This is the SK30, a powerful 3000lm tactical flashlight made by Sofirn. It is powered by a single 21700 cell, and uses a SFT70 6500K LED, with a dual tail switch UI and a black holster, it also features USB-C charging on the flashlight body.

• Box contents [7th picture]

– SK30

– USB-C charging cable

– Extra O-rings

– Instructions manual

– Lanyard

– Holster for SK30

• Price

The price of this flashlight is currently $36.99 on Sofirn official website.

• Body and build quality

Material: It´s made of the AL6061-T6 aluminum alloy and seems to have a thick black anodizing. There are currently no other colors or materials available.

Clip: The clip is pressure fitted.

Buttons: The tail buttons are made of rubber and are very nice.

Bezel: A black stainless-steel bezel is installed on the flashlight.

Water Resistance: It has O-rings and a rubber gasket that make it IP68 water resistant.

A holster is included inside the box, it does not have the Sofirn brand and is OK quality, very nice. [8th picture]

Only the head part can be unscrewed, the tail cap isn´t removable.

Here is a size comparison with 2 other flashlights, the S2+ and the SK40. [9th picture]

• Weight and size

Weight: 87g (without battery) – Light for a tactical flashlight 

Size: 140mm (length) x 28mm (diameter)

• Battery, runtime, and charging

Battery: A Sofirn 5000mAh 21700 battery is included inside the package. [10th picture]

Battery Indicator: There is a battery indicator near the head of the flashlight, very nice feature, I think battery indicators should be always included on a flashlight. It is kind of dim comparing to other flashlights I have. [11th picture]

Charging: This light has USB-C charging on the body for easy recharges, but this makes it less water resistant, especially in a long term. [12th picture]

• Modes, Runtimes, Throw, Candela: 

I will include a table of Sofirn official info so you can take a look at the claimed specs. [13th picture]

Throw: The throw on this flashlight is pretty good, but it somehow has a kind of "double flood circle", you can easily see an outer dimmer flood circle with a sudden transition to a brighter flood circle, this is probably caused by the stainless-steel bezel and the smooth reflector.

• Emitter, reflector, beam, and CRI:

Emitter: This flashlight uses a single SFT70 6500K LED. This emitter makes it very powerful, reaching close to the 3000lm claim and having a nice balance between throw and flood. [14th picture]

Lens: The glass lens is anti-reflexive coated.

Reflector: It has a smooth reflector for maximum throw, this causes the flashlight to have a slightly defined hotspot with some artifacts and creates the "double flood circle".  

CRI: The SFT70 6500K has around 70 CRI.

• Beamshots Camera settings:

– 18mm lens 2" F8 ISO100

15th picture: Turbo – The distance of the trees is around 60m

16th picture: Turbo – The distance of the last post light reaches is around 250m to 270m

• Driver and UI

Driver: This flashlight uses a "Boost" constant current driver, very nice to see efficient drivers on this flashlight!

UI: The UI on this flashlight is very tacticool and easy to use/learn. You can press the "main button" to turn on/off, cycle all the available modes, with mode memory, by clicking on the small lower "mode" button while the flashlight is on, by pressing it with the flashlight off you will access strobe, if you double click the "main button" you can access turbo.

Lockout: There is no electronic lockout, but the head can be slightly twisted to lock it.

Turbo: The turbo mode last around 1 to 2 minutes before stepping down, this is a very short turbo tim, I expected 3 or maybe 5 minutes of turbo, but 3000 lumens on a single emitter still packs a punch.

Moonlight: This light, sadly, doesn´t have a “moonlight mode”. This is not necessarily a must feature, but moonlight modes are always welcome on almost any type of flashlight IMO, it makes the flashlight very useful on a lot of situations and consumes very little energy from the battery.

• Conclusion:

This flashlight is a very nice budget tactical flashlight, it seems like a direct evolution of the old Sofirn SP35T, being better on almost all points, having a boost constant current driver, a more recent and throwy LED, stainless-steel bezel, dual tail switch UI and easy access to strobe. Very nice tacticool flashlight. The "double flood circle" kind of bothers me, but this does not make this flashlight bad.

• Pros:

– Dual switch UI (easier to access modes)

– Powerful and efficient LED

– Efficient boost driver

– Easy to use UI

– IP68 water resistant

– Battery indicator

• Cons:

– No Moonlight mode

– Tail cap glued

– Double "flood corona"

– The battery indicator is a little dim

A big thanks to Sofirn, for sending this flashlight for review. *I am not being paid to do this review, everything here is my honest opinion.

Thank you for reading my review <3