One of the Nicer Flashlights on the Market

Emits plenty of light, nicely designed for hand, precisely machined, attractively finish, quick and helpful customer support.

Little red pocket flashlight.

This small flashlight is a convenient size to carry in your purse, glovebox, or pocket. It is powered by a single AA battery, which the manufacturer includes. The construction of the flashlight casing seems to be sturdy and there is also an included clip which you can use or not. For my purposes, I would remove it. Not having it on the flashlight makes it easier to handle, especially if you are going to carry it in a pants pocket or purse. The directions were difficult to follow, and I had to read through them several times to understand the operation of the flashlight. Additionally, the operation of the tail switch button takes some getting used to. But once you get the hang of the tail switch, it’s easy to operate. On the highest setting, the flashlight is bright. But the manufacturer issues a caution about the flashlight being used in high mode – it does get hot, so be careful. I agree with the other reviewers about the price. It does seem a bit high for such a small flashlight, especially compared to my old mini-Maglite, but I guess that’s inflation.

Slim, light, compact AA Tailcap Light

Slim, light, compact AA Tailcap Light

USER INTERFACE

The P10 has three well spaced brightness levels (Low Med High), no strobe type modes. Uses last mode memory (turns on at same brightness as when turned off).

The tailcap switch is a forward clicky type (turns on when pressed) and requires firm pressure to actuate, thus minimizing (but not necessarily eliminate) accidental activation while clipping and or carried in pocket.

EMITTER

Efficient Osram P9 emitter is cool 6500K color temperature.

The TIR Optic used in the P10 produces a slightly large hotspot with smaller corona spill than lights using reflectors. The resulting beam is good for short moderate throw.

BODY and CONSTRUCTION

Nice 2 way deep pocket clip (enable clipping to hat rim).

Overall flashlight body parts are cleanly machined, all edges smooth, despite aggressive appearance of the collar at head end. Despite aggressive body shape the light is actually a tad slippery because it is so lender. (I added some grippy tape, which made a big difference in useability.) Anodizing is low gloss mat finish.

Components (electronics, optics, etc.) appear to be press fit and glued (there was some visible glue residue on driver board and driver interior.)

FWIW, the light will not tail stand due to protruding tailcap.

BATTERIES

The power levels appears to be well regulated as evident from the wattage draw appearing close whether using a NiMH rechargeable, AA Alkaline or primary lithium battery. (Noter the P10 is not recommended to be used with 14500 lithium rechargeable batteries.)

Overall, a slim size, light weight, simple 3 mode tailcap activated flashlight.

Pretty good simple AA back up light

This is a good everyday cary light or a backup light. It has 3 modes with memory and runs on standard or rechargeable AA batteries. It does not work with 14550 li ion batteries. The anodization and fit and finish is good for a light in this price range. The green is a nice OD with a little bit of sheen to it. The clip is two way and works on a billed hat and nice and deep which is always appreciated. The design is fairly unique in that the roll stop is kind of like a mane. The light without a battery with clip weighs 31.5g.

The button is a forward click and rather stiff. Half stops can be tough to get to so the easiest thing to do is cycle through the 3 steps with a full click. It has mod memory which works well. Low could be a little lower but the spacing in general is pretty good.

The emitter itself is fairly mediocre but bright. It is low CRI and it has some tint shift with a yellow corona, it is 6500k or so. The TIR lens does a pretty good job and produces a very useful hotspot. The bottom is a spring and the top of the battery compartment is a non removable pill that accepts only button tops.

This is an ok light for under 20 dollars. The build is good and it seems like it will hold up to a lot of use (like most other Cyansky lights). The emitter choice could be better but other than that it works just well!

Great light, so-so clip

This is a good little light, but the clip could be better.

This light takes one AA cell, which is a good thing, because that means it has an actual driver circuit (a boost driver, in this case) and it will have much better efficiency than your average plastic 3xAAA piece of junk from the hardware store. It has three modes, and the lowest mode is not super dim but it manages impressive runtime for its stated output (150+ hours). This light uses a mechanical switch (a forward clicky switch, if that means anything to you) so that means it will have no parasitic drain on the battery. This makes it a good candidate for stashing in a bag for emergencies, because it takes a common cell, lasts a long time on low and doesn’t drain the battery by just sitting around not being used.

The beam is okay, there’s some tint shift and my LED is slightly off center, meaning the beam isn’t a perfect circle. You won’t notice in use, but they can and should do a better job of centering. This uses a TIR lens that gives you a mostly floody beam, which is expected for a light of this size.

The button sticks out, so it’s easy to activate, and since it’s a forward clicky switch you can gently press the button to get momentary on, or press until it clicks to lock it on. You can easily switch modes by half pressing the button, then releasing and half pressing again until you get to your desired mode, then press the rest of the way to lock it on. It’s very easy in practice. There is mode memory as well, so you can set this to your desired level and just leave it there. Accidentally switching modes can happen with this design but it’s pretty easy to avoid, and luckily there’s no strobe or anything, just low medium and high.

The clip is not great, unfortunately. It’s a two-way design, which adds some bulk but lets you clip the light button up or button down without having to change out the clip or flip the body tube (which this light can’t do anyway). The problem with these is that there’s barely any ramp on the clip if you’re putting the light button-up into your pocket, so you’re going to need two hands to get this clipped on most of the time. That’s just unnecessary, many lights have properly designed clips that will catch onto your pocket effortlessly. Also, there’s about 1mm of play where the clip can move up and down on the light body, which is sloppy.

Aside from the clip and the slight centering issue, this is extremely well made. Cyansky knows how to make nice aluminum bodies and nice threads. Absolutely no quality complaints there.

Overall, this is a very good little light. It’s tough, it has a good driver circuit, and it’s simple to use. If you like two-way clips, this is probably a great light for you.