Lumintop FWAA (Nichia) Flashlight Review
When you were sitting around thinking about flashlights, one thing you thought was that there were no possible other combinations of the Lumintop FW series of lights. Well you were wrong – Lumintop has released a 14500 version, the FWAA flashlight! Read on for some photos and testing.
As of right now, there’s just one body of the Lumintop FWAA 14500 flashlight. We can expect others though (that’s not insider information, that’s just knowing how Lumintop did the other FW series lights.) In this one body you can have quite a few emitter options: Cree XP-G3 (6500K), Nichia 219c (3000K, 4000K, 5000K), and Luminus SST-20 (4000K).
Price
The going rate at NealsGadgets.com (maybe elsewhere) is $45.95.
Short Review
Ok, I thought “eh, great another FW light.” But this little light is absolutely fantastic. You should note up front that it’s absolutely floody. If you’re ok with floody, then just stop reading and go buy one. If you’re only marginally ok with floody, then read on and see why I recommend the SST-20 version.
Long Review
The Big Table
| Lumintop FWAA 14500 Flashlight | |
|---|---|
| Emitter: | Nichia 219c (4000K) |
| Price in USD at publication time: | $45.95 |
| Cell: | 1×14500 |
| Turbo (Highest of Advanced UI) Runtime Graph | High Runtime Graph |
| LVP? | |
| Switch Type: | E-Switch |
| Quiescent Current (mA): | ? |
| On-Board Charging? | No |
| Claimed Lumens (lm) | 1200 |
| Measured Lumens (at 30s) | 866 (72.2% of claim)^ (see graph) |
| Candela per Lumen | 2.1 |
| Claimed Throw (m) | 95 |
| Candela (Calculated) in cd (at 30s) | 142lux @ 3.14m = 1400cd |
| Throw (Calculated) (m) | 74.8 (78.7% of claim)^ |
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^ Measurement disclaimer: I am an amateur flashlight reviewer. I don’t have $10,000 or even $1,000 worth of testing equipment. I test output and such in PVC tubes!! Please consider claims within 10% of what I measure to be perfectly reasonable (accurate, even).
There's more at my site, including runtimes and all that other good stuff. Head over there if you're willing, and if the table above doesn't satisfy your need for data.
