We’ll see how the very powerful Mateminco does, but so far as I acquire more lights, the Wurkkos TS30S remains firmly on top of the list due to its unique combination of size, throw, output, sustained output, and above all its trump card, the give-away price. My updated humble opinion:
1b. (tied with 1a) Wurkkos TS30S with SBT90.2. In some hobbies, car, photography, stereo, etc., once in a while a product, whether by luck (kidding) or by talent, hits that magical perfection level. This humble $60 light is such a light and has proven to be FORMIDABLE competitor to all the newer lights in my collection. The Wurkkos rocks my Opple meter by clocking nearly 1 km throw (holy macaroni). The 4000 plus lm output means fantastic brightness, but more importantly, this brightness is well sustained. All of this in a smallish form that fits jacket pocket is the magic of modern LED and flashlight technology. The beam profile is “balanced”: some super throwers have an extremely bright hotspot but little to no spill, resulting in a very narrow field of vision, the Wurkkos OTOH strikes a perfect balance between hotspot (throw) and spill (flood) click here. I use this light often during my evening walk and the beam is an absolute thing of beauty: a bright central beam piercing darkness like a light saber. The beam color at 5100K is very nicely warm (as opposed to harsh flat blue) and has a green tint that I forgive in a thrower LED and, as OCD picky as I am, not a hindrance at all in actual use (vs white walling). Nothing on the market comes close, not at 60 bucks.