# JetBeam E26 UV Kunai

- Source: https://stierproducts.com/products/jetbeam-e26-uv-kunai
- Category board: https://stierproducts.com/categories/flashlights
- Placement: #3 of 17 in Flashlights, A tier
- Brand: JetBeam
- LP on this board: 689
- Last researched: 2026-08-19T17:35:29.164Z
- Method: https://stierproducts.com/methodology
- Dataset: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22062813 - every board at once, one dated snapshot per release, same licence, prices and photographs left out
- Reuse: Text, rankings, tier assignments, LP values and verdicts are free to quote and reuse with attribution to stierproducts and a link to the source URL (CC BY 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Product photographs are not covered: they belong to their respective owners and are reproduced to illustrate the product being reviewed. Do not redistribute them under this licence.

## Verdict

Included in the comprehensive Project Farm test, demonstrating its capabilities alongside other models.

## For

- Good brightness and battery life
- Durable construction
- UV mode available
- 2,800 lm output
- Compact design

## Against

- Shorter battery life over time
- Less robust construction

## Flagged as one to avoid

This product entered 1 of 7 runs as one buyers cross-shop but should not buy, rather than as a pick. It is published here rather than dropped.

## Evidence

Consolidated from 6 independent outlets

| Outlet | Said by | Stance | Link | Link status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WOLFSPARK | Gary | S | https://wolfspark.uk/niteye-flashlight-e26-uv/?srsltid=AfmBOoplqgAmdfs7rJKmcu2pfdX8CjGHastg06ZwBpBEa900tKqk_CnP | fetched and confirmed |
| Facebook | Charles Bridgman | B | https://www.facebook.com/groups/jetbeamflashlight/posts/26671626565814372/ | fetched and confirmed |
| BigRedEDC | BigRedEDC | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XArEbfDsWmI | fetched and confirmed |
| Charles BridgTec | Charles BridgTec | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daeX27kReW4 | fetched and confirmed |
| Mr Baz Reviews | Mr Baz Reviews | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6rJToK3zVQ | fetched and confirmed |
| Light Review by Fish Nakayama | Light Review by Fish Nakayama | C | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_Nc2AlZjrM | fetched and confirmed |

## Nearest alternatives on this board

| Rank | Product | Tier | Page |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | ThruNite Archer 2A C | S | https://stierproducts.com/products/thrunite-archer-2a-c |
| 2 | Olight Arkfeld Ultra | A | https://stierproducts.com/products/olight-arkfeld-ultra |
| 4 | Fenix PD35 v3.0 | A | https://stierproducts.com/products/fenix-pd35-v3-0 |
| 5 | Fenix PD36R Ace | A | https://stierproducts.com/products/fenix-pd36r-ace |
| 6 | Fenix PD36R Pro | B | https://stierproducts.com/products/fenix-pd36r-pro |
| 7 | Fenix TK20R V2.0 | C | https://stierproducts.com/products/fenix-tk20r-v2-0 |
| 8 | Streamlight Microstream | C | https://stierproducts.com/products/streamlight-microstream |
| 15 | Olight Warrior 3S | F | https://stierproducts.com/products/olight-warrior-3s |
| 16 | Nitecore EDC35 | F | https://stierproducts.com/products/nitecore-edc35 |
| 17 | Olight ArkPro Ultra | F | https://stierproducts.com/products/olight-arkpro-ultra |

The full board is at https://stierproducts.com/categories/flashlights.

## What this tier means

- A: Excellent. Strongly recommended, beaten only by the very best.

## How to read this

- Each category is researched in four independent runs, one per lens (expert consensus, value, reliability, community pulse). Every run ranks a board of candidates that deliberately includes products buyers cross-shop but should avoid. Placements score on a ranked ladder (LP), and tiers are derived from LP, so no tier is ever assigned by hand.
- LP is this product's points on its own category ladder. It is comparable within a category and not across categories.
- Link status reports what our pre-publication link check found when it fetched the cited URL. It says nothing about the quality of the review.
- A citation with no usable link is listed rather than dropped, and is excluded from the counted total above.

## Image

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Product photographs are not covered: they belong to their respective owners and are reproduced to illustrate the product being reviewed. Do not redistribute them under this licence.