The full review is available here
English review at BLF
German review at my website
Summary
The description of the Cyansky Carbon sounds tempting! Constant brightness of 2000 lm for four hours and a modern LiFePO₄ battery, which you hardly ever find in flashlights. Plus practical functions such as the integrated fast-charging via USB-C, a charge level indicator with five separate LEDs and a powerbank function.
All of this joy is somewhat diminished when you look at the rather simple direct-drive driver or the slightly greenish SST-20 LEDs, for which there would have been better alternatives.
And yet the Cyansky Carbon is a good choice in some situations: Even if it is not able to maintain the brightness perfectly, it achieves roughly 2000 lm for around four hours without excessive heat. It is quite suitable as a searchlight for longer missions at distances of around 50 m. It is also currently available for pre-order via Kickstarter at a very attractive price.
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LFP batteries are now a lot cheaper per WH than LNC batteries so we will be seeing more of them I'm sure. Energy density is lower but maybe still ok for larger lights. The WH/liter of this battery (15AH 3.2v 38121) is around half that of a high capacity 18650. I didn't see the weight of the battery mentioned so can't compute WH/kg, but I didn't look closely.
Yeah, it's mentioned right at the beginning of the review: