[Review] Armytek Wizard Pro Nichia - The best headlamp ever!

that may be a con for one who understand all the results of this.

ability to turn light on and on on max brighntess in case of need. and possibility to burn insides )

anyway, surprised Armytech did something good. at least it seems so from review

most of feedback i met about Armytech was that they produce crappy things. and almost zero reviews of flashlights from such large and known brand (here at BLF) also feels like people dont want to mess with armytechs

What does “Limited Edition” mean for this headlamp? Is Armytek going to discontinue it very soon?

No, I don’t think so… :smiley:
It is too good to be limited

Good review. Its only available on the official store?

I took some readings from this light compared with other Wizards and Zebralight H600fc here.

I’ve also found it available on andrew-amanda.com and nkon.nl


Thank you ^:)
I got 1282lm, so I probably should recalibrate my setup ;)
But...wait
*testing*

I got higher values from XHP50 than you, but lower from 144A. For Nichia I got 1345lm at start but 1245 @2s

Uch, pretty close though. Never mind :FACEPALM:

There seems to be unit to unit variations. Your Wizard 144A at 1345lumens is in between what I measured for the two different units 1388 lumens and 1339 lumens.

Which XHP50 version did you get and when? If you read my post, AT switched the WW version with an 80CRI version which is what I got.

Maukka measured his H600fc MKIV at 1124lumens at 30s whereas I measured mine at 1312 lumens at 30s. Mine was recently bought. I’m not sure if they modified the firmware in my version or used a more efficient emitter. I read ZL have been revising the MKIV firmware since release.

I have neutral white XHP50 and got 1665lm at start.
So small differences, I don’t even care about that. +/- 100lm, whatever. It is only @1s though, and brightness fall down quickly. I’m getting ~ 5% more brightness than you with XHP50 and ~ 5% less with 144A.

They changed WW version to 4000K…maybe they will send me one.

Have had one of these for a couple of weeks. Happy with it overall, inclusive of discount code, but the UI is a bit goofy (& the green indicator flashes are super unnecessary). Also, while the emitter is very nice, it’s hardly what I would call “warm,” just NW.

I got really used to the UI after using it daily and have no problem with it. In fact it is 2nd nature to me now and I like it. However, it is not easy to use for muggles.

The annoying blinking green light can be turned off. It should be in the manual. If not do a search online.

Thanks, I’ll look into it. Definitely still feeling my way through the UI vs. my trusty old H03.

Uch, I hate H03’s UI. I can’t get used to it. Armytek’s UI is so much better for me. And true, for the first time it was a big mess for me. You can check my Armytek XHP50 review, I tried to explain this UI as simple as possible, also correcting some mistakes in the manual.

And yes, it is neutral for me too. Now I have XHP50 Warm too, I will make comparison of those 3 soon :wink:
Now with Nichia they should change “White” version to “Cold” and Nichia Warm to Nichia Neutral

Thanks, I’ll check out your review.

Ok, a small update: As Ryzbor mentioned before, this headlamp has a timed stepdown from turbo mode. I checked it and it is a little over 1 minute to step down to 374lm, and no step up to original brightness. It makes the headlamp not the best (as it was before knowing this fact), but on the other hand, temperature stays low, at around 45degC.

Why they made it this way? I have no idea, but I tested my other Wizard, XHP50, and the body temp. rose to 63degC before stepdown. Pretty hot, a battery was at ~ 55degC.

So…my generally advise for everyone is to just use Turbo mode as a turbo, only for momentary use :wink:

It probably means there will only be 1 manufacturing run, limited by the number of Nichia LEDs they bought.

I don’t think so… Maybe after this Nichia batch they will switch to standard production. Maybe with slightly worse LEDs, but I hope not.
It would be stupid if they ended selling the headlamp they had been working on for so long.

They do as a company stupid shit all the time.

:stuck_out_tongue:

So I went to armytek.com, found that the coupon code still works, then entered my address, and it told me that shipping from China would cost $35! That totally wipes out the savings and then some from the coupon code.

So then I went to armytekstore.com, and it says they are out of stock. Wonder if they will get anymore in stock, or if it really was a limited edition run. How much do they usually charge for shipping?