Your coolest / best / favorite flashlight of 2021

Best: Zebralight SC64w HI. Incredible quality, size and beam.

Favourite: Malkoff MD2/M61 with Hi/Lo. Just love this one, around the house and in the forest. Usually carry the Zebralight as back-up.

Most fun, and best EDC: Emisar D4V2 SST-20 4000K 95CRI. Can do it all. Beautiful beam and tint. Most carried.

I got into the hobby this year so my collection is small with just a D4SV2 and D4, but the D4S is significant to the D4V2 in every way from ergonomics to my use cases.

D4V2

SST-20 4000 with stock Fex +1 driver

Pocket rocket with too much spill to evenly light a path more than 20 feet in front of me. The 18350 tube is sooo cute though and it will be a great work light with its magnetic base.

D4SV2

W2 6K with 9A + CC linear driver

Even ramping, power for days of dog walking. I think I can get to medium high (5/7) before the driver switches to the CC, which means that I get an extremely bright, usable, throwy beam for as long as the voltage lasts in the battery without it getting hot and dropping current.

The Osrams run pretty hot. There’s also no way the D4Sv2 is thermally staple anywhere near the top of the CC output - 9A, so 27+ Watts
The nice thing is, in general the anduril temperature ramp is so gentle you don’t seem to notice it :wink:

Updated till here :D

Convoy L21B

I’m surprised that it only has 1 point

Nitecore TIKI (a RovyVon Aurora A5 clone clone or vice versa)

Wildtrail WT90 for sure.

I’ve decided that the Thrunite Catapult Mini is my favorite flashlight I got in 2021. I’m impressed by it every time I pick it up.

Sofirn IF22A

Emisar D4Sv2 W2

Emisar DT8 XPL Hi 4000k

I have a Mateminco MT70 Mini SFN55.2 coming in for a landing in about 2 days.
Got the SamSung 30T’s warming up.
Getting a mean hunch this light will make my favorite list.

Wuben E6,
Being a pocket rocket that can powered by 14500 or AA battery

Convoy M26c with GT-FC40.

Wildtrail WT90

Power, style, a big that's surprising lightweight.

Zebralight SC700d still at the top of my list.

This one is up there for me too. Very pleasant beam and tint.

Convoy L21A with KW CULPM1.TG

FWAA as of now with convoy sw45k swap. It has become my flood edc. Carried in pocket w/o clip and mechanical lockout.

Not necessarily totally new to 2021, buy my continuously tweaked TIR FW1A is still my all time hero. This year it got a SS bezel, LEDIL Leila RS, and FD2 sst20. Nearly perfect.

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A shorty tube for the FW3C with cyan glow gasket and tail cap. Apart from the chunky lumpy feeling in a pocket, it is my favourite light for general, bedside nip to the loo type edc.

Edit: Total fail from me having read the OP again, sorry. :zipper_mouth_face:

Emisar DT8 XPL Hi 4000k

Best Walking Light - Sofirn SF47 (4 x SST40)

This light deserves a mention because I had no interest in it until I held my brother’s. The 6500k color tint was undesirable to me and I thought the lumen claims seemed dubious. But this light feels amazing in the hand (2 * 21700 form factor) and feels satisfyingly sturdy. The claimed 9000 lumen turbo may or may not be the full 9000 (I have no way of checking) but I can tell you the results are impressive. The high mode doesn’t seem to step down (claimed 3000 lumens) and I typically walk around outside with that mode. In general, I love the mode spacing on this light for an outdoors focused light. If it came in a 5000k tint I’d love it even more but this light is great. Easily my sleeper-hit of 2021

Best EDC Light - Emisar D4V2
Grey, steel bezel, amber switch, tail magnet, e21a 2700k

I find myself grabbing this light for EDC a lot because I feel so mellow looking at it and using it. I also got one in black with a red switch and XPL-HI 5000k emitters that’s a strong runner-up.

Best Jacket Pocket Light - Zebralight SC700D

Disappears in a jacket pocket and has killer sustained output for its size. There’s something magical about the knurling on this light too. I just love holding it.