I’d never heard of the Hotligh brand prior to them contacting me to ask if I would be interested in collaborating and testing out their flashlights. Their name was probably an attempt at the words “Hot Light”, dropping the last letter “T” to trademark the name, but its unfortunate that nobody noticed that “ligh” can sound like “lie”.

Name aside, their flashlight came in a black box without accessories, save for a USB-C charging cable. The body is made of sturdy aluminum with a sci-fi style that wouldn’t look out of place in a video game or movie. The flashlight has a flattened blade-style design with a primary spot at the one end, a magnetic tail on the opposite end, and a large flood light on its flat side. It’s a bit too big and heavy to be an appealing EDC light but the flat shape and belt clip, facilitate stowing it in a pocket.

Each of the LED emitters is controlled by its own rubberized button. One press turns on its spot emitter on low and additional taps goes to high mode and then off. The flood button adds an additional UV mode and a double-tap on the flood activates an RBG breatihng mode on the otherwise blue battery indicator strip of small LEDs. Neither button offers mode memory.

In my initial testing both the spot and flood lights output about 1600 lumens but in retesting with a new unit, I found that the output was over 2000 lumens, the HOTLigh wasn’t lying. I find the lack of mode memory the only disappointing aspect in an otherwise great-looking, high-performance modern flashlight.

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SPECS

ZF8313

Lumens High: 2000

Lumens Low: 120

Max  Throw: 144m

Max Runtime: 15hrs

Spot Modes: Low, High

Side Modes: Low, High, UV, Breath

Length: 4.53″

Width: 1.77”

Thickness: 0.63″

Weight: 5.9oz

Battery: Lithium-Ion

Power Input: USB-C