Lumintop edc05 (14500, NW)

Even if I was “late to the game”, I didn’t see them (Manker / Utorch) advertising those as programmable, just after seeing reviews here and other places!

If the LT EDC05 is programmable, can it be programmable in the same way (levels, …) as the other mentioned flashlights? This is probably to be answered by further reviews!

Indeed this is a nice addition!! With a tail cap like this I wouldn’t have glued a magnet outside mine and it would still look pretty :person_facepalming:

Head and tail will be different for sure, let’s wait for the “internals” and see how they perform :wink:

[If this had direct access to turbo from ON or OFF…that would make the difference for me!]

Sorry to get this back from the dead, but does anyone have this light :question:
I was searching for any review here but didn’t find any so far… :expressionless:

Expected this AA EDC torch, COMPACT, high output?! Can’t wait!

Does it support protected batteries, since they are longer ?

does it support Protected

I just recieved my Edc05 yesterday. It is a good 4 or 5mm longer than my Utorch Ut01. It handles protected 14500 batteries with no problems.

Protected by my house cat Fang.

Judging from that picture, it looks like the added length is in the tube. The heads and tail caps look to be the same length on both lights. Is that correct?

Yes the extra length is in the tube. Traded body and tail cap from the edc05 to ut01. Before 14500 protected battery would not work in the ut01 with edc05 body and tail cap ut01 works fine.

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.