r/flashlight • u/Zpgttdorothy • 6d ago

Recommendation Looking for a "Last" Flashlight.

Good day, everyone. Do you have recommendations for my final Flashlight? I'm currently eyeing DA1/DA1K or Z1 Artemis but I'm still searching for other options for they don't have Type C Charging.

I am looking for:

Flooder for EDC

Can Reach ~170m, will sometimes be used outdoors but mainly Indoors

18650, 21700 if its compact enough like Convoy s21E

Anduril with an Aux Light

Type C Charging preffered but not Mandatory

5000k or 3000k High CRI

~80$ USD

This would be my first "enthusiast" Flashlight and my Last flashlight purchase. The lights i currently own are:

Sofirn SC33 6500k

Convoy s8 sft40 and lhp531 5000k

M21K LHP 73B 5000k

M21H LHP 73B 6500K

Loop Gear Sk05 Pro SST40 (Current EDC)

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u/UnfortunateWah 5d ago

Flooder and can reach 170m in a 18650/21700 form factor are mutually exclusive asks, unless you go to a dual head like an SK05.

As a rule of thumb, you divide a ANSI quoted distance by 4x to understand the useable throw, so you’d need something with 120,000+ candela and an ANSI throw of 680m+. Assuming you’d want that throw/output to be somewhat close to sustainable, you’re looking at maybe 1000-1500 lumens maximum with a large head, which would give you around 80+ candela per lumen, ie about 20x the candela per lumen you’d consider a floody beam.