Cyansky are the OEM for the brand called Lumstrik. I received a sample last year with a bulk shipment from Cyansky, they included it to get some feedback. I never intended on reviewing this flashlight, until it popped up on Kickstarter a week ago and thought I may as well since I already had some footage and night photos.
The build quality is solid, no sharp edges, clean threads, double orings both ends, everything is top notch. The beam profile is excellent without any artefacts. There’s threads around where the glass is on the head for the optional amber filter.
The UI starting on 2,000 lumens (High) suits for what it’s designed to be, exploration, search and rescue etc. I personally prefer memory or a side switch for starting on low and a shortcut to turbo.
Overall, it’s a top flashlight and very surprising for a new brand’s first model.
shame that they wasted so much space on the head for nothing instead of cooling fins (above and underneath the 3 fins they have) The Tailcap has almost as much cooling as the head
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button too small
XHP70 - why not a smaller LES LED?
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How to say that brand-name?
If the head would have more fins and the price would be around 70$ or less, I would take a second look.
“shame that they wasted so much space on the head for nothing instead of cooling fins (above and underneath the 3 fins they have)”
I would have liked more fins covering the entire neck too, makes it look a bit odd as is. This thing holds turbo before its sustained level for 20 minutes. Name one similar model from any brand that does that, I couldn’t find any. More mass is benefiting for cooler temps which didn’t exceed 57°C. Misunderstood your comment.
The XHP70.3 HI is nice, not everyone wants a narrower beam, this has a beautiful beam with a good size hotspot and plenty of spill.
UI works for those who need to just click and go, UI’s don’t need to suit every person. Certainly not what I’d call trash though.
The button looks too small to me. Especially with this intended for SAR, a larger and even more prominent button would be superior especially if the user is wearing gloves of some sort. In such a situation while wearing gloves, you would want more surface area and tactility for activation. And even without gloves, a larger button still makes activation easier. That seems a glaring error in a light built for SAR.
It’s 2026 - let’s let always starting on high UI’s die off already. Or at the very least give the user a low mode shortcut somehow.
Still, more fins would be better. And for that price, I expect the maximum performance, which means maximum cooling possible at a certain form factor.
And I just saw - the short tube isn’t even included? At that price I expect the short tube and something to close the short tube waterproof with the battery inside for having the second battery as well as the tube with me.
I assume that is what the “Clip Tailcap” is for? Doesn’t say anywhere what that thing even is.
Really? Use two much smaller and slimmer flashlights, even one penlight as comparison? Why not one of those 2032 button cells with a 5mm LED taped onto the poles as well? Or a Smartphone flashlight?
It’s a spin-off from a reputable brand, made by flashlight enthusiasts (as they claim on kickstarter) that designed a pretty barebones flashlight with horrible UI and absolutely not enthusiast very cool white 6500K emitter.
Probably Cyansky - design language is very similar, they probably share some design people. Or Cyansky just created another brand to get the kickstarter funds. For $129 I don’t see anything special, if I wanted something bigger I’d just get the M21G gor $40.
Seriously? I mentioned that Cyansky are doing OEM, and are who sent me this sample… clearly you didn’t bother to read the post, not even the first sentence.
Call me prejudiced but I don’t trust annonymous kickstarter companies (even their website has empty privacy policies) and when it turns out there’s large company behind them, making them and advertising them (by sending to reviewers) my alarms are screaming.
I’m the only reviewer who owns this flashlight though, my Cyansky contact didn’t request a review, she sent it for testing and as a gift with a bulk purchase. I’m reviewing it because I saw it on Kickstarter and thought it was worth it when it’s decent.
Kickstarter requires a brand to have their own website, so it’s just something basic so kickstarter permits their product. UrFlamp were the same and they’ve made some really nice models, weird name though.
