So I just received my Convoy L21B and shone it at my wall and thought huh.... I could see the center of the hotspot was offset from the rest of the hotspot, if that makes sense. Almost like an artifact in the hotspot. Had a look at the emitter and noticed it's offset a bit. Noticeable against the wall but outdoors it's not that bad, especially at distance.

My question: Do I accept this? It's not that expensive of a light. No clue if returning is an option and would most likely be more of a pain in the ass than the $50CAD is worth to me. Please let me know what you think 🙏🏻

• sst40 version

Just got off of work 7pm-7am (in the refineries if that matters lol) and worked my first night with my new SP31, grabbed it out the mailbox on my way in to work and charged it up on the way there. I gotta say, I was really excited to get to use it and it was a huge disappointment.

First I’ll start with the positives: Built quality is excellent, it just looks and feels really nice, and onboard charging is convenient albeit an extremely common feature now so not really anything worth note.. and that’s about where it ends.

The negatives: It doesn’t have a deep carry pocket clip which was my first time trying a pocket light without one, and while I knew it wouldn’t be the best going into it, I don’t think I realized how uncomfortable it would truly be.. but that one’s on me. Secondly it didn’t seem to meet the claimed 2000lm output, and battery life wasn’t all that great (not terrible just not that great either) after looking at zeroairs review I noticed his tested Lm output for it was like slightly less than 1400lms and it starts stepping down pretty rapidly, which matched my experience as I was talking to a coworker about how the turbo didn’t really seem that much brighter than the “high” mode, and on top of that the high mode on zeroairs review was iirc even less than 1000 lumens. I know the sst40 isn’t a very beloved emitter but I figured surely this light would have some sort of redeeming quality and it really just didn’t. Normally I don’t mind cooler emitters (at work specifically) because the light tends to reflect off the inside of flanges and metal surfaces better as well as showing imperfections in welds, etc. but yeah this thing just wasn’t it imo.

Honestly the sp31 v3 is basically a baton 4 when it comes to runtimes, emitter, beam pattern and lumen output but without the benefit of being tiny af and convenient (I do love my baton 4 for what it is)

Things I learned from this experience: Check zeroair reviews before purchasing a light, and when this sub hates on an emitter it’s probably for good reason lmao

Anyway there’s my low effort review, Idk why I’m bothering posting this but figured somebody might care lol.

First Convoy and very impressed for the cost. Loving the MAO + Orange 🍊

Just recently got into pocket throwers. Started with a couple nitecores, just ordered a few hank lights, now I already see a few convoys in my future.

Leads me to wonder, how do you handle batteries? One or more for each light, or do you have only a few and swap them between lights? And what’s your routine for charging them and of different types?

https://www.stephenknightphotography.com/post/best-flashlights-for-light-painting-photography-2025

Is it a steal or did I get robbed 😭

The SILVGLOW in rainbow stainless steel body make any EDC configuration better don't you think?

Hi all, I've got a few flashlights but now I'd like to get a decent headlamp for a good price. I've mostly got wurkkos flashlights and I was considering something from them.

I want something that'd have a good flood as I want to use it when working on a car or when doing some delicate work that needs a lot of light. Hopefully something decently waterproof, so I won't have to wore about using it in rain.

Had a look at hd12, hd50 and hd20 but I'm not really sure what would be good. Totally open to different brands too, but I've found wurkkos to be the best value so far, and I'd prefer to spend <50 gbp (~60usd)

Thanks!

I need Your recommendations for flashlight choice as I'm having a problem and cannot choose one. Would like something with UV light and strong Leads, if possible rotating one. Thanks in advance

Don’t buy Convoy S12 UV

I bought a pack of 18650 Cell Wraps from Amazon because a staggering number of my cells needed new wraps.

18650s with damaged wraps are NO JOKE! Don't burn your house down; I don't need the quantity of rewraps I have, thus i will be giving the rest away.

Tell me how many you need, and I guess a Self-Addressed, Stamped Envelope (include a return stamp inside) should be sufficient. I will probably limit it to 10, but I can't guarantee any particular color[s].

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Which would be better for a light mainly for walking at night/self-defense?

• Acebeam TAC 2AA

• Sofirn SP31 V3.0

• Wurkkos FC11C

• Any others you would recommend

TIA

My Olight magnetic charger is pushing away from each other. Anyway to fix this?

Has anyone got any idea how this light compares to the convoy 3x21d? Because they look very similar. I also wonder if they have the same amount of throw because im thinking of getting the pioneman k90

Here is how I store the majority of my smaller flashlights. The top shelf was from IKEA I purchased years ago and at the bottom I added a small steel shelf. I’d love to see others set up!

I am a pseudo flashlight nerd. I own way more of them than I should or need. And I will say that I am unhappy with the flashlight market. As LEDs become more and more efficient, they continue to increase the lumens and the "throw". But for many applications, I don't want or need massive lumens, I just want a good all purpose flashlight with more battery life. While there are some flashlight applications that need lots of lumens, etc. there is a need for a general purpose/bug out light that need lots of battery life. I find that 1000 lumens is PLENTY of light for almost any general purpose need. But the Manufacturers keep increasing the lumens but do so at the expense of battery life. I guess, really, it is a problem with the Drivers. They deliver max lumens and then substantially drop the lumens to lower levels.

I would really like a "new" (efficient) LED that has a maximum of 1000 lumens. And has a Driver that has 750 lumens, 500 lumens, 250 lumens, 100 lumens, and finally about 10 lumens.

I'm not trying to start a political discussion on this sub. I think it's great that it stays out of politics and is just for our shared love of bright objects. However, do we think the price of flashlights made it China (Hank, FFL, convoy, along with many others) are going to increase with the proposed tariffs? I feel like it could make a potentially expensive hobby that much more expensive.

I used this headlamp on a hunt and after I got home and charged it, I noticed it wouldn’t go into turbo. It simply turns off using 2C, and doing 2C again turns it back to regular. Not only that, but all of the power levels are much more dim than with my other HD10 in a side by side test.

I did a factory reset with using 13H and now it will use turbo, but turbo is obviously much dimmer than it should be. It’s about equivalent to the medium setting on my other HD10. All of the settings are obviously much dimmer, like 1/3 of what they should be.

I thought maybe I fried the battery, but swapping batteries with the other light doesn’t help. Both report 4.2 volts. I switched everything around with the other head and it’s isolated to that one head.

Is there possibly an Anduril related reason this is happening? Or is this light toast :( I tested both lights when I bought them in December and at that time they both worked identically.

TIA!

Edit:

All three emitters light up and appear to be the same brightness

I did another factory reset and turbo is again no longer working. This thing might be cooked :(

I’ve seen a few lists of lights but need one for demos in junior high science. It doesn’t need to hold a charge long. But I would like to light up eggs and my hand. Amazon had some with 5 million lumens but it didn’t sound right. On amazon works best since that’s what our school buys from.

Anything better than the Sofirn SP31 V3.0 for $40? Needs to have the lumens/throw to disorient somebody.