[Review] Lumintop EDC Pico

Great review, yet a witty one. Obviously much time and heart put in but worth the effort. I’ve read from the very beginning to the very end almost holding my breath. This is a good proof for that you don’t need tons of sophisticated devices to make a review interesting and pleasant in reading.

Chapeau Bas!

Another good and funny review :wink:
Good work!! :wink:

And the vacuum cleaner test is priceless :smiley:

Some pictures show the light tail standing. Is the key ring hole in the back removable? Maybe it is 2 different versions?

It can’t tail stand, because of this attaching hole. There is only one version as far as I know.
It is integrated, but you know, you can remove this attaching hole, if you really want to :wink:

Do you mean it’s threaded into place or you would have to cut it off?

It is old quarry in Kraków, I thought your pictures were taken there.

Nice place, it is always good to know what is in my country :stuck_out_tongue: But I’m from Kielce.

You have to cut it off. But…

Or wait

Just a few tries, and if you really want it can tail stand :)

Or, get a ring magnet that fits around the bump, and glue it in place. Then you can have tail stand AND tail magnet! I don’t have one of these lights, so I don’t know what the dimensions should be. But I got one of the Olight Tan i3e lights, and someone asked about tail stand for that one. I looked at K & J Magnetics and they did have one the right size for the Olight. They probably have one that will fit this light too. It might even be the same size.

But why someone would need tail stand in such small light?

Some people use tiny lights and/or not-so-bright lights to go to the toilet at night. So, maybe tail stand is for when you’re sitting on the pot and don’t want to have to hold the light while doing your business? I’m sure there are other uses as well. Just thought of that one first. :smiley:

I have an Astrolux M01, but it is an almost useless flicker party. What about with this light? I assume it is ok because no flicker is mentioned in the test.
So, my question is: if the battery dies, can it be changed, like in the Astrolux? Lumintop’s page says it have a 10180 battery, but is it welded/soldered/glued in, or replaceable?

There is no noticable pwm even on the camera.

Battery isn’t replacable, it is integrated part, so when it dies, it dies. But I wouldn’t worry about it, everything seems good quality, so battery should last reasonably long.

Thanks for the review. Got mine back in May, directly from Lumintop, right after it became available. Chose pink for something different. If it had been really really pink, I would not have chosen that color. But it's more like rose gold.

It can actually tail stand - if you don't mind fiddling with it for a few seconds.

Nice rosy color :sunglasses:

For that “toilet use” with tail standing that DavidEF mentioned, I’d choose IYP07 if I can choose from Lumintop.

Mocarny Thanks for this review. I loved the humor and the flashlight!

Have you checked the parasitic drain on it? How long does it hold a charge? Some reviews mention that the battery is flat after as little as 24h, which would make it useless! Lumintop EDC Pico Keychain Flashlight Review - ZeroAir Reviews

I think I see the problem.

Lights like this that twist to connect power have zero parasitic drain. When you twist it Off, the battery is not connected at all.

What Zeroair is refering to in his review is a drain due to leaving the charging cable attached. It’s as if the charging circuit does not go to sleep after it’s fully charged.

If you charge it and then remove the plug there will be zero parasitic drain so the light is fine.

If you charge it and don’t remove the plug there will be the drain.

His charging circuit might be defective or it might be it is just designed poorly. There is also the possibility that the 10mA draw he saw on his usb power meter was a draw between the charging circuit and the usb plug. Meaning the charging circuit is not pulling power from the battery at all. This would make it a non-issue.

Unfortunately, you can’t check the actual parasitic drain due to the sealed battery. My guess is it’s zero. I doubt they would design a flashlight that self drained in 24 hours.

Hmm, that’s a plausible explanation. Unfortunately since the charging circuit is inside the battery side of the light’s body, it’s conceivable that it might still be draining the battery even with the head not connected, no?

Ultimately it would be best to hear from owners on how long it retains a charge.

Ok, maybe that could be an explanation… but I also got the EDC Pico — I got 2 actually, a black and a pink.

The black one has the exact same issue mentioned by ZeroAir (and also in another post I visited), the battery self-drains in about 1 day, after charging it. The charging cable is NOT plugged in the EDC Pico after I finish charging it. I just let it stand (even with the head off), and the battery self-drains.

This occurs on 1 unit. The other unit EDC Pico doesn’t have this issue (at least it won’t self drain completely after several days of not using the light).

But based on the number of EDC Pico with this issue, I would think there is some real issue about the battery self-draining, but unfortunately I don’t know how to troubleshoot it…

Thanks for reporting. The inconsistent quality is quite disappointing. I would hope it could last months without recharging. I quite like the design and form factor.

There are many other brands that have essentially the same design but with different bodies and emitters. I wonder if they are similarly affected. Olight i1R, Wuben G series, Trustfire Mini2, Acebeam M50, and probably several others.

Wow, that sounds bad. Definitely is unusable. I wonder how many units are defective like this. Have to talked to them about getting refund on it?