My fav is my $9 Ultrafire C8 - small enough to go in my pocket at work but bright enough to inspect the undercarriage of cars even in opposing backlight.
actual otf lumens is closer to 350-375, but still, its decently driven and has enough cooling to actually use it as a handy pocket light without cooking your hand.
It’s a compact twisty with shitty but working clip, nice design (in my opinion) and relatively good output (outshines all other low price lights from this budget class). Around 10-15lm output, nice “throw” but with rings (since very symmetrical they don’t bother me). NW tint.
roughly 4+ hours with a fenix protected 2600mah 18650, though it gets too hot to hold after about 15 minutes indoors. had it in front of a fan to test runtime, as I always do with a new light. should be considerably longer with panasonic 3400’s. I usually test with the fenix cell first as its protected, and proven itself to be a ‘true’ 2600 mah cell.
I just got this light the other day. Not bad for an $8 light. Reflector is deep and smooth. It’s got a definitive hotspot with lots of spill around it. Reverse clicky switch. Only thing bad is that it’s next mode memory.
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