I like the idea of using that USB to light up something in the dark. Sometimes I can’t see my keyboard even when my monitor is brightly lit.
Thanks for the review. Mine’s on the way… :bigsmile:
These guys are an official Xtar reseller and if they don’t stock them, get them in within 3 days. I dealt with them for a D06 warranty job. Good guys to deal with.
Thanks for the tip lionheart - prompt and clear response to my email enquiry and they added these items to their online store today. $7.20 postage but I ordered several as gifts so overall pricing worked out comparable to ebay seller.
Have placed order.
It's on its way to me!
No worries mate, I just emailed them myself about it as well as a new Xtar dive torch. What price did they do for you?
PM if you prefer.
Maybe a silly question (but someone has to ask em right?) but could you use something like this to make your iphone a portable torch using the UL1??
is an interesting gadget. Great review JohnnyMac.
It probably doesn’t output enough.
Aw man, would have been so good.
That’s an old article, I wonder if anything has changed since…
Knowing Apple, probably worse. LOL. Is your iphone one without a flash that you can’t use a flashlight app for? Or just wanting a better light that works with your phone.
I’ve got a 4S, just thought the UL1 would be cool to connect to the iPhone for an impressive 180lm
Thanks a lot for the review! Frontpage’d and Sticky’d.
Yeah the phone probably wouldn’t like that LOL
Thanks for the review, JohnnyMac. I’m definitely going to pick one of these up.
I bought one when they first came out specifically for modding. It’s powerful, and the diffused lighting along with the flexible gooseneck is perfect for aiming at those tiny 7135 chips while I’m trying to stack them.
I have a Coolook 4x18650 USB box in the mail from FT, which will be perfect as a solid platform for it as well as charging up my ipad.
Nice review, something a bit different!
I have a car cigarette lighter USB adaptor for my tablet PC, I think this would make a nice in-car light with that goose neck.
Mine were delivered this morning.
Just for giggles I tried a runtime test tonight using the light for room lighting.
I put a fully charged Blazar 3400 Cell (protected Panasonic) into a ML-102 charger https://www.fasttech.com/products/0/10001919/1158900-miller-ml-102-universal-usb-smart-charger-version-
For those who may not have seen them, the Miller ML-102 is a charger and USB supply in one.
Charged the cell from a solar panel using the ML-102 this afternoon. The cell read 4.22V at charge termination (and start of runtime test)
Stopping briefly to measure cell voltage every hour or so, I got about 420 mins (7 hours) on High (not turbo).
The cell read 3.22V at termination, at which time the ML-102 overdischarge protection kicked in. Re-inserting the cell and running again at Medium I got another 20 mins out of it, with the cell now reading 3.15V. The Panny's are supposed to be OK down to 2.5V though I never do this usually.
I used a soft silicone diffuser cap pulled down to the first cooling fin. At no time did the light get unduly hot. Sitting on a bookshelf, the light was bright enough for general tasks in a small living room but not for reading unless I was sitting right next to it.
All in all, I'm pretty happy so far. If I get the time, I may try a similar test on the Medium setting.
Try to connect it to an iPhone or any smartphone!
Where did you buy it from and for how much? PM if you prefer.
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I don't have a suitable connector for my smartphone, nor any real desire to use it to power this light. My Nexus S drains the battery fast enough as it is, plus the phone has the LED "flash" which I can use as a torch if I need to. 
I do however, have several battery boxes of various sizes which I usually carry with me. And the ML-102 is a really neat little unit. With the UL1 it makes a nice low-powered flashlight or a lantern. You just need to make sure you don't leave it outside if there is any chance of rain about.