Muto Review: OrcaTorch T11 AA EDC XP-G2 Updated Beamshots

[Muto]

@mattlward

Muto… I received one as well. I completely agree with your summation. I will not be posting a review here as it would be identical to yours. I did post the first review on Amazon, if anyone is interested.

I really like it. 14500 and memory would make it just darn near perfect!

Thanks Matt!

I new whoever posted it on Amazon was well versed on flashlights and thought it may be a member from here but wasn’t sure who it was.

And to member greenlight’s point, it is not a cheap flashlight but that was not their intent. It is glued like the Zebralights, so it is not intended to be mod friendly by the Mfg. That can be a good thing or a bad thing depending on the users skill level.
I must say it is darn hard to get most flashlights apart without getting some dust on the reflector and once it’s there….

Anyway it is what it is.
Thanks
Keith

[bikenber73]

@mattlward

Muto… I received one as well. I completely agree with your summation. I will not be posting a review here as it would be identical to yours. I did post the first review on Amazon, if anyone is interested.

I really like it. 14500 and memory would make it just darn near perfect!

+1
A little over priced but nice.

[lumenzilla]

Nice review!
On first beamshot picture, I thought the lines were PWM

[OrcaTorch]

Cheers for your review.

[Woytas]

At a first glance this should cost about $20-$25…almost $40 is too expensive.

[dhvl1357]

Thanks for the review, Muto. Picture #6 had me confused for a while; thought this light has a head spring (+ve) as well! (does it?)

Cheers.

[Muto]

@dhvl1357

Thanks for the review, Muto. Picture #6 had me confused for a while; thought this light has a head spring (+ve) as well! (does it?)

Cheers.

No head spring, here is picture down the throat as it were. Brass colored contacts.

HTH
Thanks again!
Keith

[hank]

Mine hasn’t arrived yet, still waiting.

Question, you say ” well regulated and steps down as voltage drops”
does that mean a low voltage warning stepdown? Or a slow decrease in brightness as the battery gets drained?

[MRsDNF]

Thanks for the review.

[bikenber73]

I put a Keepower 3.7V 14500 in mine and it works just fine.

[hank]

How much did you all pay for the torch with the promise to review it?

They sold me one for $5 from Amazon.

This was the first time I’d been offered a discount on a purchase with the agreement to review it.

I pointed out part of their description was copied from a different manufacturer of a 4AA flashlight.
They replied

Our Amzon colleague write TN4A intented, because according to Amazon policy it will add our light’s exposure opportunity.

and later

this new light can be searched on Amzon only after it got more than 20 reviews….

That seemed bogus. Anyone know? I wondered who’s giving them advice about how to sell on Amazon.

I wrote an honest review at some length, stating what I paid and what I thought needed improvement and why.

They asked me to change it after I posted it, for reasons I won’t (yet) post here, but I wonder if anyone else had such happen.

[bikenber73]

I have been too busy to post my review. I paid $5 as well. This is a $20 light at most. It isn’t a good tactical light because it starts on low and has a reverse click switch. I am wondering if this “review plan” of theirs is not going well.

[mattlward]

@bikenber73

I put a Keepower 3.7V 14500 in mine and it works just fine.

How long has it worked fine??? Brightness increase?

[T.H.Cone]

@hank

How much did you all pay for the torch with the promise to review it?

PM sent.

[bikenber73]

All in all I have run it for an hour. Not straight for one hour. The brightness didn’t really impress me, I have no real way to measure it.

[everydaysurvivalgear]

The specs for the price are still good if you look at other brands like LED-lenser similiar output for about the same money but this is built better.

[mattlward]

@everydaysurvivalgear

The specs for the price are still good if you look at other brands like LED-lenser similiar output for about the same money but this is built better.

Agreed, but not a true budget light and not a good mod candidate. I have tried fairly hard to open mine and it is just glued to well. I have not tried placing the head in solvent yet, may be the next step. Has a very good beam profile, just needs more lumens and a good driver.

[everydaysurvivalgear]

@mattlward

@everydaysurvivalgear

The specs for the price are still good if you look at other brands like LED-lenser similiar output for about the same money but this is built better.

Agreed, but not a true budget light and not a good mod candidate. I have tried fairly hard to open mine and it is just glued to well. I have not tried placing the head in solvent yet, may be the next step. Has a very good beam profile, just needs more lumens and a good driver.

I think for a single AA battery the light is on the higher side being 190 lumens. Also to do this the driver must be good from a single AA battery maybe using a different emitter you could probably squeeze out a few more lumens….

Being glued its not meant to be touched i guess. Maybe gluing it makes it more usable from a IPX rating perspective. I gave my mate some hugsby XP1s to use and he has broken 2 of them already by dropping them. I took one apart and it was the boost converter circuit the transformer breaks of. Maybe gluing the head gives it extra strength…

[OrcaTorch]

Hello Hank,
Thanks for your review and suggestion about our T11. Here are my answer for question,

1. Why we need reviews on Amzon?
It’s according to Amazon training course and searching rules.There are a large number of American make Amazon reviews for living.
chinese sellers have to do it……
Our company thought BLF members are flashlight specialist, so hope get yours reviews and suggestions to updating our light.

2.About paid $5
We have to say we never want profit from it,our shipping fee is already higher than $5.

3.About change reviews.
Sorry for this problem, 4 star is OK. But it’s really not friendly that write under our light you only paid $5.
What would other consumers thought about T11?

4.TN4A bogus?
We admit our Amazon colleague is newbie. BLF members who have made our WR10 reviews know we even don’t know how to set right Amazon code last time.
So we have corrected this mistake after your point it. Thanks your remind. :face_with_monocle:
Except TN4A and T11 are AA lights, what any other similarities between them?

Besides, we can sure next T11 version will can powered by 14500 battery, and hide strobe&SOS (or add memory function).

Sincere thanks for all members suggestion, OrcaTorch is more good at diving flashlight, but we will try to design better flashlight with yours help.

[OrcaTorch]

Looking forward to your review.
And I will feedback maybe forward switch is better.