This is the UrFlamp E8 keychain flashlight in “Glacier blue”! A powerful tiny flashlight with 800 lumens, USB-C charging, RGB LEDs under the main button and more!
• My opinion:
The E8 is a good keychain flashlight, it’s very bright with 800 lumens on turbo, and easy to use, has the lockout feature, USB-C charging for convenience and RGB for fun. The USB-C is potted and it has IP65 ingress protection rating. The battery has a decent capacity with 400mAh, the RGB colors on the main button are fun and very bright, I wish they also served as AUX lights and it were possible to set them to be always ON very dim. The high mode could be brighter, I think 200 or 300 lumens would be better than the 130 lumens it delivers on high.
• Pros:
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Turbo mode reach 800 lumens (for 30 seconds)
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The Glacier Blue color is pretty nice and has texture
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RGB light is bright
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Decent battery capacity
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Tiny and easy to use
• Cons:
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High mode could be brighter (only 130lumens)
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Clip is not much strong
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IP65
• Box contents
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E8
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Stainless-steel clip
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Keychain ring
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Charging cable
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Instructions manual
• Price
The UrFlamp E8 Glacier blue is priced at $23.99 on the UrFlamp official website. The White version is $21.99 and the black version is $19.99
• Body and build quality
Colors/Material Options: It’s only available in aluminum, probably 6061, but it’s not stated, and there are 3 anodizing color options: Black, White and Glacier Blue (shown on this review).
Material: The entire flashlight body is made of aluminum with a nice cyan/blue anodizing, the main button is made of clear plastic, the clip and keychain ring are made of stainless-steel.
Main body: The main body is entirely texturized with these ice-like cracks, you can feel them with your finger, this gives It a special look and a nicer grip. The button is also texturized and has concentric ring shapes so your finger doesn’t slip too easily.
Clip: The clip is not the strongest because of its design, but the flashlight is also not heavy, so the clip slips off if there is too much movement.
Tail stand and rolling: The flashlight can tail stand, but the tail area of contact is small, so it can fall easily. It has a squared shape so it does not roll.
AUX lights: The are RGB AUX lights on the flashlight beneath the main button, they are pretty strong for a tiny flashlight like this and, also serve as a battery indicator and you can also turn the ON with one of the 7 colors it has: Red, orange, yellow, purple, cyan, blue, green. They don’t stay lit to help find the flashlight in the dark.
Buttons: The E8 features a single e-switch on the top part of the flashlight, the button is made of clear plastic and it has RGB LEDs under it.
Bezel: The flashlight has a tiny thin bezel in front of the lens to protect it from scratches.
Water Resistance: It has the IP65 ingress protection rating with the USB-C being potted, the website says IP68 and the manual IP65, but I believe IP65 is the correct one, as usually tiny flashlights like this one have lower water resistance. The USB-C is covered by a metal slider which you need to slide for accessing the USB-C, it does not protect from water, just from dust.
Here is a comparison with 2 flashlights of similar size, on the left the Manker E02 III and on the right the Sofirn SE1.
• Weight and size
Weight: 26.1g (battery included)
Size: 53.8mm x 22mm x 13mm
• Battery, runtime, and charging
Battery: The E8 a battery with 400mAh, a nice battery for such a small flashlight. It’s not stated which type of battery is uses, I believe it to be Li-ion.
Battery Indicator: The LEDs under the main button will flash for 5 seconds each time the flashlight is turned on and indicate the battery charge as it follows:
| Battery level | Light |
|---|---|
| 90-100% | Solid Green |
| 40-90% | Flashing Green |
| 15-40% | Solid Red |
| <15% | Flashing Red |
Charging: The E8 features USB-C charging on the main body, it is protected against dust from an aluminum slider cover, and protected from water by being internally potted to prevent water ingress inside the flashlight. It doesn’t take long to charge as the battery is not high capacity, it takes around 1 hour. When charging the AUX LED will be lit red, when the charge is over it will light up green.
• Emitter, reflector and CRI:
Emitter: The SE1 uses 2 OSRAM P8 LEDs they produce incredible 800 lumens, but it steps down very quickly, it’s a very uncommon LED but I actually liked it, it’s very powerful in a tiny flashlight like the E8 and has almost no green tint, producing a clean white beam.
Lens: The lens is made of glass and seem to have an anti-reflexive coating.
Reflector/TIR: This light uses 2 tiny reflectors, I think they are probably made of plastic, but I couldn’t tell.
Beam profile: The beam is not the cleanest, there are some visible artifacts around the hotspot and, depending on the distance you are using it, it’s possible to see the 2 hotspots. Not my favorite beam, but also not much bad.
CRI: The LEDs have standard 70 CRI.
• Modes, Runtimes, Throw, Candela:
Modes: The SE1 has 4 white light main modes and 3 RGB modes. The “low” mode is advertised to have 1 lumen, but I think it actually looks brighter, so not an ideal moonlight-like mode. The Turbo mode Is actually quite impressive, with 800 lumens! It steps down very quickly, around after 30 seconds.
Advertised specifications:
| Modes | Brightness (lumens) | Runtime |
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| Turbo | 800-200 lumens | 35s+54min |
| High | 130 lumens | 90min |
| Medium | 50 lumens | 4h |
| Low | 1 lumen | 50h |
| RGB | 20 lumens | 3h |
Throw: The throw is actually decent for this tiny little guy, 100m ANSI/NEMA FL1 with 2503cd. It actually doesn’t get usable this far, but still decent.
• Beamshots Camera settings:
- 24mm lens 2" F8 ISO400 WB: daylight (5200K)
There was some fog on the day I made the beamshoots, sorry for that.
E8 6500K - Turbo (800 lumens) mode
I always try to match what my eyes can see on the beamshots, so camera settings may vary.
• Driver and UI
Driver: The driver is not specified, but from what I´ve tested it seems to be a good driver, probably buck. I did not see PWM on any mode by testing.
UI: The UI is very simple and good for a keychain flashlight.
From OFF:
-1 click turns it ON, another click turns it OFF, holding the main button cycles between low-medium-high, double click goes to turbo
-double click goes to turbo, another single click turns it OFF.
-Holding the button lights up the RGB light, holding the button again will cycle between the colors, double click makes the RGB light enter blinking mode.
-Triple click goes to the “police strobe”
-Quadruple click locks the light.
Low Voltage Warning: It has low voltage warning; the light will blink and turn off.
Thermal Regulation: The flashlight will dim down the brightness when the flashlight gets too hot.
Lockout: The E8 features lockout, a very important feature for a keychain light. To lock the flashlight, you must quadruple click the main button, same to exit lockout mode.
Turbo: The Turbo is quite impressive on this flashlight, 800 lumens is powerful for a keychain flashlight, as expected it doesn’t last long and steps down quickly.
Moonlight: This flashlight has not a specific “moonlight” mode, but the “low” mode is said to be 1 lumen, I actually believe it’s brighter than 1 lumen, but it’s not that bad. A dimmer mode would be better though.
Mode memory: The flashlight memorizes the last white light mode used, except “Turbo”. The RGB color is also memorized.
Blinkies: This flashlight features the police red and blue strobe and RGB blinking.
A special thanks to UrFlamp for sending this flashlight for me to review!
*I am not being paid to do this review, everything here is my honest opinion.
Thank you for reading my review <3