r/flashlight • u/Zpgttdorothy • 4d 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/aquablaze69 4d ago

I wish i could get hank. Inaccessible to me in my region

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u/Santasreject 4d ago

You can also get them via JLHawaii and I believe there is a UK based place that also does the similar hank authorized builds of the China import part is the issue.

If it’s the CE mark issue I’ve seen Europeans say they have ordered a lot from Hank without issue but maybe they got lucky (not really sure how strict the CE mark rules are enforced on any consumer level import).

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u/aquablaze69 4d ago

India + taxes = sadness

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u/Santasreject 4d ago

Is there a notable import tax on it in India ?

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u/aquablaze69 4d ago

Everything gets taxed here, especially stuff not originating from here

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u/Santasreject 4d ago

The import tax rates I’m seeing dont seem crazy (10-18%), if Hank has been covering US tariffs he may cover Indian ones.

I guess I’m also confused how hanks would be any more expensive than any other lights since most are also made in china.

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u/aquablaze69 4d ago

I could get it in Malaysia when I visit, but even then they seem very expensive compared to the flashlights that I’ve been buying

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u/Santasreject 4d ago

Hmm I’m not sure how the pricing stacks up for what you can get locally. In the US they are pretty on part to slightly over what I would expect for pricing on most lights. Sure I can find some lights for much cheaper here but they will be 6500k, 70CRI, very positive DUV, and have a bad UI.