Review: UniqueFire UF-K21 - Donated from Manafont

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Manafont sent this light to me for Review

It arrived very quickly and was packaged well.

My Overall Rating:

Specifications:

  • Model: UniqueFire UF-K21
  • Emitter Color: White
  • LED Type: XM-L U2
  • Total Emitters: 1
  • Battery Configurations: 1 x CR123A (not included) (I am using a 16340 in it for the testing)
  • Switch: Rotary at its head
  • Mode: Hi > Mid > Lo > Strobe > SOS
  • Mode Memory: No
  • Lens: Coated Glass Lens
  • Reflector: SMO Reflector
  • Other Features: Clip is included

Link to Manafont

Pros: Small and lightweight form factor. Overall fit and finish are good. Coated lens. XM-L U2 neutral white LED. 5 modes H/M/L/Strobe/SOS.

Cons: Magnet is weak. Metal clip could come off body.

Photos:

Fit and finish are good and the overall look is nice. The head is finned and with 1.6 amps on high, it gets hot fast.

Glass lens and metal reflector. XM-L U2 Neutral White led.

I like the clip, but it's one of the "slip on" ones and they can come off the body. I prefer one that fits all the way round the body. The magnet is weak enough that I would not trust it, but that's probably so that the battery does not stick inside of the body from the magnetic pull.

The spring. I think the tail cap might come off if it were heated and you used a strap wrench on it, but I'm not going to tackle that.

Head to body threads were dry.

Driver. The pill comes out by using a spanner for the two notches in the bottom.

The pill. The reflector is a screw in one, like the P-60 and the pill is made well.

The reflector is metal and plated well. It had some dirt in it though.

The lens is very thick. It is coated and it does not reflect a lot, so it might be a multi coated lens.

The amp readings were 1.6 amps on High, 0.8 amps on Medium and 0.4 amps on low. I noticed visible PWM on Medium and Low, with my camera, but not visible to my eyes.

Beam Shots:

HIGH

MEDIUM

LOW

HIGH

HIGH

Well, it's a flooder for sure, but I really like this light overall and I might just have to carry it for a few days, to see if it's something I will but for myself.

Thank you Manafont for sending this light for review and for the eventual, inevitable give away that I will do.

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Oh, that is a nifty little light. I like it. Thank you for the review.

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Thanks for the review OL and thanks to manafont for supplying it.

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thanks for that review. i kinda like it. seems bright enough. but was surprised to see the price tag at $17.
i dunno, i was expecting to see something like $12

ill have to think about it now

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i’m in.Thanks

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You will have to go to this thread for the giveaway for this light. Good luck.

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Thanks a lot for the review! Frontpage’d and Sticky’d.

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Hello OL,

I pulled out the spring to add some copper braid and to my surprise, I found a retaining ring that can be removed with tweezers. The magnet is removable/replaceable then.

As for the pocket clip, I thought it to be extremely difficult to remove as I couldn’t get it to wiggle. I still didn’t trust it 100% and added a key ring which was attached to a carabiner. Well, the clip was gone at the end of a day out in the field but thanks to the key ring, I still have the light.

Thank you for your review!