I've been carrying the edc25 for about the last month. I gotta say I love the controls on it. I'm a maintenance guy that uses a flash light constantly and it has definitely met my needs.
This is some cyberpunk stuff. Little display and everything, ten thousand functions. I'll stick with my 10 year old Fenixes that just work forever, but thanks for the vid, you're great
I actually bought the Arkfeld Pro Zombie model and the EDC27 at the same time several months ago. I had been carrying the titanium Olight Arkfeld for about a year at that point, which carries perfectly (and is a perfect match for my titanium Benchmade Bugout) in the watch pocket of my Carhartt pants. I ignored the extra length of both the EDC27 and Ark Pro, but as far as form and features go, I liked the EDC27 a lot more. This was the case even after it melted the base of one of my pistol mags in my pocket within an hour of carrying it. The button placement, screen, form factor, and styling were better on the EDC27 for me, but in the end, I stuck with the Arkfeld Pro because I dropped the EDC27 one time from pocket height in my house, and I guess the back button lost all tactility. I could no longer feel the full or half clicks after a single drop. I chalk this up to a design flaw, but I am sick of having to choose between a functional, good-looking, and reasonably-priced light, and one that's US-made. I sold the EDC27, and within weeks after that, my Zombie Arkfeld disappeared, so I've gone back to the titanium Arkfeld until the Racing version I just ordered last night comes in. The Racing model is the best-looking flashlight I've ever seen, and if Nitecore ever changes its button design, I'll try them again. The EDC27 is a great choice if you can live with that poor button design, and if it weren't for that, I'd still be carrying one.
Nah…I’ll stick with my Arkfeld UV over both. I don’t need a laser, and I definitely don’t need a bad button design and a non-deep carry pocket clip like the edc has.
Ill never buy a nightcore again! Have one of their headlamps that the charge port came loose in. Their customer service was a pain in the ass!. I have several lights from Olight & have never had a issue with any of them
I love Olight lights, but loathe their pocket clips! I don’t wear ball caps, and I hate that feature of the clip! I would prefer a stronger flat clip. That’s why I just ordered the EDC 27 the replace my arkfeld pro. The TC-15 and one other smaller edc light that I can’t remember its name / number ruined me for buying a Thrunite ever again. I like the wuben brand of lights as a budget brand also. I will be holding out hope Olight goes away from the ball cap feature on their pocket clips. That feature alone is going to prevent me from making future purchases of their EDC lights. Maybe they will realize office / boardroom folks are also into EDC?
The true winner: TrustFire Mini X3! Gave away my EDC27. Despite the lumens, my Stiletto Pro 2 could reach out a bit further with a slightly brighter hotspot vs the flood of the EDC27. I still have a couple Arkfelds but since picking up the Mini X3 they've been replaced. It has a better throw when I want throw and a higher CRI on the flood light than the Warm LED options in the Arkfelds. I hate to say it, but I don't think the EDC27 is a very good light. It gets way too hot way too quick. Just not good with heat. I did like the LED display and the UI, but they'll need to change the head to something a bit better at dispersing heat than simple thin aluminum for me to give it another chance.
how come my turbo mode is just as bright as the high mode? is there a safety feature that does not let you activate turbo when battery is low like at 50% battery or something?
It should be something like 50ish % brighter at turbo that high .. It can be hard to percieve brightness differences tho as the humn eye adapts to light so fast but you should definalty be able to tell between 400 and 1300 lumens. .actually 1600 kymens should be twice as bright as 400 assuming all else is equal
Just received my Nitecore EDC27 UHi and I love it. I've had the Arkfeld UV and it was nice but I prefer the new edc27 uhi. Just works better for me. The UI is not nearly as hard to use as some say.
Im not sticking up for them but yes. You can always buy the regular version but they always do limited quantities of certain lights. I have 4 batons 2 bc of the colors. Its their thing
I lost interest with olight when I had one crap out dering a natural disaster. Olight replaced the light but it let me down when I needed it the most. I switched to Nebo lights for my EDC. So far I'm 2 years in on multiple different lights as so far I haven't had one single issue. It doesn't hurt that they are half the price of a olight equivalent of the same lights. The only olights I buy now is weapons light but if Nebo starts making those I'll switch completely!
Strobe mode can be changed. There's a note about it on the olightstore listing. Put it in lockout mode, press button ten times and hold, wait for flash and it's changed.
idk if it's OLED per se on the Nitecore But, Good point..I got my olight for 68 dollars after tax and shipping and a bonus mini light. so unless you want to be spendy Olight is the win for me . Also I agree I don't need the features But, They are fun to mess with.
