SUNWAYMAN T25C- 880 Lumens Zooming Flashlight with 38mm Convex Lens

[sunwayman]

Thank you KeepingItLight, we will check and update information online as well as user manual

 

[Capolini]

Sorry I did not see this until today, we tested it and below is the data, please note that it's convex lens instead of reflector.

It's 23000 Lux and effective range of 305 meters.

Thanks you for the info.

I must say those are Disappointing numbers. The Olight M23 which is similar in size and a REFLECTOR BASED light is 47,500cd/436m of throw! A Zoomie/Aspheric type light should surpass that if you had the updated and proper LED like an XPL HI like Alex1234 mentioned in post #2!

 

[RBWNY]

I'm all in on the deal :thumbsup:. Let me know what happens next.

Thanks.
I'm sorry.... something's changed. I won't be in on this right now after all.

 

[stephenk]

880 lumens in high, I'd buy it, but 880 lumens only in turbo, no thanks.

 

[recDNA]

23k cd sucks for this type of light and I only want turbo or at least start in turbo. I'll pass. Thanks for the mini review stats and ui infor!

 

[RBWNY]

I just got it a couple days ago. Took me a bit to get used to it..and it took me a day to even decide if I liked it. Overall it's pretty good. Focusing the lens is a bit slow though. Takes me 5 turns from full beam to spotlight. I'm quite impressed with the throw, when zoomed to spot. Far better than other (cheaper) zooming lights that I've seen. The switch is funky on mine too. Supposed to advance through the modes (from off) by pressing it half-way. However for me it doesn't always advance. It can be on low, and remain there though several presses before it switches to medium. It advances completely though by fully clicking it each time. The other thing I noticed, is that the only way to get the FULL output on turbo is to use two 18350's! (or two CR123's) I tried two AW 16340's...and it wouldn't stay on in turbo more than about 2 minutes. It kept shutting off. Works perfectly in turbo on the IMR 18350's. But with just one 18650, the jump from high to turbo was negligible.

 

[Wavester]

I have this light and am currently using Thrunite 3400 18650 battery. Can anyone recommend a good flat-top battery for this device?

Hi Sunwayman,

I have a T25C is transit to me, so I am now shopping for batteries. Can you help with these questions?

1. Does the T25C require a button-top battery?
2. Does the T25C have a low-voltage cutoff that turns off the flashlight when the battery voltage gets too low?

At 880 lumens, my guess is that a button-top, protected version of the Panasonic NCR18650B battery would be a good choice for the T25C. What do you think?

 

[kj75]

My review on the T25C is up:


https://www.candlepowerforums.com/threads/418188

 

[Patt]

I just got it a couple days ago. Took me a bit to get used to it..and it took me a day to even decide if I liked it. Overall it's pretty good. Focusing the lens is a bit slow though. Takes me 5 turns from full beam to spotlight. I'm quite impressed with the throw, when zoomed to spot. Far better than other (cheaper) zooming lights that I've seen. The switch is funky on mine too. Supposed to advance through the modes (from off) by pressing it half-way. However for me it doesn't always advance. It can be on low, and remain there though several presses before it switches to medium. It advances completely though by fully clicking it each time. The other thing I noticed, is that the only way to get the FULL output on turbo is to use two 18350's! (or two CR123's) I tried two AW 16340's...and it wouldn't stay on in turbo more than about 2 minutes. It kept shutting off. Works perfectly in turbo on the IMR 18350's. But with just one 18650, the jump from high to turbo was negligible.

Maybe it works well on Turbo with a High Drain 18650 batterie?

BTW...very nice revieuw kj75 ..

And indeed..maybe in the near future this light could get an "XPL-Hi Led" or a "XHP 35 HI-Led" ???
Would be really awesome...

Cheers Patt

 

[BLUE LED]

It has already been said, but this should have come with an XP-L HI V3 1A.

 

[nickjames]

My Sunwayman T25C arrived yesterday. It is a 1x18650, compact zoomie. It uses a 38mm convex lens in conjunction with a reflector, so the focused beam is pretty good. Flood is excellent.

The UI is a little funky. The T25C has a forward-clicky, tail-cap switch, so you have to set the mode using half-presses, before you click to lock it in. Here is how it works.

Start with the T25C powered off. All of the half-presses below end with the flashlight on. If you release the switch, the flashlight powers off, and you have to start over.

1. Before doing anything else, you have to turn on the power. Use a long half-press for this. Be sure to hold long enough to establish that the flashlight is powered on. The flashlight powers up in the mode stored in mode memory.
2. With the flashlight on, a quick double-half-press activates Strobe mode.
3. Otherwise, use a series of slightly longer half-presses to cycle through constant modes. The sequence is Low, Mid, High, and Turbo. The mode you select is stored in mode memory.
4. In Strobe mode, use half-presses to cycle through the other blinky modes. The sequence is Strobe, SOS, Beacon. A quick double-half-press will exit the blinky modes, and return to the constant-brightness mode stored in mode memory.
5. When you see the mode you want, click all the way to lock it in.

Note that this is different from what the User Manual describes.

Overall, my first impression is good. I may have found my new favorite indoor flashlight. Indoors, I tend to prefer the flood mode of a zoomie more than the hot spot and spill of a flashlight that has a reflector.

Neutral tint and higher CRI would make this even better.

I won this flashlight in a Sunwayman giveaway. Thank you, Sunwayman!

Thank you for the detailed "user manual". I received mine yeasterday, played a bit with it, but it was hard to figure out what the user manual is really saying. I was not able to change the modes always as I wanted. But I will give it a next try today evening based on you method. Seems a bit "overengineered".

But the light itself is good.

nj

 

[bdogps]

Does anyone experience problems with the batteries getting stuck in the T25C cylinder? All the batteries that I own do not make it all the way down to the positive contact point. They get stuck 1/4 way towards the contact point. The only battery that can touch the positive contact are my Samsung INR18650 pink unprotected.