Ultrafire uf10 zoomable 16340

Does anyone have this flashlight it looks very interesting. Ultrafire UF10 it’s a zoomable 16340 with magnetic tail. I saw it on gearbest for $8.56 I’ve got one ordered and waiting on it to arrive may be a couple of weeks before I get it though.

I’ll let you know in a few days, mine is in Alabama this evening.
Probably arrive here Sat. or Monday.
Paid for the better shipping @ $2.71

Looks good on paper as they say:)

+1 with Muto - same exact deal with me. Tracking in AL on myib.com

Good can’t wait to hear what you both think about it.

I’m also waiting for mine :slight_smile:

Got mine, in my hands. Wow, no battery in it yet, but really like the feel of the switch - feels more like an e-switch, short throw, flat surface, flush with the tail housing and magnet. So far it feels and looks like I thought - a better, smoother finish, smaller SK68. The finish appears to be real nice. Also deep pocket clip that's not stiff like an SK68 that made them pretty useless for me.

The zoom slide is really stiff though. Something has to be done to loosen it up - haven't taken it apart yet. If I could loosen it up, it would be an ideal gift light because of it's size, easy button operation. Would be better with AA cells though.

Let me know what you think about light output when you get a battery in it. Sounds like I imagined. I was hoping for smaller than sk68 and brighter. Thanks for the update.

K, dropped a 16340 cell in it. It's got springs on both ends, so can take flat tops. The green lit tailcap comes on with the LED on, and it's brighter in lo mode than hi mode. Hi looks pretty bright in flood. In pulled out zoom, it's a big XM-L2 dye image, really big - I'd expect that though from an XM-L2 with such a small lens.

The green tail LED looks more like a dragon's eye in. I gotta take a look at the zoom slide - stiffness is really annoying. Also none, or not much lube on the tail threads.

Got in a bunch of things today, so time is tight. Got in a big dive/outdoor search light to review, got the OTR i3 zoomie, and the latest BLF Q8 v5.1 boards to populate and test.

It looks like it has some sort of lighted tailcap. Is that only while it is turned on? Or is it a battery indicator?

Thanks for taking time to let us know. How about a guess on lumens.

How bout if I measure lumens? I'll get a healthy 16340, check tail amps, then lumens/throw. Very interested myself now.

Haha! Even better! Thanks again sounds like you have alot going on.

Hey Tom,
Got mine just now, on Efest battery @4.18v I am getting 3.30 amps high on startup then settles to 3.10, can’t get it to go to low mode with the test leads. Must need to be really fast break in continuity or a special chip in tail cap for step down?

Update, got tail apart, driver is in the tail. Weird.

Seems bright in my Toilitron Sphere:)

My zoom slide is nice, firm but not too stiff, can operate it with one hand.
Dang nice build quality for the low $.
BLF Lives!!

Later,
Keith

Whoa da. I did the same thing - the driver is in the tail, not the pill. So when you remove the tail and measure amps, you are going DD with no dirver. Least this is the best I can make of what's goin on. I took pics of the tail PCB - looks like a full blown e-switch driver.

The pill is brass - nice. It has two o-rings and mine were bone dry. I lubed them up with Nyogel and now much better!

How did you get the pill out?

That tail switch/driver is eating like half the output compared to the direct drive. My ceiling bounce was under 188 with driver in and 480 direct.
Will try shunting the spring and see what improvement that makes.

Ahh - the brass pill is screwed normally, CCW from the top to loosen. Take the bezel/lens off, and you might notice couple of marks on the brass ring - they apparently used a tool , like a needlenose to apply pressure on the brass. My slide tube was so tight, I could gently apply CCW pressure, and it was enough to loosen the pill! Yours is too smooth for that most likely. You could use some sort of tool to apply outward pressure, might have to drill couple of small holes in the thin brass ring to use as guides.

Yeah, gonna need holes drilled, but not right now.
Time to fire up solder iron for spring shunt.

Tailcap parts:

Driver close-up in tail:

Pill with bone dry o-rings:

Notice tool marks on brass? Were there before I tried anything:

Normally a driver, but think's it's just a contact board:

tail spring:

Bad news is not so easy to do a driver mod, but maybe there's a way?

Probably fairly easy to mod the LED/MCPCB, think'n XP-G3.

Good news is stock, the light is a keeper!!

Thanks for the pictures Tom, it is a refreshingly new design from Ultrafire!

Btw, you may not want to see the XP-G3 die in sharp focus :wink:

It's an interesting one for sure. Gotta open up the pill - not sure how a full driver would work only in the tail. Might be a top deal of the year, considering it's features and quality for the price. Somehow though the tail is limiting amps. It probably does ~1A to 1.2A on hi - can't measure it yet till I figure this all out. It measures 3.3A with the tail cap off.