Nextorch E51C Everyday Carry Flashlight 1600 Lumens Black

The Nextorch E51C, an everyday carry flashlight at 1600 lumens. Sixteen hundred lumens out of something this size is a lot, and the interesting engineering is in the heat: a small light producing that output has nowhere to put the waste heat except its own body.

The best light is the one you have on you. That is the entire argument for the everyday carry end of the market, and it beats a brighter light left in a drawer every time.

• Everyday carry flashlight, 1600 lumens
• Black
• Nextorch part number E51C

Expect it to step down from maximum after a couple of minutes. Every small high-output light does; the ones that claim otherwise are not being straight with you.