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Shadowhawk S1616

A rechargeable torch whose red LEDs are on a dedicated second switch, with stepless dimming, a charge display and IP67 sealing, published at 155 g.

Shadowhawk S1616 rechargeable torch with red mode

Shadowhawk S1616

A rechargeable torch whose red LEDs are on a dedicated second switch, with stepless dimming, a charge display and IP67 sealing, published at 155 g.

Red output type
Three XPE chips, per the maker · Neither wavelength nor minimum output is published
Dimming range
Stepless, by holding the power button; excluded from strobe
Minimum
Not published by the maker.
Mode memory
Red and COB side light are on a lower switch; white modes are on an upper switch
Battery type
USB-C, 4–6 h to full, over 10 h of runtime per the maker
Cold behaviour
IP67
Weight
155 g, as the maker publishes it
Attachment
Not published by the maker.
Amazon reference
B0H4ZNSHJG (same reference on 5 Amazon marketplaces)
EAN
6978501840613
  • Red on a separate switch, so the white modes are never reached by accident in the dark
  • Stepless dimming and a published weight and runtime
  • No wavelength and no minimum output figure for the red mode

Best for: A general torch for the car and the observing site, whose red mode is genuinely usable

≈ £37 / €32
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Specifications

Red output type
Three XPE chips, per the maker · Neither wavelength nor minimum output is published
Dimming range
Stepless, by holding the power button; excluded from strobe
Minimum
Not published by the maker.
Mode memory
Red and COB side light are on a lower switch; white modes are on an upper switch
Battery type
USB-C, 4–6 h to full, over 10 h of runtime per the maker
Cold behaviour
IP67
Weight
155 g, as the maker publishes it
Attachment
Not published by the maker.
Amazon reference
B0H4ZNSHJG (same reference on 5 Amazon marketplaces)
EAN
6978501840613

The switch layout is the astronomy feature

Upper switch: spot, flood, both, strobe. Lower switch: red, and a COB side light. That separation means the red mode is reached directly, without cycling through white modes — which is exactly how dark adaptation is usually lost.

Stepless dimming

Hold the power button and the brightness slides continuously. Applied to the red mode, that is the right mechanism: a fixed red level is either too bright for a chart or too dim to find a dropped cap.

The figures that hold up

A hundred and fifty-five grams. Over ten hours of runtime. Four to six hours to charge over USB-C. IP67. An LCD charge indicator quoted to one per cent. All of those are usable.

The figure that does not

A million lumens. That is not a plausible output for a torch of this size, and it is reported here exactly as printed. What is not printed is the red LED’s wavelength or its minimum output — the two figures an observer would actually want.

Availability

German, French, Italian and Spanish Amazon stores ran from 32 € to 43 € on the day of the survey.

British Amazon store lists it in local currency, which the euro range above sets aside.

American Amazon store gave no result whatever, so the buy button there opens a search rather than an empty page.

Figures as Keepa reported them on the day this page was last updated. Stock and pricing shift without warning.

Prices quoted in this text were read on 17 September 2026. The live price is at the top of the page.

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