Nitecore EDC35 5000 Lumen EDC Flashlight, USB-C Rechargeable, High Power Super Bright Sticker for Everyday Carry

For some reason flashlights are a passion of mine. I am a hobbyist, and have some flashlights that put out in excess of 120,000 lumens. Some of them are so bright I cannot use them in residential areas and take them with me when I go walking late at night into uninhabited trails and areas.The two areas of concern for me are, output, and run time. A flashlight with high output will have a short run time. What I look for in terms of every day carry, is a flashlight with decent output and decent run time. Hard to find in a small package. I came across this flashlight in a review on YouTube and decided to try it out.A couple of things I notice Are things people should be aware of. The flashlight has an on-off switch to prevent it from being activated in the holster by mistake. It also has what I call a two-stage switch. A light press activates the first stage, a harder press activates the second stage. The first stage activates the spotlight and flood light feature which is a 5000 lumen output. This first stage turbo and Spotlight mode can be activated whether the actual flashlight is on, or off. Turning the switch to the off position on the side of it disables this. Having the flashlight activate accidentally in a pocket or in the holster could literally start a fire. That's the reason the flashlight has an on-off switch. Keep it in the off position when it's not being used.A light press on the first stage button when the light is off will show you the battery level. Turning the cap at the very end of the flashlight will reveal a type c charging port, this battery will charge at almost 2 amps! That makes it charge very very quickly. It also has a 6000 Mah protected cell that's installed. That is a huge battery for such a small light and is responsible for both output and long run times.When you hard press the switch to actually turn the flashlight on, you have four modes, low, medium, medium high and high. The high setting is 1300 lumens and has a run time of 4hrs 45 minutes! That is unbelievable! You can activate the turbo while the flashlight is on, and what you will notice is the regular flashlight output is a different color than the turbo. Turbo is much, much whiter and brighter. That is a very interesting feature and very useful. Having a warmer output is better for color rendering if you're looking for something you dropped in the grass or trying to discern the difference of wire colors if you're using this to look at electrical wires in the dark. This is very handy! The turbo mode is far too bright to use in Close Quarters but it does throw the light way, way out there! I have been a flashlight hobbyist for more than 10 years and I am utterly amazed at the amount of output from this small flashlight!The one caveat people must be aware of Is that a flashlight with high output Generates a lot of heat very quickly. Using the light in regular mode where you're on either the low, medium low, medium high, or high settings doesn't generate much heat, but once you activate the turbo Spotlight or full turbo at 5,000 lumens, the light generates a tremendous amount of heat very quickly! It's very small and Compact and does not have much thermal Mass to bleed off the heat from being used in Turbo for an extended amount of time so this is something you must be aware of and prepared for.All the features on this flashlight were designed very well and make a lot of sense. This is not just some delicate specialty flashlight to be used for certain applications, this is very well designed, rugged, and can be used by mechanics as well as law enforcement, first responder, or fire.I will probably buy a second one to throw in my backpack just to have when I'm out and about or at work.I would also go so far as to look up videos on YouTube to give you a better idea of the features this light has.

I'm a huge Nitecore fan—this is my fifth light from them, and they still manage to impress me every time. The EDC35 is an absolute beast! The brightness is unmatched, and the build quality is second to none. I've put all my Nitecore lights through some rigorous testing in tough conditions, and they’ve never let me down. This one is no different—it’s tough, reliable, and incredibly well-designed. I’m very happy with my new little powerhouse of a flashlight. Nitecore really knows how to deliver top-tier performance in a compact package. Highly recommended!PS , this thing gets hot so be very carful

this is a great flashlight.

Upon first use, I'm impressed for the price point. I'm sick of losing expensive flashlights so I tried this slightly cheaper option. I love the locking feature to prevent accidental drained battery. It's a coin toss with Chinese made products but this one is absolutely great so far. The only uncertainty is how it will withstand a few drops after some work days.

The EDC35 is really a good EDC with a lot of great features. Getting to the levels you want with the tail switch can be a little tricky at first but once you get used to the feel it works pretty well. At its normal sustained high mode of 1300 lumens it’s very bright for its size and runtimes are very good. The temporary Search and Lumen Shield modes are insanely bright and have incredible throw for such a small light. Things get hot fast so you don’t want to engage these modes too often but the normal High mode is plenty bright with decent throw.There are a few misses that could be improved in a future version. The battery is not replaceable so you have to keep it charged via the USB-C port or have another light ready to go while the EDC35 is charging. It also would have been very nice to have a switch or mode that enabled the use of the floodlight mode (all 9 emitters on) at lower selectable levels so that you could use the floodlight pattern for more than a short 12-15 seconds at the 5,000 Lumen Shield level before it drops down to a lower output — without the 8 flood emitters remaining on— to protect the light. That would have been a really useful feature.My biggest gripe with the light is the tail stand ability. I always like to get lights that can tail stand and this light is advertised as being able to tail stand. It is very unstable when doing so because the tail switch extends just a bit too far past the metal bezel. All that was needed was to have the three high points be just 1 millimeter taller at most so that the rubber tail switch could not touch first causing it to be very wobbly. A 5 yr. old could figure this out so how is it that all the other details of the light are executed so well but this got by the design phase, prototypes, pre-production, and on to full production without anyone noticing? It HAD to be caught at some point so for whatever reason Nitecore decided it wasn’t worth the easy fix so I’ll wind up having to improvise something that is permanent and stable. If the tail stand ability is not an issue for you, then there aren’t any real deal breakers and I would recommend it overall.