It finally arrived in my mailbox and I am pleased.
Honestly there isn’t much to talk about this zoomie as the specs are quite generic
-xpe zoomie
–3 mode (high, medium high, strobe)
-supports AA/14500
-hollow pill
-visible pwm
-cheapo reverse clicky
-doesn’t tailstand
-bluish tint
The thing I liked about it is the body is built in thick hefty aluminum and feels super great on hands compared to Sipik SK68
Knurling isn’t aggressive at all (in fact smooth) but fits my fingers happily
Super wide flood that I’ve never gotten in cheap zoomies. Only one of my sipik clone has a wide flood angle
here I am comparing the ultrafire zoomie(top) to a sipik with xml in it (bottom)
I think my only saddest complain was the missing phosphor on the LED.
Recommended (even with a hollow pill)
They’re much better than the Sipik SK68 clones offered in banggood anyway
It can’t even stand on a soft gaming mousepad.
It’s no bugger for me but the missing phosphor in the LED is what got me sad :c
sure it is bumpy which contributes grip but I would choose this over the popular #3 zoomie due to heat issues.
that #3 just burns running with 14500.
plus I don’t really like how the clip of the #3
Oh how I wish this was in a form of quality solid pill or a reflector form.
They’re press fit switches. And this is by far the most difficult ones I got. Lots of hammering done. And prying the switch for repairs gives me worries of it cracking
I tried the o ring method. Didn’t work and got the switch thicker making it unable to fit normal aa
Instead of hammering try putting it in a vise — with a ring over the rubber part so you’re just pressing on the button not the outside of the switch, and slowly creeping the vise tighter.
That seems to work where hammering doesn’t. Sometimes I dribble a bit of water or light machine oil down around the plastic thing and let that go overnight, then do the vise treatment.
Usually slowly pushes the switch out — where hammering seems to make it spread and jam worse if it’s already sticking.
I’ve had some lights where the flexible part of the button had a nub underneath that I could trim — after that adding a thin (1mm, rather than 1.5mm) O-ring could lower the button enough to tailstand.
As you can see it is likely a newer batch, as mine old one can tailstand, has different markings, and sadly cannot fit my 14500, haven’t tried any other 14500 to check if its just the Keeppower though
I bought three of these just before christmas just as general use torches. They look nice but are so cheap i don’t care if they get lost or damaged, I gave one away. One had some very heavy gouge marks inside the head, another had a loose rattling lens even when the bezel was fully tightened. Probably try something else next time.
keeppower works for my new batch.
I had a rewrapped keeppower with thick heatshrink also fits.
mann if only these lights had a constant build quality.
I wonder where Ultrafire clone this light. It sure looks like a clone of something somewhere with a rotating control ring.