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 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.
I’m on the fence about buying the T01 myself, I see GearBest has the light listed now.
I don’t feel it is budget priced especially with the issues posted.
I can’t speak for all the people who have commented who have issues with their T01. I can, however, tell you that there are at least 6 that I know of that have problems and they were all from Fasttech. I was told by Manker that Fastech only got a shipment of the initial run of T01s, basically the prototype model. There were not too many shipped, and they were possibly only to FT.
That’s exactly what I thought when they told me. I was irritated more so by FT since they told me that they were the most recent model before I ordered and then recanted and said they thought it might be another version after I had already placed the order.
Got one today from Banggood… old style clip with one click moonlight mode. Works as it should on a AA, but auto turns on with Efest purple 14500. Any ideas?
I had similar problem in mine - works pretty much OK on regular AA, except blinky modes, but on 14500 - always on, can’t turn off. This sounds like faulty driver.