Nitecore EC11 LED-torch

The story of the EC11 is a tale of light and shadow. It has some stunningly good features: it’s a 900 lumen flashlight that fits in the palm of your hand. It also has some significant foibles: as the switches are entirely electronic, you’ll need to unscrew the bottom cap by half a turn to reduce battery use to zero when you have it turned off, and my preference would be for a flashlight with more straightforward switches. The EC11 lacks protection circuits and so it can over-drain batteries so that it is difficult to get them to charge - using batteries that have a protection circuit built in (for example Fenix) solves this problem. The most useful flashlight is the one that you have on you when you need it, so despite it’s not insignificant shortcomings, I still think this is an excellent light - it’s almost as bright as a car headlight but small enough to put in your pocket with a spare battery and forget about it until you need it.