Was at Canadian Tire the other day (a hardware/ surplus type store in Canada) and spotted this light on clearance for CAD$37:49 or just under 27USD. It was previously CAD$74:99 or around 54USD normal price. Given this and the fact that I've actually had my eyes on this light for a while but thought it was rather pricey for what it offered i decided to snag myself one and man am i glad i did.

Apon unboxing it i was really shocked by the quality of the threads. They were the anodized square type and feel really premium. The o-rings also feel super premium & on par with much more expensive lights. They were lubricated perfectly and super smooth.

After fully charging the included 2600mAh protected button top 18650 (i tested it and got 2826mAh at 500mA discharge) which has a built-in USB-C port for 5V 2A charging (mesured) or can also be charged inside the light with the Light's own built-in USB-C port hidden under the head which partially unscrews also at 5V 2A i tested it and was rather amazed at the performance beam quality and distance. It literally preforms like a much more expensive premium streamlight weapon light with a very high candela targeted at professional law enforcement use etc.

The light is using the OSRAM P9 emmiter. It mentions this in the manual as utilizing an OSRAM LED but no description of the exact model. It was quite obvious to me that it was the P9 however, as i have multiple other lights with this emmiter and pictures from the web also line up perfectly.

The light is rated at an IPX8 water resistance rating so it's completely water resistant. It has 4 light modes in total including a UV feature that is unfortunately only 395NM and rather dull. It puts out a rather quite bright visible blue beam more then real UV. The manual rates it at 260mW. The UV emmiter is a small square die on a rectangle substrate mounted right next to the main OSRAM P9 emmiter.

On the highest light mode it's rated to do 1100 lumens and 220 meters of throw. However i am skeptical of this (in a good way) it definitely looks like much more to the eye then just 220 meters after my testing!

So after this experience i took everything back. Honestly, at first when this light grabbed my attention a few months back i thought it was a big waste of money considering the specs and that you can get a light equivalent to it for far far less than the normal price it goes for.

Especially since Canadian Tire is known for overpricing the products they sell by a large margin. For example a 3300 lumen flashlight that requires 9AA batteries and is huge is $94 Canadian dollars. The exact same flashlight sells at Walmart for just 59 Canadian dollars. Still way too expensive but much cheaper for the exact same product.

However. I was quite pleasantly surprised by everything this light had to offer but that's not where it ends. This flashlight is marketed under the brand "Maximum" which is exclusive to Canadian Tire and you won't find it anywhere else. Just like Walmart has Ozark Trail etc.

Out of pure curiosity like i always do, i tried to reverse image search this flashlight using google lens as i was curious in attempting to find out which Alibaba factory they were using to source & manufacture these lights. I always do this but especially after how surprised i was with the light i really hoped i would find something interesting about this particular one.

And man i did. It seems like nextorch is the manufacturer of this light judging by the design on the head. This flashlight looks identical to multiple Nextorch models down to the belt clip!

If it is in fact manufactured by Nextorch (which is very likely the case because who's gonna steal their design and make such a good quality and well preforming light from proper components) this makes a lot of sense to me as far as the quality and performance goes. it was on the expensive side or so i thought at first for the normal price they are asking but the quality and performance is excellent even if somebody was to pay the full CAD$74 or 54USD before taxes for this light.

Nextorch is a big premium flashlight company and if you wanted to buy this exact light or something with similar specs with their official name brand logo on it you'd likely be paying a lot more. Unfortunately i wasn't able to find the exact same light offered by them based on the limited research I've done so it's likely that this is a custom-manufactured product by Nextorch to the specifications of Canadian Tire.

Either way, an absolute steal for the CAD$37.49/ 27USD paid! The only downside I've found so far is the UV being 395NM so it's not really considered proper "UV" and as previously mentioned there is a ton of visible blue light when using the UV feature. Hardly any real UV is emmited here and mostly is just visible blue light. But i guess it could work in a pinch. Just obviously nowhere near as good as 365NM.

Anyways, i just found it so interesting i had to share. If you are in canada and looking for a decent flashlight it is definitely worth checking your local Canadian Tires to see if they have this particular light on clearance. Because out of the 3 stores in my city only one (the farthest) had it on clearance and it was a complete coincidence i had come across it during that time. The offer didn't even show in their app! Guess it was exclusive to that store.