It’s just a little guy
MSRP: $29
Manufacturer page: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09QLWHSXD
This flashlight was given to me for free by the manufacturer for this review. Even so, I strive to be as unbiased as I possibly can be.
TL;DR
The Folomov C2 is a very small side switch light with a TIR optic, good pocket clip, and simple UI. The cell is a 14300 with integrated micro USB charging. My only gripes are that the moonlight mode is too high, the UI makes you press and hold to turn the light off, and the beam is low CRI.
Before we get into it,
I need to clarify that the manual for this flashlight calls it the C2, but it’s not the first Folomov light with that name. There have been other, larger C2s in the past. This is the one with the 14300 cell.
Packaging
The Folomov C2 comes in a small retail-ready box with a life-sized picture of the light on the front and specs on the back. My spec table is covered up with an Amazon barcode sticker though.
Contents
The box contains:
- Folomov EDC C2 Flashlight
- 14300 cell
- Micro USB cable
- 2 spare o-rings
- Manual
Build
The C2 is very, very light. 12.4g without the cell and 24.1g with. The whole thing is a little over half the weight of an 18650 cell, and 20mm shorter.
The tailcap of the light is typical for e-switch lights; one piece of aluminum with internal threads and a spring. The threads are pretty shallow, but they appear to be ACME, but they don’t come with any lube on them. Still very smooth. The outside of the tailcap is also very smooth, which makes unscrewing it a little bit more difficult than it would be with knurling.
The body and head are machined from one piece of aluminum. The body tube seals with the tailcap with a very thin orange o-ring, which also comes dry. The body tube has no knurling or grooves either, but the clip can help with gripping the light when unscrewing the tailcap. “FOLOMOV” and “EDC” are laser etched into the body of the light.
Up towards the head is a single rubber e-switch, which controls all of the functions of the light. It’s easy to find, directly opposite the clip, and it sits slightly proud.
The clip sits in a machined slot, and attaches very securely.
The positive contact inside the light is a brass button.
The business end of the C2 houses a TIR optic with a honeycomb pattern. This is retained by a thin metal bezel. I’m not sure if it’s press fit or threaded into the head. The optic is bare and not covered by a glass lens. This cuts down on the length, weight, and cost of the light, but leaves the optic more vulnerable to scratches.
Power
The Folomov C2 is powered by a 14300 cell. That’s 14mm by 30mm, which is 3/5 the length of a AA cell. It’s 520mAh and comes with a micro USB charging/protection circuit spot welded to the positive end. This charges the cell at 200mA, which is a safe current for this cell. That should charge it from dead in about three hours.
The wrapping is adhesive, and underneath you can see the original cell, which reads “NCR14250A52”. The base cell is a 14250, but the additional circuitry adds another 5mm or so. The “A52” on the cell probably has somethin to do with its capacity, 520mAh.
The cell has an indicator light on the positive end which shines either red or blue when charging, with blue meaning done and red meaning not done.
Modes and UI
The C2 has six modes: Turbo, High, Medium, Low, and Strobe. Turn on the light with a click, cycle through L>M>H>T by clicking, and then press and hold to turn the light off. I’m not a fan of the press and hold for off thing, though it is better than having to press and hold to turn the light on.
Moonlight can be accessed by pressing and holding from off, and strobe can be accessed any time by double clicking, and further double clicking from there cycles through strobe, SOS, and beacon. There’s also a lockout mode toggled by triple clicking.
My other UI gripes are that the moonlight mode can only be accessed by turning the light on in that mode, and once you enter the main rotation, you can’t go back to it, and that the moonlight mode seems too bright. It might just be me, but the 1 lumen claim on the moonlight mode seems like an understatement.
Beam and Tint
(Note: The next section is pretty subjective. I’ve become snobby over the past five years, and beams can vary from light to light because not all LEDs are exactly the same.)
The Folomov C2 has a Cree XT-E emitter in it. This isn’t a super popular emitter, but it’s quite efficient, which makes it perfect for a tiny little light that can still do over 500 lumens. The beam is very typical for a TIR light. One big hotspot with a little bit of flood. Very fuzzy edges on this beam.
Judging by how it looks and what emitters Cree sells, I’d be willing to bet this uses a 5000K 70 CRI binned XT-E.
All modes, even turbo, use PWM. It’s all the same frequency, just different duty cycles. It’s fast enough that I don’t notice it during use, but slow enough that you can see it if you wave the light in front of your face.
Modding Potential
(Note: Opening up and modifying your light will void your warranty. Don’t do this stuff if you don’t know how to do this stuff.)
Driver: ?
MCPCB: ?
Like I said, the bezel seems press fit. I couldn’t get it apart.
Bottom Line
Pros:
- Very small
- Inexpensive
Cons:
- Cool white, low CRI
- High Moonlight mode
Thanks for reading my review! If you have any questions, put them in the Reddit thread here:
https://old.reddit.com/r/flashlight/comments/tbh0zy/review_folomov_c2_just_a_little_guy/?
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