Your coolest / best / favorite flashlight of 2022

2022 isn’t over yet. Don’t think I bought anything in the early part of the year, at least I can’t recall.

Thus far I really like the Manker MC01 with the Samsung LH351D LED 4000K CRI>90.

Probably a shout out for the Emisar D1 Mini also.

Convoy C8 Osram green.
Bought for lightsaber stupidity.
Used for lightsaber stupidity. And keeping the kids entertained. And as tent lighting when camping. And whilst on night time nature walks looking for wildlife. And as a general purpose thrower that’s incredibly easy on the eye.

It shouldn’t be anywhere near as versatile as it is. And it still manages to be fun to use.

ETA:
I feel like it would be unfair not to mention that I’ve got red, green, blue and amber C8’s. Plus a long swiss arca plate and mounts so I can put all four (5, if I include my old XPL-HI C8) on a tripod for static lighting effects. They’re all great, especially cumulatively…but the green is the pick of the group.

Convoy S21D 8A 519A 4500K 60-degree bead.

It’s amazing how good LED flashlight tech has gotten.

Difficult. Bought maybe a dozen+ this year.

Hmmm

Fireflies E07 Brass. I’m ageing it with hard boiled egg yolks. :slight_smile:

Lumintop GT Nano brass w/ 10440 extension tube. Sweet.

Wurkkos TS10. Red, black, MAO and brass.

Emisar D4SV2 and D1 (V2)

There are some in shipping/pipeline that may yet qualify.

Wurkkos TS22 and Wildtrail WT3M.
Hard to find something what surprise,but iam fine with these two…

Wurkkos TS10 (all 6 pcs ), and Convoy S21E-519A/4500K.

Emisar D4K
Emisar D1 mini
Wildtrail WT3M
Wurkkos TS10

Best of 2022: Convoy L7 with 26800 tube extensions

You get a phenomenal beam profile with incredibly usable sustained outputs. In my estimation the 26800 cells actually improved the balance of the light along with the battery life. According to the 1Lumen review this light doesn’t step down past a certain point regardless of temp, but I have never felt the light get particularly hot compared to other lights I own. I’m ok with simply monitoring the temperature with my hands but I live in a more northern state with lower ambient temperatures. In southern regions perhaps this would be an issue.

What could be done to make it perfect for me:

  • Use a lens with green AR coating instead of purple.
  • Spend more time aligning the LED and reflector since the hotspot is a little bit lopsided (not really noticeable in normal use, I shined it at a wall indoors and made this discovery)

This Quad Nichia 219B in 4500K CRI 92 dropin including this host.

Wurkkos TS10 Brass

Sofirn SC 21 Pro - knocked out a light i really like - (FW3A original)

  • smaller, cheap, and well made, they both have anduril

Wurkkos TS10 - red aux

Nightwatch NS73V1 - bargain blast of floody light

Hmm...

My EDC is the Convoy S16 with SFT40, and I got that in 2022, and I care more about my EDC than my other flashlights, so that's my choice.

Honorable mentioned goes to the RovyVon Aurora A23, which is my keychain flashlight.

All in all, 2022 was an excellent year for me and flashlights even though I didn't get a whole bunch of them.

(Updating my EDC and keychain flashlight is a big deal for me.)

Conventional flashlight:
Convoy S21D 8A 60degree 519A 5700k.

Niche flashlight:
Antsonamelon RGB Critter

Wurkkos TS10. I have 4 now and love them!

Convoy M21B SFT40 MAO finish, when it’s ok to call a flashlight ‘sumptuous’. Close runner-up little brother M1 LH351D 4000K. Lighted switches installed, swap the bezels periodically for yin/yang affect.

Emisar D4K or Wurkkos TS10

Acebeam X75 MAO White 12 x XHP 70.3 HI




Another vote for Wurkkos TS10. I have five. The tech and features packed into these little gems for a measly $20 is astounding to me.

Weltool W4Pro
Nightwatch Chaos NS59v2
Wurkkos TS10