Review: Liqoo CL06 lantern (Fenix Cl25R clone)

Nice. Thanks for the review Lexel! I have the Fenix, but I’ve been curious about the clones.

Thanks for the review! The cheapest one I found on eBay was $11.53, probably worth a try.

Edit:

$9.79 on amazon after 30% discount, including prime shipping!!

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01J1FOU0U

How did you get the 30% discount?

is it need to cycle through all modes to turn it off?

Thanks for your honest review

Stick a few of them in your shopping cart and wait for the price to lower. 6 months ago I picked up this one for $9.95 and this one for $6.95. The Weily is $9.99 right now. The one Will linked to has the promotion right below the price. Says “buy 1 get 30% off”, which equals $9.79. The promotion is applied at checkout.

Amazon tip!

Always look below the price for applicable promotions or a bit further down for special offers, often they have discounts on the product itself or when bought together with something else. I have found quite a few deals paying attention to this…

You have to cycle through all modes, but usually you place the latern select the light brightness and let it run for hours

I tested the battery for a bit over 1.1Ah at 400mA discharge this one is going fully drained to battery recycling bin in the next supermarket

After reading this today, I went to ebay and found the one for $11.53 and ordered it. New seller(been there one week with 90% rating) but its ebay with their backing plus pay pal, so not too worried. Prices at $15, 16 and 20 and more. All seem the same manufacture? We will see :slight_smile:

Thanks guys! I have been a prime member for quite a while and have never paid attention to this.

Thanks for the review! Has any one seen these for sale on Ebay? Or some where that will ship to AUS?

I have 3 of these I purchased for $5-$7 throught VIPON.

Throw the battery away but other than that I think they are pretty nice. Hard to find 18650 lanterns.

Fasttech have this in 3 colours:
Blue , Black , Red
for $13.39. A little steep but with –15% coupon they offer around many holidays it might be worth it.

Where is the charge indicator on this lamp? Can’t seem to find it in any of the pictures.
Button on this one doesn’t seem transparent like on CL25R but the led could still probably shine through or be placed inside the lamp like in Blitzwolf BW-LT5. Is it red while charging or only lights up green when fully charged?

The charge LED is below the switch

To plug in the USB plug you need to compress the cover quite a lot

In middle and low mode you can hear PWM hiss

The color on Fasttech says 5500K I can confirm this its not cold as Cree 1A or 2B, but not as warm as 3D

Fasttech rates too high lumens
300-350 lumens at 780mA can be expected

I bought a second tested the batteries 1100 and 1500mAh not being able to run high currents as their internal resistance is really high like old laptop pulls

Thanks for the great review.

Just bought one myself, Nice, I would have liked the Fenix but far too expensive.

When being charged the clone draws 500ma and as it gets close to full, the current starts to slowly drop the lowest i have see is 30ma before the green fully charged light shows.

Power button orange/red while charging turns to green when fully charged.

John.

Convoy s2+ with diffuser is a best camping light. Again :wink:

Just ordered another 3 of these lanterns making it 4, replaced the included 18650 with a protected Panasonic 3400mah cell.

Great size and very bright though i only use it low mode inside, I wonder how durable it is to being dropped as it`s made from plastic, maybe it can be armored somehow.

John.

One thing about this clone is it makes a wining noise in the medium and low power mode and it can be quite irritating.

Does the Cl25R make a noise?

John.

Sounds like PWM. I don’t believe I’ve ever heard my CL25R make a whining noise and I’m pretty sure it doesn’t use PWM.

As with a lot of flashlights, you can disable CL06 by unscrewing the battery cap slightly, this eliminates any parasitic drain and any chance accidental activation.

My Baby`s

Notice on the lantern at the far right, the led`s look yellow, they actually look red to the naked eye.

Modes below, from left to right, HIGH, MEDIUM, LOW, RED, red flashing not shown.

EDIT: I am capacity testing the 4 18650 2000mah cells to see what the real capacity is, 1 cell is 10g lighter than the other 3.

1: 1885mah

2: 1791mah

3: 1848mah

4: 1150mah

http://imgur.com/MwWSZYM

John.