker driver… etc
IMO I think the EDC05 has the best look to it. I like the design. It’s almost like the barrel of a gun. I would like to see the EDC05 get the bugs worked out as I think it could be one good light. Having that ability to use a protected cell offers good flexibility. I like the Manker E11 too. I’ve never owned one though. Perhapse in the near future if the Manker T01 II impresses me once I get them.