Skilhunt H03 Review

Sorry but I could not find this info: Do high ampere cell increase output power for this light? Does this light even have FET ?

Worth buying extra 30Q for this if I have for example NCR18650B ?

Not 100%, but pretty sure about the following: The maximum output decreases as your cells start to deplete. This means the full 1200 led lumens you’re only going to get with fairly full 4.2V cell. So if your voltage under load reduces, so does output. Therefore with 30Q you will have the same maximum output as with NCR18650B with full cell, but you will have a higher output for a longer period of time with 30Q than with NCR18650B.

Ordered mine about a week ago. Paid for USA Express shipping and insurance. Came out to $35.84. Hopefully, I’ll receive it next week.

It’s a great light with great features and a super low price. It’s just unbelievable…

I’ll let you know how I like it compared to my expensive headlamps from Armytek and Zebralight. True, you can’t beat the price.

The light has a buck driver for 18650 and 2 CRC123 batteries
but the buck part gets only active when the battery voltage is over 4.5V in normal 18650 mode it has a fairly high voltage drop

The main problem i saw for the turbo mode its timed stepdown and if not a fully charged high drain battery you wont reach 3A
The driver has a small inductor and other parts increase the resistance

On normal protected 18650 it wont even reach the full brightness in Turbo

I modded mine with a Narsil TA driver drawing over 5A on a fresh battery

The light has a DTP star so its running well with DD drivers

What diameter driver did you use ?

I used 21mm

I needed to sand down the tube lengh about half a mm to get the o-ring working with standard PCB thickness
the AMCs fins also add a bit of thickness
better order this driver in 2OZ thin Oshpark boards

I have a mod idea…

  • Skilhunt H03
  • XHP50.2 K2 NW from KD
  • Schoki’s MP3431 driver with attiny85
  • Andúril
  • 4000 lm OTF, thermally slightly unsustainable
  • maybe later a shorty mod

And several questions…
I’ve read somewhere that H03 are not glued recently, is that right?
Will XHP50.2 fit the optic? If no, are there suggested replacements?
How about driver height?
Any other potential problems?

I’m gonna try this with a 2s ta driver from lexel with 2 aspire 18350’s. I haven’t decided if i’m going to try it in h03 or hc30 i have.

Got my H03 today, the head is glued. :confused:

Of course its glued, but you can use some wood for protection and a vise to twist it open

I’ve seen reports that the newer versions were not glued.
On the head threads there was little glue, I forced it with my hands (unlike unglued Emisar bezel :wink: ). But I see glue out of the driver edges…

Got done modding my h03 with a TA narsil driver in 2s with a xhp50 4000k 90 cri in it. On 2 fresh aspire 18350’s it got 2750 lumens.

Sounds cool, but I think you are gonna need a Sweatband.

Yeah it made it 50 seconds to 60c stepdown. The thick rubber holder and headband helped didn’t relly notice the heat on my forehead

How do u “install” the headband? we have been 2 people now at this for 2 hours, Is the instructions even right? man they are hard to understand. This should not be sold as a flashlight but as a puzzle. How to do it?

I got this pictures to look at: Imgur: The magic of the Internet But still, I dont understand. I can build computers, rcplanes, choppers, repair cars, u name it, but F”#%” this is hard.

Edit: Done, became a bit easier when u knew somehow how to do it… Thanks for the information! :innocent:

Yeah I was struggling with that a bit too two days ago. Best thing is to google for some pictures. One clue is that you do not need to insert one plastic end to another plastic end to make a loop (like you do with a belt for your pants). You insert the rubber band via the centre spliced part of the plastic thingy.

Scroll down for pics of head band. https://trektools.ru/reviews/obzor-nalobnogo-fonarya-skilhunt-h03/

That looks perfect now slide every thing along?

if you want to tighten more just move the top headband across more the other way and tighten the side band around your head?

I ordered two of these to replace my aging(10+ years old) camping headlights. Needless to say the HO3’s are brighter on medium low tier setting than old lights on high, and with longer run time.

They are amazing for the money. I dropped Nichia 219C 4000k 90+ CRI LED’s into mine as for a headlamp especially i care about tint/CRI alot more than throw or total output. Turned out great.