My Favorite EDC Flashlight in 2024 (Weltool T1 Pro Tac, now in green and Tan!) 

I've tried lots of flashlights but I always come back to my Olight S2R Baton 2 (called the Baton 3 Pro in newer versions). Tremendous battery life, all the modes (including moonlight, which I love), great UI, tail stands, magnet, and is more pocket friendly than it looks because of the great clip.

Thanks to your video, I was able to finally track down the T1 in brown & green.

Ordered. Man you made me spend money, especially with the sale on goinggear. Was looking for something like this for travelling. Family is going to Hawaii in July, this was perfect!

Ordered one also, this and your previous review gave good information!

Great video, I now carry the T1 Pro Tac every day and love it, wish there was a really low mode to use whilst letting the cat out at night as the low is never low in its life, I carry the T1 in my pocket on the clip and the Rovy Von E8 on my keys, covers all lighting needs, 14500/AA for the win, with AA being the most availible battery in the world , i tend to lean towards them from a S.H.T.F perspective. The thow on the T1 is all anyone would need i.m.h.o. , You nailed this review , well done.

Thanks for this review👍 Never heard of this brand before! Love that it can take regular AA batteries, hate having a rechargable only flashlight.

You talked me into this one. Seems good. I've been using it a couple days now. I really like it. Its welworth it! ;) Something that is really under appreciated here I think is how cool the end of it stays. I mean to say cool isn't correct it does get warm but for 5 mins or so of being on it was still comfortably touchable by me which is surprising because a lot of other high power lights that are small heat up extremely fast and you don't want to be tossing them in the ol pockets like that. Its always good as well to have the ability to momentarily shine the light without fully turning it on which I feel is being under appreciated here too which is crucial for a tac light. The only negative I will say is that 4 half clicks to low mode is pretty annoying. its basically 4 half then 1 more for on unless you're going slow and counting each time. I think they could have done something better there. And just a personal preference here...I would have rather had the 2 way pocket clip than a reversible one. Its so handy and the clip is long enough...there was no reason not to do it that way. Though I suppose clipping it to your hat or where ever isn't really a primary function of a tac light so I guess that can slide for me. Also the brown version is much darker than it looks in his video, at least in my case, its like FDE, which I like.

Thanks for this video! It just reminded me to go grab a cyan emisar d3aa 519A 5700K dedomed! Can't wait for it, same price, much more flashlight!

I wish it had a deep carry clip. These are so annoying to me that have an inch of the chassis sticking up out of the pocket.

Great video! I'm carrying the FDE version, myself 🤘

Flashlights keep improving yr after yr. You can only buy what is currently the best and upgrade later.

Arguably, a better AA sized light is the Emisar D3AA. With the Osram W1 emitters, it throws 325m and produces about 1400 lumens. It has one of the best drivers available on the market and it uses one of the best UI’s ever offered (Anduril 2). $40-$50.

I've had one for about a year. Wish the green were available then. Fully agree with the points in the video. Bought it for the candela. The only thing that I don't like is the pocket clip.

That Little Duke is a beast. Great to see they come in other colors. May puck up a second one.

Thanks Dom' 🙏🏼🏄🏻‍♂️

Thanks Dom going to get 1

For a thrower, that's impressive. It won't unseat my Zebralight as my primary EDC light, but I'm impressed! Thanks for showing us!

Obtaining the low mode function is very frustrating. I have found you have to do 4 half presses very quickly, holding the 4th to get low mode. The low mode is also still fairly bright. Still an excellent compact torch with great distancing .

Thanks! My favorite now is my new Olight Baton 3 Pro.

The weltool t1 little duke V2 came out. Your going to want to get this flashlight if your a fan of the TAC

nice

please test with the Warrior Mini 3 to compare... thanks

Sold

i use the sofrin sc21 pro, thing is tiny, fits in any pocket, the clip goes both ways so i can clip it on a hat if i need to, has a magnet on the bottom. 1100 peak lm 131m distance i have no idea why you need the distance to be so damn far, its a small light that im using mostly in doors. its 3 inchs long and about a 3rd of an inch wide.

Did you do the beam comparison in your hallway with aa batteries or the rechargeable ones?

So i can't find the exact video you did that had the light i wanted. I'm looking for an edc defensive light but is budget friendly. I really want one that i can buy the aftermarket karambit ring attachment. I do love the flashlight in this video. I might pick one up for an emergency travel light

Did you ever get your hands on a Nicron B74? Its a insane good small double AA with the ability to swivel the head to 90° and has a strong magnet on the base. Additionally insane value for 20€.

How does it compare to the Nightcore MT2A? I was blown away by the rechargeable battery it comes with.

Man, needs a 2 way pocket clip

Not on Amazon?

Thanks but I'll stick with my MH-12 pro with 60K+ candela for edc/self-defense) these weltools tend to be really expensive and I got my mh-12 pro from grey market for like 65$ shipped.

Manker E05 II may be a worthy contender. Well regulated driver. Twice the lumens but half the throw. The forward-clicky tail switch is recessed on the E05 II so it's not as nice IMO as the proud tail switch on the T1 Pro TAC.

I prefer the Fénix pd25r

Do these work with the higher mAh 14500? I was wondering the same thing for the acebeam pokelite I picked up as well. I was considering buy a few higher mAh 14500 batteries from Amazon

Honestly, I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around this one. If it was $30-$40 normal price it sounds decent enough, but in that price range it's competing with Skilhunt and high CRI. The M150 has high CRI and dual fuel. BTW, ZeroAir and 1Lumen both measured this guy at 17k candela and just over 260 meters, putting it as the same throw as the Warrior. Not to mention the much bigger battery life and dual switches on the Warrior. Granted, Olight shot themselves in the leg by backing off on sales, but compare this to a Warrior on sale and I think it becomes a very different story.

Do you have a good source for 14500's? I've found them hard to come by recently...

I should get one of these- Have you reviewed the Rocktol 19-1? They look pretty good to me

Interesting, considering the ACEBEAM Tac AA has very similar performance (1000 lm and 19600 candela) with a 1 to 2 mm dimension differences in certain areas, it would be an interesting comparison consider the Tac AA is currently $23.99 before tax on Amazon.

Ordered! This channel is killing my savings plan! Oh well, it's discounted right? What will I do with all the money I save?

That Olight looked terrible but something happened with the camera exposure.

Hey thanks for the video. I always like new flashlights reviews. Semi related: I have previously purchased a RovyVon A1 and had for a couple of years (I think you recommended it) and it was great. Recently I gave it to my dad who wanted a flashlight and missed it so I thought to buy the same again. Well I got now A3 Gen 4 and sadly the color temp and output are different when they are put next to each other. the Gen 4 is less bright and has a warmer tone. Not bad, but not what I like. Since I know you probably have them, what do you think about that? Have they changed anything or does my unit have a problem?

I like flashlights that only do a few things, but do them well. How many modes would I have to juggle with one of these?

I’m just concerned with the size with it being AA compatible. I want sort of a penlight size or at least palm size.

Fw1aa is the champion here but they don’t seem to be making them at the moment.

For me, it's the T2. More practical.

What’s your go-to 14500 battery? Love my Weltool!

An LEP light has better candela…in the hundreds of thousands (specs) than this light…however candela is about intensity at distance. That stat doesn’t adequately explain circumstances to use it. Just as overemphasizing lumens, overemphasizing candela is one stat some flashlights such as this one excel at…but it’s terrible for CQ applications. A flood light such as the Acebeam H16 excels at more so than the Wetool T1. It’s the application that determines the light. For tactical purposes, this light is very good and I’d even qualify that more by saying it’s not as good for LE. I have this light. The Weltool T1 is great for military tactical applications because the military keeps things at distance. For LE (I was in LE for five years), you have to think CQ… within a home, hallways, buildings, cars, etc and this light’s hotspot is blinding up close as was stated toward the end of this video. I carry the H16 often and find candela in the 5,000 range with over 1,000 lumen and magnetic tailcap to be the ideal pocket carry. This light is not an EDC carry. It’s purely tactical and it excels in that application.

What watch is he wearing?

Is there any reason to pick up the Pro Tac over the Pro V2? On paper the Pro V2 seems to have lower low mode, as well as a medium mode as well. It supposedly throws a few meters further as too (though the real world difference will probably be negligible).

Would just love someone to make one with a red filter :-(

Can you do a video on roxons lineup pls

Is there a way to make low the primary and high the secondary

get a malkoff or manker instead. much more utility.

Winner, winner.. chicken dinner

A cool lil flashlight but the run time tbh ain't all that good, 30+mins on its highest brightness nah, I don't wanna be charging nor changing battery consistently. Love the built quality & size but it's a hard pass for me due to the run time of the battery.

I'll stick with my anduril flashlight haha..

I'll stick with my Wurkkos. Anduril 2.0, with it's infinite brightness adjustment, is non-negotiable for me. 60some bucks for TWO brightness settings (am I hearing that right)? I'd look elsewhere if that flashlight was marked down by 2/3.

Lumintop 3.0

The only thing is the clip is not impressive😅

Streamlight and nothing else.

Garbage company

I’m looking for No mode memory L/m/h