Review: Skilhunt H01 from Banggood

Banggood sent me this light for review. I accepted it, so I could do a giveaway, plain and simple, that's the only reason.

It's the Skilhunt H01 and it's a head lamp, but it can also be hand carry. Price is $37.99 USD

You get the light, two O-rings, A good manual in plain english, the head band and a warranty card.

The next three pics are of the published specs and operating instructions.

Shots of the light itself

The light takes a single 18650 battery. It might be tight with some protected cells.

There's a spring in both ends of the light. The body has no tail cap, so the only joint is at the body to head.

Fit and finish is very good. The threads were lubed and the light had no nicks, dings or scratches.

The head band works well and stays on your head. You can change the battery while in the head band by unscrewing the head, while holding onto the body.

My thoughts: While I feel this is a good quality light, I have to admonish the manufacturer for once again making false statements about lumens output. EDIT: This light might put out 400 lumens on "turbo", but it certainly does not even come close to 800 (The MFg states the lumens output is 820 on turbo and at 2.3 amps, it should be about right. I disagree, but that is my personal feeling from viewing what I see by my eyes, so I am lining out my statement), and the throw distance is about 30 feet. The optic is designed to make a large, even spot and it illuminates right in front of you fine, but it doesn't throw. It's not really intended to. It gives a smooth beam that does not show a center spot or spill, but just an even flood. The beam circle at ten feet is about 6'-7' wide.

It would be a good light for working on a car, for walking in a city park, or for inside a tent or a small room. It would not be bright enough for hiking or biking. It will tail stand, but it could be knocked over very easily.

The light is not hefty at all and you wouldn't want that in a head lamp, but it sacrifices heat dissipation, because it is so thin that the light gets very hot, very fast on high. I wouldn't want to run it long on "turbo".

PWM was noticeable in my camera viewfinder on all modes except turbo. I did not see it with my eyes, but I never see any PWM on any light.

Amp draws were:

  • Moon - ??? too low to read
  • Low - .42 amps
  • Medium - 1.23 amps
  • High/turbo - 2.30 amps

It's not a bad light at all, if you don't run it on turbo for long, due to the heat. It would be better at around $20-$25 though.

That's it.

Good review! Thanks for your work :slight_smile:
It is a good option, would be better if the price would be less :bigsmile: :wink:

Thanks for the review, I’ve been looking at these skilhunts for a while, got somewhat of a headlamp addiction lately , might be a little to spendy for what they are, but no disco mode unless I missed that part which is fine by me :slight_smile:

You can get to disco mode, by double clicking really fast. It's a fast strobe, but they were smart enough to make it not in the main mode program.

Nice review.

Just a thought. Does it significantly increase brightness if you use 2x 4,2v batteries? Have you tried it that way?

Reason I ask is that the manual states that even 2x RCR123 batteries is ok and input voltage 3-9v.

Thanks OL for the review. I do agree with you. Cost abit too much, should be a bit cheaper

Nice review! Interesting, they do say FL1 on the ratings - could be only with using two RCR123's. I've seen this before, where the two RCR123's have a much higher output, and their official #'s list only that cell configuration, but I've also seen mentioned what cells they used to get those FL1 results. Yes, sure is sad when FL1 standards are abused.

I do not have any RCR123 cells. I do have the 18350 cells. I did not try them.

Ok, I just tried two 18350 cells. Yes it is "noticeably" brighter. About 30-40% brighter. No I didn't check amps. It got hot really fast on high/turbo. In less than a minute I wanted to shut it off, because it was uncomfortable to hold at all.

Allright. At least then the claims are more reasonable. TY for testing it. But at 49 grammes it is no wonder if it gets hot fast. Amazing times we live in.

Thanks for the review.

The MFg states the lumens output is 820 on turbo and at 2.3 amps, it should be about right. I disagree, but that is my personal feeling from viewing what I see by my eyes, so I am lining out my statement in the OP.