[review] Skilhunt M200 flashlight with high-CRI LH351D!!

You can also chose between L1 or L2, M1 or M2, H2 or H2, T1 or T2, on group mode A! You will have 4 levels here.
On group mode B, you can chose the levels you want, from 2 levels up to 7 + Turbo and blinkies.

You certainly did :wink:

Nice review, I want one now :heart_eyes:

Which 351 have they used? 5000k?

Tnx! I aims ta please… :laughing:

Kewl, I’ll have to try it.

I like the default levels for the most part, but lowest could be the real lowest one (L1?), as the default is, granted, a bit bright for middle-of-the-night prowling around.

Then again, maybe outdoors, that firefly level might be a bit too low, dunno.

I did slap on some diffusion film between glass and reflector, but the O-ring came out and putting it between glass and bezel made the glass stick up a bit too high. So it seems that the O-ring sits on the ledge on the head, meaning there’d be nothing between bezel and glass. Huh? Is that right? Seems a bit “leaky”.

On S2+es, that ring goes between glass and bezel, sealing everything quite nicely.

Did I screw up something?

Anyhoo if anyone’s not comfy with the rather crisp but wide hotspot (reminiscent of an aspheric), a little DF smooths it right out. I got enough throwers, so this would be an around-the-house or at least close-in light, where I’d not be terribly interested in throw. And the big ol’ hotspot anyway makes floodier vs throwier a given. :laughing:

Down the basement, not having to put on any lights, yet still being able to see quite nicely in full living color is a bit of a treat.

See? I bring The Light to the world…

Yeh.

When white-wall hunting, it seems a bit greenish, but it’s not bad at all. Looking at white paper you’d be hard-pressed to say it’s greenish, so it could just be the color of the wall here.

But looking at reds and browns, like the red’n’white picnic-table plaid of the top of a jar of jam, and a red zip-up case, and brown leather “phone-wallet”, those colors just pop.

Even better with the film, because that smooths out everything even any hint of fried-egginess in the beam.

So while I’d still prefer warmer, eg, 4000K, this 5000K is really nice.

How does the tint compare to your WK30? Same bin do you think? I bought one of those based on your review, and whilst like you I prefer around 4000k, it puts out a lovely creamy neutral white. Would be interested to see if this is the same.

Yeh, same as the WK30. That, too, looks slightly greenish on my probably hint-of-green wall, but on scorching-white paper, magazines, etc., you can’t really see green.

Other than those and my SP36es (wherenahell did I put them??), those are the only lights I have with ’351s, and they all seem to be the same CT.

Okay, got my WK30 (reflector, no DF) and M200 (reflector, DF), and trying to match brightness on both, I did quite a few A/B tests on the same white boxes. The M200 even seems a teenytiny bit warmer, ever so slightly.

Against the white boxes, neither seems “green”, but literally “paper-white”. Late afternoon shade coming in the window from the side, for “white-balance” purposes.

Both lights on, distance-balanced for about the same intensity at the box, one up the other down, then one down the other up, back’n’forth, and yeah, the M200 is a hint warmer. They’re both quite nice, but my WK30, which has been my ’351 “standard” up to now, seems ever so slightly cooler. I mean maybe 200K-300K difference, if that.

It could very well be due to the DF mixing the beam, but unless the corona is contributing way more yellow than the bluish spill, they should still be about even.

Basically, I’m not complaining about either one.

Sounds good! I’ve not long received a H04 RC Virence edition from Maukka and I’m very impressed with the build quality (my first Skilhunt). It looks to use the same charging cable, and I like the idea of having the pair that can be charged with one cable when going away.

Wonder if Skilhunt sells those chargers separately…

I’d rather have extra in case I (inevitably) lose one.

Looks like it - MC10 USB magnetic charging cable – LED Headlamp │ Tactical Flashlight

This magnetic charging design and interface is actually becoming quite common across the flashlight manufacturers. I wonder if it’s some kind of standardised spec, perhaps also being used by other devices.

Cables suitable for Fenix (E18R / E30R) or TrustFire (MC1) are all compatible.


https://www.fenix-store.com/spare-usb-cable-magnetic/


Hope this helps. ARH

Kewl, tnx! Good to know.

There are comments on the board that the M150 has higher than average parasitic drain. Any indication of that on the two hunny at all?

Although my measurements were not very scientific, I noticed that they are not bad in the M200.
However, the drain on the m150 is only big IF you lock the light electronically leaving the red led indicador ON.
Otherwise, it doesn’t seem to be a problem!

If I could find any of the 18 meters I got somewhere, I’d check.

Nice light but can the clip be reverse aka deep pocket carry?

Nope.