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[pirate_joe_22]

I have the very first Manker S41. Will a convoy S4 lego with it ? Thx.

[laythaws]

@pirate joe 22

I have the very first Manker S41. Will a convoy S4 lego with it ? Thx.

I don’t know with manker s41, maybe. But someone here posted that the convoy s4 legoed with his s41s
https://budgetlightforum.com/t/-/41252/897

[pirate_joe_22]

Thanks. Has anyone said which company is making these instead of manker ?
And are the SS lights identical to the manker alum lights ??

[Jerommel]

@pirate joe 22

Thanks. Has anyone said which company is making these instead of manker ?

I think it’s a secret…

And are the SS lights identical to the manker alum lights ??

Probably not.

[techieman33]

@pirate joe 22

Thanks. Has anyone said which company is making these instead of manker ?
And are the SS lights identical to the manker alum lights ??

It sounded like it was the same company that has always made them. Manker switched manufacturers and the old one started pumping out some of the old Manker lights.

[kiriba-ru]

I have realized that s41s is too heavy for edc and tail knurling is too agressive so I started to swap parts.
I have black astrolux s1 with 18350 and 18650 tubes and s41s with short tube. (All from banggood). I wonder but all threads are different.
S41S short SS tube have 21.8mm threads OD. Cant enter S1 internals.
S1 short tube fits s41s but threads OD is 21.6mm.
S1 long tube goes trought threads in s41s head and tail because threads OD is just 21.3mm.
Im not saying about length difference, waterproof and etc., just threads fitting.
Can anyone measure bare a6 tubes from BG?
Anyway (I have already posted this in S41 thread when S41S was just in our dreams) SS bezel+copper head+aluminium tubes seems much prettier as EDC than all cu+ss light. Tail can be both from alu or ss but I think that p60 light have best solution when SS is only used for the top part of tail, while main material is alu.

[Jerommel]

@techieman33

@pirate joe 22

Thanks. Has anyone said which company is making these instead of manker ?
And are the SS lights identical to the manker alum lights ??

It sounded like it was the same company that has always made them. Manker switched manufacturers and the old one started pumping out some of the old Manker lights.

No, Astrolux switched manufacturers.

[g_sintornillos]

The head of manker E14 works fine with the tube of bare BLF A6 (OD 21.5mm)

[Lightbringer]

@pirate joe 22

Thanks. Has anyone said which company is making these instead of manker ?

UTorch.

[CoolJB]

FYI - Banggood has the S41S on flash sale for next 6 days for $37.99 plain, and $42 for colored (no expiration listed)…

[BazzH]

Received mine today. Put it through torture three time with 3 high current 18650 until to hot to handle, waited until cooled down so I could touch it again to switch on again. Replaced battery if it wouldn’t go 2 steps below turbo anymore. Still looks good. Nichia one. Sequence: Switch on in low, go to turbo until it goes back, let it run until too hot to the touch. Repeat until battery switching back again or getting too hot for safety. Replace battery and repeat. No problems whatsoever

Love this light. Have a faulty Manker and this solves everything. Love the low mode.

[vwpieces]

@Lightbringer

@pirate joe 22

Thanks. Has anyone said which company is making these instead of manker ?

UTorch.

Is that your original statement for did you COPY it from somewhere else?

[pirate_joe_22]

Manker is not a factory. They have to contract with a factory. Manker could easily be utorch. One of the factories Manker used could be utorch. I will be interested to see if anyone compares this utorch to a Manker model. If this utorch is badly designed, I will suspect it’s made by Manker again.

[patmurris]

I finally received the XPG3 replacement head. Looks good so far.

The bezel is not glued. Leds look fine.

This head seems to heat up rather quickly though… Just a few seconds on turbo and it’s already getting hot. I haven’t torture tested it yet… and i’m not sure i want to push my luck either.

Thank you Banggood for making this right.

[RollerBoySE]

I received my S41S colored replacement head with Nichias today and it works fine.
Had to pay for it though, since the original head hasn’t failed yet.

Now let’s see what I can use the original head for (before it fails)…
(it legos and works with an S2, but doesn’t cover the o-ring properly (and I don’t really want to file down the tube, cause then the S2 head won’t make contact any longer);
it’s a little bit short to make proper contact on an A6 from the first batch)

EDIT: Of course it legos well with the A6, turned out it was the tail section that wasn’t screwed on properly.

[pirate_joe_22]

In this thread

Utorch UT02 vs Manker U21, group buy review for UT02

Hello hello! Giorgoskok is hosting a group buy on the Utorch UT02 via GearBest and as many of you know it quickly came up that it’s nearly identical to the Manker U21. There have been some issues with the Manker light and so a lot of folks had questions. May at GearBest asked me if I’d have a look at both lights and give my honest opinion about how the Utorch UT02 stacks up… they came in today. Here’s links at GearBest for both lights, thanks again May… Manker U21 UTorch UT02 […

The utorch light uses manker parts. Lol.

[kiriba-ru]

@RollerBoySE

Now let’s see what I can use the original head for (before it fails)…
(it legos and works with an S2, but doesn’t cover the o-ring properly (and I don’t really want to file down the tube, cause then the S2 head won’t make contact any longer);
it’s a little bit short to make proper contact on an A6 from the first batch)

EDIT: Of course it legos well with the A6, turned out it was the tail section that wasn’t screwed on properly.

You should not try this. S2+ have 1.25 pitch metric thread while A6/S41 1.0 pitch metric thread.
Well, I dont wonder why manufactor is making changes and new parts dont fit older one. I wonder HOW astrolux/bangood have put two tubes (black S1) in one box with one flashlight that have 0.3mm OD threads difference.

[mattjk]

I see they have listed tailcaps on BG now so ordered a 18650 tube and a tail to mod up a second.

[RollerBoySE]

@kiriba-ru

@RollerBoySE

Now let’s see what I can use the original head for (before it fails)…
(it legos and works with an S2, but doesn’t cover the o-ring properly (and I don’t really want to file down the tube, cause then the S2 head won’t make contact any longer);
it’s a little bit short to make proper contact on an A6 from the first batch)

EDIT: Of course it legos well with the A6, turned out it was the tail section that wasn’t screwed on properly.

You should not try this. S2+ have 1.25 pitch metric thread while A6/S41 1.0 pitch metric thread.
Well, I dont wonder why manufactor is making changes and new parts dont fit older one. I wonder HOW astrolux/bangood have put two tubes (black S1) in one box with one flashlight that have 0.3mm OD threads difference.

Well, you can easily (no force) screw the S41S Colored head on the S2+ Green tube and it does light up. There is no damage to the threads, on either part, as far as I can tell.

The A6 tube is however a better fit overall, so that’s what I’m using now. It also allows me to use a protected KeepPower 18650 3500mAH (contains a Sanyo GA + protection PCB) so I dont have to worry about the head developing a short.

[Jerommel]

Yeah !
My S41S XP-G3 has arrived. :partying_face:

Wow, it’s bright !!

But mine also has a little play in the lens.
Not rattling, but you can move it around a little.
I’ll put in a thicker O-ring. No big deal.

The clip looks cheap and doesn’t stay in its place too well.

And now i’m gonna take it apart for inspection.