Sofirn Q8 Pro Rechargeable 11000 Lumen Flashlight, Super Bright with 4 x LED, Max 400 Meters Beam Distance, Powerful for Camping, Fishing, Emergency (Q8 pro-6500K)

Output even higher than 11000 lumens, this one tests at around 11,240 when forced into turbo and fully charged. That kills the battery in minutes though. It's a little hard to learn how to use, but it has a 'muggle mode' it comes in to start out, which mitigates the issue. It definitely sticks up to the advertized value.BUY IT FROM THE SOFIRN STORE, IT IS CHEAPER THERE.It's a little big for one to pocket though, but the floodlight pattern really does illuminate about 500 meters away.

The reflector material looks like it’s a cheap plastic, but I don’t think it matters much. Was playing with it and turned it on under some fabric and within seconds it started burning, smelled burnt fabric for the next five minutes. You can see it’s beam on the ground in front of you during the day, it’s not going to light things up during the day with the sun or unless you’re in the shade of a tree or something. Lights up my block at night. In my room at night with the lights of it looks like rapture or something. If you hold your hands a few inches away on full blast it gets really warm real quick, with any length of time it will burn. I was just buying this because I do astro-landscape photography, this will definitely do the job. In a flashlight competition I don’t think anyone today would beat you. It’s sort of like a car high break for your hand, but I think maybe it casts a wider beam than high beams would. As I said I simply bought this for photography but I didn’t realize it’s ipx8 waterproof which I think is better than your smart phone. Is also a power bank, I know it was rechargeable but not that you can charge stuff with it via usb-c. It’s a bit heavy in the hand but nothing bad. I didn’t realize the metal going around the front of the flashlight was all heatsyncs, thought it was just a tactical look or something but it’s actually kind of functional but I don’t think it makes a huge difference. My last flashlight, a fenix uc40ue I think it’s called, bought that for about $80 eight years ago and thought it was bright at night till I realized it was a bit underwhelming. But it was mostly adequate at 960 lumens until its battery Gave up on me, tried to replace it and have been failing for months now because I didn’t realize what a pain it’d be To continue to use a perfectly functional flashlight that came with proprietary batteries that fenix discontinued some time ago and now I’m trying to find an off brand replacement that’s rechargeable still and I’m struggling. Bought this. The 4 batteries that come with this flashlight appear to be very common “18650” ’s rather than the far more difficult to obtain “18650b” that my old fenix takes. They say “sofirn” on them but they appear to be straight up topical 18650 batteries that seem far simpler to get. Was also pleased to discover that the one button on the flashlight actually has modes and a huge variety of click/hold combinations that affect what the flashlight does. It’s extremely convoluted in my opinion, and I’d have a lot of combinations to memorize, which I don’t think I’ll do. But it can apparently strobe, lock-out, and all sorts of stuff. My only real criticism of this flashlight is that I haven’t been able to figure it out look up how to determine battery charge, or if I have I don’t understand what the button line is indicating to me. No idea what it means when turns Orange even though it appears to have a full charge. So I really like it. One of those guys on YouTube that treats tools And batteries and flashlights and all that stuff tested this flashlight along with a number of others, with a home made dome, and measured its light output with a linen measuring tool, and confirmed that it does indeed put out 11,000 lumens and pointed out a number of other flashlights that lie about their output. Brands like fenix tend to understate spotty what they’r their output is and this flashlight was almost spot on with its claims. So I’m satisfied!

The media could not be loaded. This is a great flashlight for people who want more than just a Walmart flashlight and for flashlight enthusiasts alike. Be sure to research it though to make sure you know all the pros and cons. I recommend looking up the review on 1lumen.com. My video shows it in simple mode where you can turn it on and then ramp it up to whatever brightness you want. The fence in the video is about 35 yards away. I can’t see needing more than 50% brightness for most uses; but it is nice to be able to light up a whole backyard and more if you need to. Just a word of warning when it is in the high and turbo mode it gets very hot. It’s unavoidable with a flashlight this strong so if you use it this way just hold the bottom. Otherwise I’ve been able to comfortably use it in my hand on medium and under. It is comfortable in hand for quick 30 second or 1 minute burst of high and turbo as well but then go back to medium or under or put a handle on it. This light uses anduril2.0 firmware so you can use it in simple ui out of the box or dig in and customize it in advanced mode. I also love that the big power of this light makes it super bright while also doubling as a power bank for your mobile devices. That way if you don’t use the flashlight function as much you can always use it as a great power bank. This makes it good value for your money in my opinion and can make it very valuable for camping or even just to use it as a power bank at home and flashlight for emergency. The size is a little smaller then a soda can so not the best for pocket carry but can be done and it has more weight then a generic light but is still comfortable to hold and carry around in hand while using it and in a bag or pack for storage/camping. If you think this is a little more then you need I recommend the sofirn sp36 pro that’s basically the same thing just a step down.

Beautiful light. Powerful....lights up a whole neighborhood......for me? Nah but if you live in a rural area this is the perfect light!!!!

This thing is heavy-- 1 pound 5 ounces or 600 grams! On the other hand, it seems that you could hurl it against a wall without damage.The rubber cover on the charging port failed immediately and I have been unable to re-install it.Apparently, the light can do all sorts of tricks, but the manual is a horror. Lots of codes like "H5", which means "click 4 times then hold on the 5th press"; really user hostile. It might be fun to get it to do some of its effects but too much bother.And, of course, it is way too expensive.

I just received this light and I'm impressed with it's overall brightness. I am especially impressed with all of the functionality that can be accessed via it's Simple and Advanced UIs. Some folks have complained about the complexity of the UI, but I am impressed by how much functionality is accessible via the only thing that can be actuated, the power button. And all of this functionality is well documented in the provided diagrams. It is difficult to access some of the functionality, but that's because all you have to navigate through the menu is a single button! So to whoever developed the firmware for this device, "well done!". I'll update this review if I run into any issues, but as of now I love this light and everything it can do.