Lumintop W2 LED Flashlight Review
The Lumintop W2 LED flashlight offers massive throw with the Luminus SFT25 and very floody output from the ring light. It has USB-C charging, too! Read on!
Official Specs and Features
Here’s a link to the Lumintop W2 LED flashlight product page.
Versions
I think there’s just one version of the Lumintop W2 LED flashlight. That’s in stark contrast to the Lumintop W1, which has both an LEP and LED version.
Price
The Lumintop W2 LED flashlight sells for around $63.
What’s Included
- Lumintop W2 LED flashlight
- Lumintop 7000mAh 26800
- Charging cable
- Spare o-rings (2)
- Lanyard
- Manual etc
Package and Manual
Build Quality and Disassembly
The Lumintop W2 LED flashlight has a nice build quality. It’s what you should have come to expect from Lumintop – nice quality and reasonable price.
Only the tail end has a spring -the head has just a brass button for contact. Below, you can see the magnet in the tailcap, too. (It’s probably removable).
Both ends of the cell tube have anodized threads. This means a mechanical lockout with the Lumintop W2 LED flashlight is very simple! (Just loosen either end.)
Size and Comps
Size 45 x 31.5 x 148mm
Net Weight About 338g (battery included)
If the flashlight will headstand, I’ll show it here. If the flashlight will tailstand, I’ll also show that here too!
Here’s the test light with the venerable Convoy S2+. The version below is a custom laser-engraved Convoy S2+ host by GadgetConnections.com. I did a full post on an engraved orange host right here! Or go straight to GadgetConnections.com to buy your Convoy S2+ now!
In the photo above, you may note that the SRM (standard reference material) flashlight for comparison has changed! I used a TorchLAB BOSS 35 for ages. Now, what you can see as the 18350 SRM is the Hanko Machine Works Trident. While I have not reviewed or tested the Gunner Grip version seen here, I have tested a Hanko Machine Works Trident Total Tesseract in brass. I love the Trident, and it’s a striking contrast next to the inexpensive Convoy S2+, which also makes a great standard reference material.
Retention and Carry
The Lumintop W2 LED flashlight includes a lanyard, which attaches only to the tailcap.
The tailcap also has a magnet, which is plenty strong for holding the Lumintop W1 LED flashlight.
Above, you may note a new holder for my magnetic-tailcap items. That’s the Exceed Designs Hyzer Titanium Mini Hatchet D2 axe. The handle (as the name suggests), is titanium. But the blade is D2 steel and perfect for retaining magnetic tailcap flashlights! The Hyzer is available in a bunch of cerakote body colors as well as different thickness D2 heads.
Power and Runtime
The Lumintop W2 LED flashlight runs on one lithium-ion cell. An appropriate 26800 is included. It’s a flat top. And boy is a 26800 a big cell!
The 26800 goes into the Lumintop W2 LED flashlight in the usual way – positive end toward the head.
There are a bunch of modes and they sort of come in a number of options. The highest output mode is “Combo” which combines high from the white COB with the the spotlight. Output doesn’t hit the specification but my calibrated setup is not really ideal for testing something this throwy anyway. Check the beam photos for the best sense of the output.
The light does shut off with low voltage protection at around 3V. Also, observe the battery indicator on the switch for this information. It’s intuitive as you would expect, but the manual doesn’t say the exact specifications. Generally green means “charged” and red means “needs charging.
Charging
The Lumintop W2 LED flashlight has a built-in USB-C charging port on the head end.
The cover is a fairly standard press-in cover.
An A to C charging cable is included.
Both C to C and A to C charging works just fine. C to C can go up to 9V input, so is much quicker than 5V charging.
Modes and Currents
| Mode | Mode Claimed Output (lm) | Claimed Runtime | Measured Lumens | Tailcap Amps |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combo | 1500-700 | 3m+1h40m | 1223 (0s) 1180 (30s) |
7.61 |
| Spotlight | 600-300 | 3m+2h20m | 396 (0s) 387 (30s) |
6.55 |
| High (Floodlight) | 1000-600 | 5m+3h30m | 844 (0s) 809 (30s) |
2.97 |
| Low (Floodlight) | 160 | 16h | 136 | 0.35 |
| Eco (Floodlight) | 15 | 120h | 19 | 0.04 |
| Red | 130 | 5h | 130 (approximate) | 1.22 |
Pulse Width Modulation
None of the modes use PWM, so that’s great!
Here you can see a “baseline” – a chart with almost no light hitting the sensor.
Then there’s the Ultrafire WF-602C flashlight, which has some of the worst PWM I’ve seen. It’s so bad that I used a post about it to explain PWM! Here are multiple timescales (10ms, 5ms, 2ms, 1ms, 0.5ms, 0.2ms) to make comparing this “worst” PWM light to the test light easier. That post also explains why I didn’t test the WF-602C at the usual 50us scale.
User Interface and Operation
The Lumintop W2 LED flashlight uses an indicating e-switch on the head. It’s a nice switch, but unfortunately (unlike the W1) the switch has a rubber cover.
The rabbit logo is neat, though! The indicator can be red or green.
I like that the e-switch is on the head (and not the tail) because that means there’s no inner sleeve!
Here’s a user interface table!
| State | Action | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Off | Click | On (mode memory, Low or High COB White only) |
| On | Click | Off |
| Off | Hold | Red > Red SOS > ECO white^ |
| Any | Double click | Spotlight |
| Any | Click 4x | Combo |
| On (COB white) | Hold | Mode advance |
| On | Double click | Iterate between spot and flood (memory) |
| Off | Click 7x | Iterate switch battery indicator on/off. |
^ Yes, this is the only way to get to ECO white!
LED and Beam
For throw, the Lumintop W2 LED flashlight uses a Luminus SFT25. Also, surrounding the lens for the lens is a COB which has white and red output. The white/red flood is very floody.
In one mode, the white COB and throw emitter may be used simultaneously. You can’t use the RED cob with the spotlight, though.
LED Color Report (CRI and CCT)
I tested only the three modes of white COB – they are very cool white and have low CRI.
Beamshots
These beamshots always have the following settings: f8, ISO100, 0.3s shutter, and manual 5000K exposure. These photos are taken at floor level, and the beam hits the ceiling around 9 feet away.
Tint vs BLF-348 (KillzoneFlashlights.com 219b version) (affiliate link)
I keep the test flashlight on the left and the BLF-348 reference flashlight on the right. These photos are taken around 18 inches from the door.
I compare everything to the KillzoneFlashlights.com 219b BLF-348 because it’s inexpensive and has the best tint!
Summary and Conclusion
The Lumintop W2 LED flashlight is a neat light! The user interface is interesting. In this case, I’m ok with just three white modes. There should be a better way to get to ECO white, though – maybe if it was just first in the mode cycle. Charging works great and the ability to charge at 9V is a nice bonus!
The Big Table
| Lumintop W2 LED flashlight | |
|---|---|
| Emitter: | Luminus SFT25 (for throw) |
| Price in USD at publication time: | $62.95 |
| Cell: | 1×26800 |
| Runtime Graphs | |
| LVP? | Yes |
| Switch Type: | E-Switch |
| Quiescent Current (mA): | ? |
| On-Board Charging? | Yes |
| Charge Port Type: | USB-C |
| Charge Graph | |
| Power off Charge Port | Low only |
| Claimed Lumens (lm) | 1500 |
| Measured Lumens (at 30s) | 1180 (78.7% of claim)^ |
| Claimed Throw (m) | 700 |
| Candela (Calculated) in cd (at 30s) | 3250lux @ 6.571m = 140329cd |
| Throw (Calculated) (m) | 749.2 (107% of claim)^ |
| Item provided for review by: | Lumintop |
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^ Measurement disclaimer: Testing flashlights is my hobby. I use hobbyist-level equipment for testing, including some I made myself. Try not to get buried in the details of manufacturer specifications versus measurements recorded here; A certain amount of difference (say, 10 or 15%) is perfectly reasonable.
What I like
- Reasonable cost
- Waterproof USB-C charging port
- Small size for this throwy flashlight
- Charging works great
- E-Switch on the head end
- Switch indicator function
What I don’t like
- Very cool COB white
- ECO white is too hard to get to
- Doesn’t hit output claims (even when accounting for my homemade measuring apparatus)
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