Wow lucky I caught this thread when I did, I haven’t been super active lately lol.
Here’s a very nice thread with BLF members and their channels:
Another thread where people list their favorite reviewers:
Here are some of my personal favorite video reviewers on YouTube:
LiquidRetro: Clear and informative reviews of many different lights, runtime data and good footage - My go to reviewer alongside Zeroair
UrbanSurvivor: Great beamshots and comparisons of lots of different lights, with good video quality and editing. He doesn’t get mentioned as much in enthusiast circles but it’s really great for a lot of the more general brands.
MrBazReviews: Not strictly a flashlight channel, but has reviewed lots of lights and has great video quality and lots of detail
PixelPoisonFlashlights: Literally only four videos but excellent production quality
Flashlight Enthusiast: Lots of hobbyist flashlights, detailed reviews with great technical measurements and runtime tests
I also occassionally watch Jon Gadget and Chrispy Things, neither are dedicated to lights or particularly technical but they have good video quality.
Piercing the Darkness and Lumen Max are great channels that have helped me decide on purchases before.
This channel (IDK the name it’s Chinese) showcases some cool lights too.
There are more but that’s what I’ve watched most recently anyway. I find just looking for “Flashlight Reviews” or “Best flashlights” or whatever in YouTube doesn’t yield much of anything valuable unfortuately, it’s easier to find channels that you like and see the other channels they’ve linked in turn on their pages.
It will take some time but just scanning the threads in the review subforums can get you some results:
https://budgetlightforum.com/forum