Update of collection.
Now if I only knew what to add next. I’m thinking a Mini Maglite AAA LED or LRI Proton.
Hi Everyone.
I’m just starting out with my flashlight collection.
I have the following:
ThruNite TN12 & Nitecore MT10A
I’m in Australia and noticed Outdoors Warehouse sell Powa Beam & Olight flashlights.
Does anyone have any experience with these brands? A mate of mine says good things.
Welcome to BLF! You might make a new separate thread for that question so more people will see it. You have a lot of fellow Aussies on here. I don’t know about the Powa Beam but Olight is popular around the world and they make pretty good lights for the most part. In the enthusiast world here Olight isn’t very popular for a few reasons. First is that they often use LEDs that don’t have the nicest color or tint (two different qualities of light we see). Second is that they most often use proprietary altered lithium batteries, and most of us prefer the cheaper (and sometimes better) normal batteries that most lights will take. If an Olight catches your eye, shop around and consider signing up for their email list on their website…they do very frequent sales and usually discount under the normal retail/distributor prices that way (they may be on Amazon in Australia, too, and if so sometimes you can score flash deals there). There are a ton of “budget” brands for enthusiast lights that give the same or better performance than the major brands you see in stores, and most people never hear of these other brands. Not that the major brands are bad, just that they often don’t present a good value what they offer (although they sometimes give excellent warranty service and such….many brands do not).
Hi I don’t know about Powa beam but Olight lights are some of the best made lights on the market. I have a Baton3,m2r and a Marauder mini. Both lights are extremely well built with a flawless finish. Both light exceed expectations with performance. I really like the marauder mini. Olight hit a homerun with the mini.
I bought my first flashlight, a Wuben C2, at the beginning of last month. I’m planning on doing a lot of camping soon. Since then I have gotten:
Wuben C3
Wuben D1 (my favorite small flashlight)
Sofirn SC31 Pro
Sifirn SC21 Pro
Sofirn SP36 BLF Anduril 5000K
Wurkkos TS32 519A (just wow!)
Coming
Sofirn SP10 V3
Sofirn SP33S 5000K
Sofirn Q8 Plus 5000K
Lanterns
Sorfirn LT1S x 5 (2x black, orange, red, green)
Sorfirn LT1 (Orange)
Wuben F5 x 4
I need help.
Emisar D4v2 (boost driver, W2)
Emisar D4Sv2 (5700k 519A, SST20 Deep Red)
Emisar DT8K (W2)
Emisar D4KTi (XP-E Cyan)
Emisar D4KTi (XP-E Pink)
Emisar D2 (W1, 4500k 519A)
Emisar D4v2Ti (E17A 1850k)
Emisar DW4 (5000k 519A, boost driver)
Emisar D4K (W1, 5000k 519A)
Emisar D18 (W2)
Emisar D1 (W1 amber)
Noctigon DM1.12 (W1, 5700k 519A dedome)
Noctigon DM1.12 (SBT90.2, 5000k domed 519A mule (no flood optics))
Noctigon DM1.12 (W2 blue, SST20 4000k)
Noctigon DM11 (SBT90.2)
Noctigon DM11 (W2 blue)
Noctigon KR1 (W1)
Noctigon K1 (W2.1)
Wurkkos TS10 (silver, 4000k, blue aux)
Wurkkos TS10 (copper, 3000k, orange aux)
Wurkkos TS10 (copper, 4000k, RGB aux)
Wurkkos TS10 (brass, 4000k, orange aux)
Wurkkos TS25 (519A)
Sofirn LT1S Pro (519A)
Sofirn SF15
Sofirn Q8 plus (6500k)
Sofirn SC31 Pro
Mateminco FW1
Manker Striker (Titanium)
2023 update to my collection from August 2020.
Astrolux EA01
Astrolux EC03
Astrolux FT02S
Astrolux EC06
Convoy C8+ Orange SFT40
Convoy L7
Fireflies PL47
Lumintop AA tool White
Lumintop X9L
Manker MC13
Nitecore NU32
Nitecore NU50
Rovyvon A8
Sofirn HS20
Sofirn HS05
Sofirn D25S
Sofirn D25LR
Sofirn IF22A
Thrunite TH20
UCO Lechi X4
Wurkkos ST10
Wurkkos ST11
Wurkkos HD20
4/19/2023 Just ordered a Noctigon DM11 in stone white from Hank with the aggressive knurling tube.
83+ and counting. Trying to reach 100 and then 200 lol, can’t help myself!!
My modest collection thus far:
AA\14500:
Mini Mag (incan.)
No Name (freebie from Liion) CW
Wurkkos TS10 6000k (MAO) Red Aux
Wurkkos TS10 6000k (Black) Green Aux
Wurkkos TS10 6000k (Silver) Orange Aux
Wurkkos TS10 4000k (Red) Blue Aux
Wurkkos TS10 4000k (Brass) Green Aux
Lumintop Tool AA v2.0 219c WW
Convoy T3 5000k (Orange) 519A Dedomed
Convoy T3 5000k (Red) 519A
18650:
Wurkkos FC11 LH351D
No Name XM-L zoomies (x 7) CW
Sofirn Q8 Pro
Convoy S2+ CSLNM1.TG
Convoy S2+ 519A 3000k Dedomed
21700:
Sofirn IF25A 6500k Anduril 1
Sofirn SF47T (AR lens added) DEAD!
Convoy M21C CSLPM1.TG
Convoy L21A CULPM1.TG
Convoy S21A SFT40 6500k
Convoy S12 3xUV 365nm (ZWB2 Lens)
Sofirn LT1S Pro Lantern
26650:
Wurkkos WK30
D Cell:
(Old\Rescued) Red Pastic Rayovac 2D (LED “bulb” swap upgrade) CW
Maglite 4D (LED “bulb” swap and glass lens upgrade) CW
Left to right.
Toolvn, D4, P25, MC13vn90, tx25c2vn sst-40, G20, U22 II, C8, L6, X75
Headlamp.
Acebeam H30
Updated 2024-04-29
My collection of modern lights so far:
Emisar D1 Black (XP-L HI 5000k)
Emisar D1v2 Sand/Amber (519a 5700k dedomed)
Emisar D1v2 Gray/Red (SBT90.2)
Emisar D1v2 Cyan/Amber (XHP70.3 HI 4000k 90cri)
Emisar D1v2 Black/RGB (B35AM 4500k)
Emisar D1v2 Sand/Amber (MT-G2 4000k 80cri)
Emisar D1K Green/Green (SFN60 5500k)
Emisar D1K Green/RGB (SBT90.2)
Emisar D1K Black/RGB (3ch XM-L Color HI G2 with Ledil Olga-M TIR)
Emisar D1S Gray/Amber (SFT40)
Emisar D2 Red/Red (519a 5700k dedomed and SST20 660nm deep-red)
Emisar D4v2 Gray (SST20 4000k) (x2)
Emisar D4v2 Cyan/Amber (XP-L HI 2850k 90cri)
Emisar D4v2 MAO/RGB (“XP-E” pink)
Emisar D4v2 Cyan/Cyan (“XP-E” cyan)
Emisar D4v2 Black/Red (dual channel XP-L HI 4000k and SST20 660nm deep-red)
Emisar D4K Green/Green (519a 5700k dedomed)
Emisar DW4 Gray/Amber (SST20 4000k)
Emisar D4S Gray/Amber (SST20 5000k and D4Sv2 driver)
Emisar D4Sv2 Black/Amber (SFT40 5000k)
Emisar D4Sv2 Black/Amber (W5050SQ3 3000/6500k mix)
Emisar DT8 Gray/Amber (219bt-v1 sw45k)
Emisar DT8 Black/Warm White (dual channel E21A 2000k/5000k)
Emisar DT8 Black/Amber (NF2W757G-F1 Optisolis 5000k)
Emisar DT8 Black/Red (W2 CSLPM1)
Emisar DT8K Cyan/Cyan (W2 CSLPM1)
Emisar D18 Sand (SST20 5000k)
Emisar D18 Black (SST20 4000k)
Emisar KC1 Red (519a 5700k dedomed)
Noctigon DM11 Gray/Amber (XHP35 HI 5000k)
Noctigon DM11 Black/Red (B35AM 3500k)
Noctigon DM11v2 Black/Amber(XHP50.3 HI 4000k 70cri)
Noctigon DM1.12 MAO/Cyan (SFT40 6500k and SST20 4000k)
Noctigon KR1 Gray (W2 CSLPM1)
Noctigon KR1 Black (SFS80 5000k)
Noctigon KR1 Black (GT-FC40 4000-4500k)
Noctigon K1 Gray (W2.2 CULPM1)
Noctigon K9.3 Green/Green (219b sw45k and SST20 660nm deep-red)
Fireflylite PL47G2 2021 Red/Blue (519a 5700k dedomed, frosted optic)
Fireflylite E07 2021 Sand/Amber (519a 5700k dedomed)
Fireflylite E12R Black (519a 5700k dedomed)
Fireflylite Nov-MU Black (E21A 2200k)
Fireflylite T1R Blue (W1 CULNM1)
Convoy S2+ Black callibrated light (519a 4500k domed)
Convoy S6 (W1 CSLNM1.TG)
Convoy S21A Gray (LML2AW.DC 4000k)
Convoy S21E Orange (519A 5700k dedomed)
Convoy S26A (XHP70.3 HI 4000k R70, 6V 8A driver)
Convoy M2 (W2.2 CULPM1)
Convoy M21B (W2.2 CULPM1)
Convoy M21C-U Gray/RGB (W2.1 CULNM1 with Emisar D1v2 driver)
Convoy H1 Black/Amber (219bt-v1 sw45k with 2.5A D1v2 driver)
Convoy 3x21D Black/Amber (SBT90 with Emisar driver mod)
Convoy S2+ Purple (Nichia 365nm UV-A 233B)
Convoy C8+ Sand (Osram 850nm IR SFH4715AS)
Convoy C8+ Sand (Osram 940nm IR SFH4725AS)
“Convoy” M1 UV-C
Pioneman K75 MAO (SFN43 6500k) with Emisar driver mod
Wurkkos HD15R (LH351D and SST20 660nm)
Wurkkos TS10 4000k black (cyan, orange, green aux)
Wurkkos TS10 (reflector thrower mod, W2 CSLPM1)
Wurkkos TS10 Green/Amber 4000k
Wurkkos TS10 Red/Red 4000k
Wurkkos TS10 MAO/cyan (white) 4000k
Wurkkos TS10 Brass/amber 4000k (polished)
Wurkkos TS10 Brass/amber 4000k (raw)
Wurkkos TS10 Copper/red 3000k
Wurkkos TS10 Silver/amber 6000k
Wurkkos TS10v2 Ti sandblasted 4000k
Wurkkos TS10v2 TiCu polished 4000k
Wurkkos TS10v2 Orange (519a 5700k dedomed)
Wurkkos TS11 (first batch) (SFT40 6500k)
Wurkkos TS11 Orange (Yinding 5050 round-die 3000k 90cri)
Wurkkos TS21 gray (519a 5700k dedomed)
Wurkkos TS21 gray SST20 4000k dedomed (around 3200k)
Wurkkos TS22 green XHP70.2 5000k
Wurkkos WK03 TLF (519a 5000k)
Thorfire BLF-Q8 (XP-L HD 5000k)
Sofirn SP10 Pro (red) (519a 5700k dedomed)
Sofirn SP36 BLF Anduril (LH351D 4000k)
Sofirn SP36 BLF Anduril (LH351D 5000k)
Soifirn SP40 (LH351D 4000k)
Sofirn SC21 Pro (green) (519a 5700k dedomed)
Sofirn BLF LT1 (T85 v2) (orange) (LH351D 2700k/5000k)
Sofirn LT1S Pro (triple channel 519a 2700k dedomed, 5000k domed, SST20 660nm deep-red)
Sofirn IF22A (SFT40 6500k)
Mateminco MT04 Blue (SST40 5000k)
Mateminto MT07 (519a mix, ~2600k)
Mateminco MT35 (XHP35 HI 4000k)
Jetbeam Jet-μ (219bt-v1 sw45k)
Lumintop FWAA Gray (219C 4000k) (needs fixing)
Lumintop FW1A Pro Green (SFT40 3000k)
Lumintop FW3A Purple (519a 5700k dedomed)
Lumintop Tool AA 2.0 (219bt-v1 sw45k)
Lumintop GT Nano (original NarsilM driver)
Lumintop GT3 Pro Prototype (triple SFH55) x2
Lumintop Ant-Man (hotrod driver)
Lumintop Thor 3
Manker BLF A6 (blue, XP-L HD “NW”)
Haikelite MT09R (silver, blue+gold) (XHP70.3 HI 4000k R70)
Jaxman Z1 (SFT40 6500k)
Nightwatch NS59v2 (SFQ60.3)
Prometheus Mini Mk3 (319a 4000k)
Fenix E15 original version (XP-E 6500k)
Surefire EB1 (unknown emitter)
Surefire M3LT-S (original XM-L)
Hot-wires (Incandescent):
Surefire M6 MN21 bulb (500lm)
Surefire Z3 with P90
Surefire Z34 with P91
Surefire G2 P60
Surefire A2 Aviator (lumensfactory bulb and red secondary)
Surefire A2 Aviator (SF bulb and green secondary)
Wolf-Eyes Eagle-II (3600k incan!!!) (update: burned out 
)
Coming soon:
Emisar D3AA
Emisar D4Sv2 B35AM 4500k (eventually)
Emisar DT8K XP-L HI mix (4000/5000k)
Lumintop FW1A Pro (to be XHP50.3HI swapped)
XinTD C8 (XM-L2 NW)
Ultrafire HD2011 (XM-L T6)
Ultrafire WB-201B (red P60)
S6 (convoy?)
Sunwayman V11R Revolution (XM-L2)
Wishlist
(starred are lights I’m specifically looking for, the others are just if I find a good deal and have money to burn)
*Lumintop FW1AA
*Lumintop FW21 Pro SFN55
Lumintop FW21 Pro X9L
*Emisar D4v1 (219C 5000k)
*Emisar D4K 3ch (519a 5700k dd, sst20 deep red, UV)
Fireflies E07X Canon
Fireflies X1S
Fireflies PL09 Quad (519a 5700k)
Sofirn Q8 Plus
Sofirn Q8 Pro
Sofirn SP36 Pro (for SFT40 swap)
Sofirn LT1 Mini
Wurkkos TS30S Pro
Wurkkos TS32 519a
Mateminco PD90S
Trustfire MT20 (with an anduril driver mod)
*Shadow SL3 (emitters don’t matter, gonna restomod)
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Last Updated: March 13, 2024
AAA/10440:
- Manker E03 - Luminus SST-20 4000K
- Skilhunt E3A - Samsung LH351B 4000K
- Sofirn C01S - SST-20-DR
18350/18650
Boruit D10- Pending build - 6V3ABoruit D10- Pending build- Convoy M1 - SFT40 6500K, 3V8A Buck
- Convoy S8 - SFT40 6500K, 3V5A Linear
- Skilhunt H04RC - Nichia 219B SW45K 4500K
- Sofirn BLF LT1 - Samsung LH351D 5000K / 2700K
21700
- Convoy M21B - CREE XHP70.3 HI 5700K R9050
- Emisar D1K - San’an SFN60 6500K
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I still got the feeling I’m missing a few, but I can’t figure if and/or which, so here’s my current collection:
Astrolux EA01S
Astrolux EC01
Astrolux FT03 (modded, has a different LED)
Convoy C8+ (LH351D, 5000K, Convoy 5A 12-group driver)
Convoy L21B (SFT-40 + Convoy 8A 12-group driver)
Convoy S2+ (SFQ65 6500K LED + BLF A6 driver)
Convoy S2+ ‘mini’ 18350 (519A 3500K + Convoy 5A 4 modes driver)
Fireflylite P02
Jetbeam Mini One SE
Led Lenser P7 (first ‘quality flashlight’ that I bought, before becoming a flashaholic)
Lumintop Tool 2.0 (Switched to Osram P9 LED)
Manker E03H
Mateminco FT01
Sofirn C01S
Sofirn SP40
Sofirn HS10
Sofirn H25S
Sofirn SD05 (Old version, with 6V 50.2 and boost driver)
Sofirn SP31 UV
Sofirn SP31 V2.0 (XP-L Hi)
Sofirn SC18
Sofirn SP10S (LH351D, 5000K)
Sofirn SC31 Pro (black, 5000K)
Tank007 ??? (forgot the type, is an AAA twisty)
Thrustfire Mini-2
Wainlight C8+ (Convoy clone; it has a NM1)
Wuben L50
Wurkkos FC12
Wurkkos TS10
Wurkkos HD15
I also have a bunch of cheap Chinese lights which I bought over the years, hoping that they would work as a cheap host. (But almost none were good/usefull enough for that.)
I’m also waiting to receive a Sofirn SC31 Pro in green and a SC33 XHP-70.3 HI. Both were really cheap on sale on Aliexpress, so I made 2 impulse buys. 
One day if I have a weekend to kill, which will likely be never, I will make a list of mine.
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Bump
Collection updated: 2023-11-16
AAA/10440:
- Sofirn C01s - Luminus SST20 4000K
- Olight i3e Eos
16340:
- Sofirn HS10 - Samsung LH351D 4000K
18350:
- Convoy S2+ -
Nichia 519A 5700K dedomedNichia B35AM 5000K - Convoy S2+ - Nichia 365nm UV
- Sofirn IF19 - Luminus SST40 6500K
21700:
- Convoy M21B Tan - Cree XHP70.3 HI 4000K 70CRI, Orange Peel reflector
- Convoy M21B Green - Luminus SFT40 5000K, Smooth reflector
26650:
- Sofirn SP33S -
Cree XHP70.2 5000KCree XHP70.3 HI 5700K 90CRI
Other:
- Olight i1r2 Pro
- Olight Gober
- Sofirn SC02 Mini
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My 14500/AA modest collection.
Veriety. Veriety of metals. Veriety of temperatures, tints, sizes… Represent! 
From left to right:
- Copper FWAA 3x SST-20 (5401K, CRI: 64.9, duv: 0,0099)
- Brass TS10 3x CSP (4022K, CRI 94,2, duv: 0,0013)
- Titanium Tool 2.0 LH351d Dedomed (3144K, CRI 95.1, duv: -0,0011)
- Stainles Steel Yupard Green NM1 (5367K, CRI 71.3, duv: 0,0562)
- Aluminium Ring King CULPM1.TG (6099K, CRI 67.0, duv: 0050)
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I have a rather modest collection compared to others here, but here is my list.
The ones in bold and underlined are my current EDC.
The ones in bold are also recommended.
Italics are not recommended.
Others are okay.
AA/AAA
- Streamlight Protac 2AAA
2xCR123/123A
- SureFire E2D Defender Ultra
18650
- Wurrkos FC13 (Great all-around light)
- Wurrkos FC13s
- Wurrkos TS11 (Carried in my EDC/Day bag as a backup. Awesome little thrower.)
- Nitecore P12GT (Can also run on 2xCR123. High-CRI this is not. I don’t think it would even register in the mid-60s. Washes colors out badly.)
21700
- Sofirn LT1 Mini
- Emisar D4K (Just Ordered, Coming Soon)
- Nitecore SRT7i (Has a great combination beam, so good throw, and spill. However, it uses their own proprietary 21700 battery which I am not a big fan of.)
Other
- Rovyvon Aurora A1 Keychain Light (On my keychain. It’s so small and light I often forget it’s there)
- SureFire Sidekick Keychain Light
Emisar/Noctigon/Hanklights:
D4V2 - Copper w/Red - 519a 5000k dedome
D3AA - Dark Gray w/Blue - SST20 - 5000k
D1K - Dark Gray w/Blue - W1 - 6000k (CSLNM1.TG)
D4K - Red w/Copper Head w/Cool White - SST20 - 6500k
DM11 - Green w/Cyan - XHP50.3 HI 5000K 90CRI
KC1 - Dark Gray - 519A R9080 2700k dedomed
D1 - Black w/red - W1 6000k!
Wurkkos:
TS22 - Black - XHP70.2 5000k
TS11 - Black - SFT40 6000k Low CRI
TS10 - Black - 90 CRI CSP - 4000k
Boruit
D10 - Black Headlamp
Streamlight
Microstream - Black
Nitecore
Tini2 - Titanium - OSRAM P8
Olight
Baton 4 - Regal Blue
iTHX - Pumpkin Orange Keychain
i3T 2 EOS - Starry Blue for Charity
I3E EOS - Dream Blue
Lumintop
Lumintop Ring King (Ant Man) - Silver - OSRAM P9
Reylight
Pineapple Mini - Blue - Nichia 519a 4000K R9080