TEST: Armytek Wizard Pro XPL HD Warm - How HOT Can It Be?

I recently tested several returned headlamps from my customers for warranty claims, mostly driver related problems. I had a chance to thermal test one which functions OK, but has a bulging button problem. Because some people still wondering if the thermal protection is there or not.

Here’s the video link:

The answer is: Yes, it’s there. No, it’s not automatic. Once triggered you’ll stay in firefly mode until you switch it to another mode.

- Clemence -

Great test man ! Those armytek lights are smart and robust tools, i like the super matte anodizing job

Yes, only when it’s working then it’s good. There are many complaints about AT lately, due to lack of quality control. I held back for while from buying from AT until the problem resolved. It seems now they’re doing a good job fixing those problems.

- Clemence

Ah ok, i have the predator pro v3 and the prime c1 pro, i read that they often release slightly changed revisions but keep the “old”, not updated manual :slight_smile: so that must be confusing. I write reviews from time to time and the wizard must be a nightmare for reviewers because of that, complex UI, many functions and blink codes etc… The only complain i have is the switch, its hard to press and you better have some good motoric cababilities when doing a tripple click with this prime C1 pro switch :smiley:

good test!

The copper mcpcb is actually sitting directly on the inside of the back of the head. The driver is deeply potted in a black epoxy. There’s no real way to work on one of these lights if something goes wrong.

ArmyTek won’t repair it, they’ll replace it. In fact, they themselves apparently had never seen inside a light once built… they stole my images and put them on their facebook page without asking.

Yes, that’s where I put my thermocouple probe right behind the back.
Watermark! watermark! watermark!
Use Flickr.com for hosting with restricted setting in copyright option.
Stealing is no good! :rage:

Dale, show me the link to your stolen pic post.
Thanks

http://i.imgur.com/rdgqCFd.jpg

The watermark is indeed in place, a fellow member here caught this by the watermark.

I always watermark the image, but also try to use larger pictures so people here can look closer if they’re trying to build a light and my pics can help. If you’re protecting it too much, you can’t open it larger.

I’m a photographer, I build lights as a hobby, mod lights for fun. This is not really a big deal and everybody that saw it on ArmyTek’s twitter or facebook or whatever saw my watermark. But for a company to use a photog’s pic without asking is a definite negative mark against the company. Pretty cheesy.

They design them in Canada, they’re made in China. The design team in Canada doesn’t necessarily get to see the final product.

Aaaah, it’s good that you marked it in the first place. Yes, that’s definitely bad for AT reputation.
I tried to lookup for Armytek page in FB. Got MANY of them. Looks like some big AT distributors create dedicated fan pages for their Armytek products.

They had problems earlier and seems to be much better now. I’m interested in some of their EDC lights. Perfect host for neat mods, as long as the driver is now trouble free.

That’s not cool.
I wonder about the quality of thit customer service.
Ever use the no hassle waranty?
I shipped predator pro and ward pro to canada, over a month ago, no feedback yet…. I asked to buy some o rings and new headband too, no reply to that.

Excellent test! I always doubted about the temperature regulation of my Wizard XHP50, it just seem to get so hot.

So wrong for a company to steal your pictures, but this also shows your photography skill are vastly superior to theirs. I can assume they wouldn’t say “this light was opened by a customer” because they don’t want to incite people to do that. It would be nice if they sent you a free light or something for exchange of using your picture.

Very nice soldering job it had in there, and plenty of thermal paste.

Me and some family members ordered five Wizard Pros back around March of this year. Not a problem with any of them to this day, except one got dropped repeatedly while being used at work. Finally the lens broke after a drop, sent Armytek an email explaining what had happened, and asked if it was possible to pay to get it repaired. After a few days, was told it would be replaced under warranty. Sent it to Canada and, once it arrived, was told that they didn’t have it in stock there, and that it would be shipped from China. Was a little annoyed that I didn’t get the option for a quicker shipping method, but eventually arrived here after several weeks. I would say my experience with customer service was pretty good, given one has some patience. For them to replace a light that was repeatedly dropped and finally busted due to user error, we’ll that says a lot to me.

Now thats insane, for a company that brags about how durable their lights are, their service and behaviour leaves a lot to be desired

That is great, mine is a few years old, my switch is not right, no longer clicks, and it freezes mode 3, and battery check mode freezes up.
I loved the light so much, I bought an xhp50 wizard! So I have a good light to use. I bought my dad a wizard pro, and convinced my best friend to buy one, he bought new from amazon, bur it had a rattle inside, not long after it stopped working, something is not connected inside.
I have not emailed them for an update, I’ll wait few more weeks, they may be swamped building lights for Christmas.

My XHP50 Wizard Pro has been working flawlessly since I purchased it in June. The temperature control works as it should by stepping down the brightness on turbo 2 in very small steps as it heats up. I put a glass of ice water on the top of head cooling it down which caused the temperature control to reverse the step-down to step-up in the same small increments. That said, I think it’s an excellently designed headlamp. I love it even more than my Zebralight H600F. BTW, since I use it for close up work, I almost never use the turbo modes anyway. Gets great battery life on the lower settings.

The battery life is impressive, I put mine on turbo sometimes, lights up entire back yard! I’m glad to hear stepdown works as it should, I always turn it back down to avoid damage to battery or led.

When I have a chance, I’ll make a video hopefully showing my findings. I’m not sure my camera will pick up the small changes in brightness, but I’ll try. I’ll also connect a temperature probe with my fluke DMM.

That would be cool to see real time temp, and see if it goes down, and how high it gets.
Do you feel it’s safe to leave on turbo unail it steps down , or will that hurt the light, and the battery? I may have to try a test with miNE too! Always afraid to burn my aw 18650, or 30q. And the led and driver must have a heat limit too?