The Acebeam E70 Mini is a well built torch with a high CRI natural white floody beam, well regulated outputs up to around 500 lumens and a good well thought out user interface. It’s not the cheapest or most compact 18650 torch around, but it’s worth the asking price. Honourable mentions Olight Baton 3 Pro – far left With the deeper smooth deflector the SC31 Pro has a decent throw. I measured 190 metres with an intensity of 9060 candela. That’s pretty close to what Sofirn lists as 10,000 candela and there’s still useful spill for seeing what’s right in front of you too. There’s a few torches that didn’t make this top ten but deserve a mention. The Olight Baton 3 Pro is the most compact 18650 torch I’ve tested and almost the perfect EDC torch. Olight Baton 3 Pro (natural white version) in turbo mode

I measured a colour temperature of 5612K with a slight green tint and a CRI of 66. That doesn’t sound hugely impressive but for its size and intended use I didn’t have any issues with it. Sofirn didn’t go for “short” on the SC21 Pro and used a nice deep reflector. This gives a great beam profile. A red charging LED underneath the lid comes on when you insert the torch and turns green when the torch is fully charged. ANSI FL1 standards: The runtime is measured until the light drops to 10% of its initial output (30 seconds after turning on). This does not mean that the flashlight is not usable anymore. The last column shows how long the light actually works till it shuts off. If there is a + symbol, it means that the test was stopped at that particular point, but the light was actually still running. This happens on certain occasions, with certain drivers, firmware, or batteries. Peak beam intensity and beam distance measurementsI measured 1240 lumens in turbo but that dropped to just over 1000 lumens in 10 seconds and 250 lumens at 30 seconds – far lower than spec’d. At 5 minutes it was at 138 lumens and at 10 minutes it was 102 lumens which it held for a couple of hours. That output when you turn it on is still pretty bright for a tiny torch even if it is just for a short time. And you can even increase the step down temperatures in Anduril which can increase runtimes slightly in the higher modes. I’ll discuss this briefly later. Also if you’re using these torches outside in cooler temperatures, you’ll also get better runtimes in the brighter modes. The interface is very easy to use. Press the power button to turn it on and then the mode button to cycle from ultralow 67 hour 1 lumen mode, to 21 hour 15 lumen low mode, 7 hour 65 lumen mid mode and the 2 hour 45 minute 200 lumen high mode. Press and hold the mode button with the torch on or off for the headline grabbing 4000 lumen turbo mode which is insanely bright for any torch let alone one this size. Press and hold the power button with the torch off to access ultralow mode. There’s no strobe function. The display shows the brightness level and time remaining for each mode. In turbo there’s a countdown progress bar that lasts up to 10 seconds depending on the temperature of the torch. You can keep pressing it but the torch gets very hot and the turbo lasts a progressively shorter time. I measured 1778 lumens at turn on, 1765 after 10 seconds and 1727 lumens after 30 seconds. Almost exactly the spec’d 1750 lumens. It held over 1000 lumens for a couple of minutes before dropping to around 466 lumens after 4 minutes which is maintained for the remainder of my tests. And again pretty much as spec’d.

Unfortunately, it is important to note that the Sofirn SC32 underperforms by about 25% all around. In reality, the visual difference between 1500 and 2000 lumens is hard to discern, but what’s advertised and how it actually does are different things. Mode Memory: memorizes the last brightness level used in the general modes (except Moon, Turbo and Strobe)

The UI here is ToyKeeper’s Anduril, which at this point is very well covered. I’ve reviewed other lights with it, too. Here’s ToyKeeper’s UI graphic: