so this is really shit……but i will buy it from local seller.with warranty.so i will see…oh,this brands even make good lights with some really stupid mistakes…
I bought my U11 late in May 2017, in spite of a ton of bad reviews of dead lamps and switches, stray LEDs and bad firmware etc, these all dated early 2016, about the time the light was introduced. So it’s almost a year now since I’ve got it and I had no issues with it whatsoever. I think Manker has fixed the issues on the go.
But talking about Astrolux S1/BLF A6, I don’t think I’d ever go back to a tailcap clicky, their resistance increases over time, you will not get the lumen output it once had, and that without knowing. I’ve had this happen on an older 37 lumen Fenix light, let alone at 1600 lumen. I think it would bug me for eternity not being sure about the output.
Thanks for the excellent feedback. I bought a couple “cheap” lights, a newer Zebra headlamp, and some other stuff so I decided to put this one on hold. Interested in a good 20700 based light, best if I can use the cells I have already though.
I made a mistake, the moonlight mode on my U22 did not come from the factory set to zero, it seems the Moonlight was actually quite high, but the “High” mode would not operate with 3.5V battery, but the fact that Turbo seemed to work (much brighter than medium) I thought it was skipping over Moonlight, but it was actually refusing to go into High, but not refusing to go into Turbo.
Everything has defects. It’s the ratio of defective to non-defective that matters. Who knows, maybe the rate is only 1 of every 100 has a problem. IDK. Hopefully Manker will improve the product as time goes on like all the other flashlight companies do.
I would like a U12 as a host, but it’s too expensive to gut a $75 light. Lol