Rather bizarrely it arrives in Demo mode, so you need to switch it to Daily mode before use. Press and hold the two buttons simultaneously to switch mode. The TIKI also has a couple of additional modes. If you triple press the power button from off you turn on the 500mW 365nm UV side LED in its translucent body, handy for identifying counterfeit banknotes for example. Press it again for a high CRI white LED and again to flash this LED. RovyVon also includes a snap-on magnet that clips over the rear end. You can see in installed on the left.

Its CREE XTE LED has a cool 7088K colour temperature with a CRI of 73, but mine was very neutral with no nasty green tint you often get with cheap torches. The Ti2’s beam has 600 candela of intensity which equates to 48 metres of throw. It’s a decent mix of flood and throw for a keyring torch.But the red LED could be useful, and once you get used to the interface it’s pretty simple to use. OLIGHT i1R 2 Pro The white MATCH CA18 LED provides 441 candela or 42m of throw – it’s a very floody beam with not much of a hotspot and is more useful for close work. The TINI 2’s most impressive feature is an OLED screen with real time information on lumens, runtime and battery level, that’s controlled with two buttons. And it still weighs just 21.5g.

The Fenix E03R looks very similar to the Nitecore TINI 2, and weighs pretty much the same at 22.2g. It has the same type III hard anodised aluminium body but a slightly better IP66 waterproof rating. If you triple press the power button with the torch on or off you get to the 365nm UV side LED, again useful for identifying counterfeit banknotes amongst other things. A single press in this mode takes you to the 20 lumen red LED and then again to the flashing red mode.

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It will also run off an alkaline or NiMH rechargeable battery. The manual forbids a battery with a voltage higher than 3.6V so you shouldn’t use a Li-ion 10440 battery in this torch either.

For such a small torch it does have a fairly concentrated hotspot with an intensity of 2500 candela in high mode, equating to a throw of 110m which I find useful if I’m using it for night walk, if I’ve not got a larger torch with me. Before we get into the performance, let’s go over how this thing works. Remember, it has a main light with four intensity levels, a sidelight with two intensity levels and flashing, and a UV mode, also on the sidelight. All of this is operated with a single push button. But my favourite keyring torch is the RovyVon A8 – it has nearly every feature I want and enough lumens for outdoors too if I don’t have anything else on me.Unlike the cool white main light, the sidelight in the top photo shines warm white. The lower image shows the UV mode. Here is the sidelight in low, high, and UV.

The E03R also has a Everlight 2835 4 lumen red LED accessed with a long press with the torch off. Press the button again for a flashing mode. The red light is useful to preserve your night vision, and as an emergency beacon. The RovyVon Aurora A8 (A8 for short) has a body made of translucent polycarbonate, giving it a neat, high-tech look. The single push button is located on the top of the body near the stainless steel bezel. Discover the power of illumination with the Aurora A8 USB-C Keychain Flashlight. This 4th generation device is the perfect tool to light up your life, with three unique functions – amber ( the amber light is used as a warning signal to indicate a potential hazard or change in situation, and to prompt individuals to take appropriate action.) and red/blue warning lights. Enjoy the freedom knowing you can light your way, no matter where your adventures take you!Let’s take a look at the relative differences in light intensity between the different modes. From upper left, left to right, moonlight, low, medium, high. It’s the lightest torch in this roundup at just 15.4g. In fact if you take the supplied keyring off it weighs an impressive 12.6g and it can still be attached to your keyring though the end hoop. I’ll have dimensions for all the torches in the roundup on screen as I discuss their build and weight. Just as a comparison I carried out all these measurements with my iPhone 13 Pro’s torch. In its highest mode it produces 15 lumens, with an intensity of 8 candela which works out as a throw of just under 6 metres. Its colour temperature is 5263K with an impressively high CRI of 95 and a neutral tint.