[Review] Manker T01 (XP-L HI V3, 1x AA / 14500)

my t01 arrived today. two actually. put in nitecore imr14500, nada. the light doesnt turn on. the battery is fully charged. i tested it on my blf x5, no problem, so the battery is not at fault. tried olight 14500. too long to fit in. can anybody help me? thank you.

I just got the t01 last week from the fasttech Chinese new year sale. I tried a nitecore 14500 also. The nitecore battery is too long for the t01. You can screw cap on, but not fully. I ended up using a really old eneloop in it.

my reply might be dumb, excuse me if so. When I got mine I thought it was defective, it wouldn’t turn on. You have to hold the switch down for a bit. I did manage to get a Windyfire 14500 to work, but I prefer running mine on an Envelop.

edit: that is a great price from FastTech

I use regular Sanyo UR14500P with a small magnet.
Exactly this one: http://www.sobeler.com/li-ion/39-ur14500p.html

Hope it helps!

A friend and I both purchased this light from Fasttech during the sale. His light arrived and does not work. When you use any battery, the light will come on on it’s own then blink and turn off. Initially, it had a mind of its own and was going through random modes including strobe without any user input. It has “settled down” and is now just doing the random on blink blink off. Unfortunately, his light is useless.

As for mine, it’s OK. I’m disappointed that it doesn’t have the quick access to low mode with a single press. I am curious if anyone who bought from fasttech received a T01 with the single click low mode.

I am also a little surprised at the finish on both lights. The anodizing is a little bit sloppy in places. It is noticeable on the head near the fins. And on the tail, it’s a little sloppy too.

I have to say, I am somewhat disappointed in the light. I love the reflector, and the fact that it runs on AA batteries, but the lack of the instant access low mode and the subpar finish is unfortunate.

I compared it to my Nitecore EA 11, and although it throws much better, at least the EA 11 allows me instant access to low, high, and my last mode used. And it can use AA batteries as well.

May I ask where did you obtain your lights from ? It seems a certain retailer’s lights have issues, I am wanting to buy both the T01 and U11. Obviously I want to buy good product.

I got my T01 from fasttech and the U11 from Banggood with freeme’s coupon

Does your T01 have the single click to low mode?

I have two T01 from banggood - no one has single click to low mode. And both are broken in different ways… I’m really mad at Manker that they can’t get the quality right.

PS. Answering to my own question - yes, T01 needs really good AA battery to work properly.

I was able to get in contact with somebody from Manker. I expressed concern as there are at least 6T01 lights that I know of, all with issues. I received the email this morning from them, and have responded. I’m hoping they will get back to me on Monday.

@Sprinkles, will you be so kind to let me know the result of this discussion with Manker?
Like I said - I have two T01 and both broken in different ways…for the second one now asked Banggood to resolve the issue. We’ll see how it goes.

Just to be clear - so far can’t say anything bad about Banggood, they had mistakes, but I was always able to resolve it. Hope they will continue working that way.

Well, I haven’t heard back from Manker yet. I’m hoping I will by tomorrow. I provided a video to them in hopes that they might be able to help with the issue. They did confirm that Fasttech only had a small shipment of the original/first release T01 so they shouldn’t have advised people that they were anything but that (in my case they told me it was newest version).

I’ll update here when/if I hear back.

Can someone comment on the PWM in this light? I think I am about to order one since I cannot find a WW Zebralight at a reasonable price.

Thanks Matt

No observable PWM on the T01 or U11

Really??? That is just to good to be true! I guess that will make this a must have!

Thanks

I sent u a PM……

I finally got some emails going back and forth from Manker, and they’ve agreed to help me out with one of the defective lights. I don’t know when (or if) they’ll actually pull through and provide a replacement, but I’m hoping soon. I’ll update here when I get more info.

It took way too many attempts to get ahold of someone through the only emails they have listed, but at least they responded. It only took mere weeks to get anywhere.

Yes, Manker T01 could be the coolest light I have…it triggered my flashlight-frenzy.
However - I have two and both with electronics failure… In a day or two I should receive new driver so I could fix one of those lights (or rather ask someone who could fix it for me). Only because of that I’ve lost my affection to this light.

Too bad about all the issues. I was going to buy one but I think I’ll wait and hopefully the issues will be fixed in future production runs.

Both my T01 and U11 are working fine, I wonder if they changed anything from the original run from the later batches, maybe a different factory