Lumintop Flashlights

Among enthusiasts, Lumintop is the factory that will build what the community designs. The FW3A, a slim triple-emitter light designed with enthusiasts and shipped with Anduril firmware, came out of that kind of collaboration. The company itself, Lumintop Technology, says it exports to more than 30 countries through over 200 distributors, and its current range runs from AAA keychain lights to LEP throwers.

The six lights here split into two families. The FW lights are the Anduril side: the FW3A on an 18650, now gone from Lumintop's own store, and the FWAA, its 2026 AA-format successor with three Nichia 519AT emitters on a 14500. The GT lights are the throwers: the GT Mini, a 21700 pocket thrower with a Luminus SFT40, and the GT Nano Plus, a 103 mm flat light that still gives 270 lumens on an ordinary AA. The EDC20 is a flat 18350 thrower with a magnetic tail, and the EDC01 is a AAA keychain light that costs $8.

Lumintop's warranty is longer than its prices suggest: lifetime cover on flashlights for the original owner, two years on electronics, chargers and rechargeable batteries, free repair for the first five years, and a replacement for a manufacturing defect within 30 days of purchase. Claims need a return authorization from Lumintop's service team first.

Owners describe the FW3A in superlatives: one of the shortest 18650 lights made, with knurling they rate above lights costing several times more. They also report a head that passes 80°C on turbo, a switch that makes it easy to reconfigure Anduril by accident, and batches that squeak. EDC01 owners call it the light you clip on and forget, but say it gets warm on high and its diffuser does little.