I thought this would be a good light that was fun to use. I was surprised how to my naked eye it was brighter than the Nitecore EA41 2015 edition. I also love the lumen settings. The 200 lumen range is my favorite for regular use. It's just bright enough without going overboard but the UI makes it very easy to switch to the levels.

The diffuser is the most unique and effective I have ever used. Even on the 200 lumen level it easily lights up a room like a lantern. This is the best 4xAA flashlight I have ever used. My previous favorite was the Fenix LD41 but I cannot put that one in my jacket pocket.

Love the light, great service, and fast shipping

Compact, Light Blaster in turbo mode. Built in red and blue leds great for night vision or trailing wounded game.

There's no such thing as the perfect flashlight. It varies by person and usage. For my particular use, I wanted something powerful that used AA batteries (rechargeable, of course). I was not concerned with EDC. This is much too thick for carrying in your pocket. You'd certainly get looks if you did. Nor was I after a tactical light which this clearly is not. I also didn't want a light that required bezel-turning to access modes. I wanted everything done via the buttons. I bought this primarily for use in the home and car or for camping and traveling. Once I had decided that I wanted a light in this format, I quickly narrowed my choices down to two models. The other one was a bit brighter and threw a beam twice as far. What sold me on this one was the terrific Firefly mode. I think EVERY light should have a Moonlight/Firefly mode.

First, what I like about the light. As mentioned, the Firefly mode is great. Just enough to find your way or light a dark room without disturbing others or calling attention to yourself or disrupting your night vision. You can get up to 450 hour of use on this mode. It's probably the mode I use most often. I also like that I can get directly to this mode with the light on or off. It has a nice disorienting Strobe mode that you can also get directly to. There's the Turbo mode in case you're Bruce Willis and need to help land a plane in a snow storm. Another feature or novelty that sold me on this model are the blue and red LEDs. The red are useful as they're brighter than the Moonlight mode but will also allow you to maintain your night vision. The blue are fun if you have a black light poster. There's a Police mode which alternates red and blue while flashing a white strobe. This could be useful if your car breaks down though I suppose it could be abused by someone trying to impersonate a state trooper. While this light could have been much more of a thrower, I felt the compromise was worth it for the colored LEDs. The light will remember the last mode for both white and color modes separately. The light feels good in the hand and I like the buttons.

While I feel that I absolutely made the right decision going with this model for my needs, there are several things about it that could be improved. Though the beam is clean, there is a definite hint of purple. I'd love to see a high CRI version or at least a more neutral tint. I'm not crazy about the spacing between the brightness levels, specifically, I wish the Low mode was lower. I'd have preferred 10 lumens. For example, I got a splinter while camping. The low mode was too bright. Fortunately, I had my high CRI EDC light too. I also prefer the order of the brightness levels to go from low to high. This is the opposite. As mentioned, you can get directly to Firefly and Strobe modes yet you can't get directly to Turbo mode. You should be able to double-click the Mode button for this. Sunwayman touts the blue LEDs as being useful for detecting blood stains at night. While that's an unlikely scenario for me and I'm not into CSI, they're being a bit disingenuous. The implication is that this mode will illuminate bodily fluids. It will not. I had high hopes for this mode. I wanted to be be able to check the cleanliness of hotel rooms. I wanted to be able to detect mouse urine. I go to southern CA every year and have come very close to stepping barefoot on scorpions so I was hoping this would illuminate them. And of course, it would be nice to check money and credit cards for hidden security features. It will not do any of these things but it does make my neon guitar strings light up. Rather than having 6 red and 6 blue LEDs, I would have opted for 4 red, 4 blue and 4 UV. These changes would have made this the closest thing to the perfect flashlight for me.

Other misses: Sunwayman does not include a holster with this model. I can see no reason for this glaring omission. The holes/slots along the base are too narrow. While you can use the included strap which is not one I'd rely on, the slots are too narrow to use a small key ring to attach a heftier strap to while still allowing it to tail-stand.

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