Review : Utorch UT01 Flashlight (XP-L V6 / AA & 14500 / e-switch)

LED Flashlights ā€“ General Info 1 x AA / 1 x 14500 Flashlights
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Thanks for saying this - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQHn1BFt-u0

The user manual is a complete photocopy of the Manker E11ā€™s, just without the Manker logo.

Without trying to sound too controversial, may I ask if this torch, and the UT02, have been copied out of spite for Manker?

Btw, thanks for the review, giorgoskok. Iā€™m now going to buy more than one.

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Sorry , UT01 i meant .

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So, only 0.3-0.4mm length difference makes such a damage... :(

I guess that there might be even some IMRs that won't fit then.

Anyway, I've ordered a pair of 49.5mm UR14500P and a pair of 50mm TF IMR14500, so I will have 14500s that fit, but... do you think that there might be a problem with flat-top cells? Will the UT01 work with these?

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They will fit.
Most IMR without button top work ok

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Thanks, George.
(Still naively? hoping for a shorter/protected/quality cell out there or a work around)

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Thanks Giorgos! :+1:
Give us the lumen/cd data now, cause I canā€™t waitā€¦ I wanna order this little AA monster and compare it ot Mi7! :smiley:

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I will update the post when i have these values , be patient :smiley:

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I was, till I saw the first part of your review! :smiley:

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Only think that it needs special treatment is the length of the battery , nothing more .

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Updated OP with intensity measurements .

Now running runtime test (Medium mode , 14500 battery) .

Tomorrow will update with amperage draw on AA and lumens . These should have been updated today but i had zero free timeā€¦

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Thanks for the info.

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I donā€™t want to pull the thread off track at allā€¦ā€¦but somebody help me. This was in the OP:

Eneloop AA 2000mAh :

Amperage Draw :
Lowest ā€“
Low ā€“
Medium ā€“
High ā€“ 4.2A to 3.3A

I am not going to claim any sort of knowledge hereā€¦but how does a AA put out 4.2A??? I donā€™t understand all these currents, draws etc.

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I wrote it that ways because i see 4.2 amps in my clamp meter for some seconds .

Donā€™t forget that UT01ā€™s driver , when you insert a AA battery acts like a boost driver . boosts 1.5 volts to 3V that led operates .

Also measured output with AA , high mode is about 340-350 lumens .

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Thanks, this has been a helpful review!
Iā€™m not a fan of mode memory in an EDC light - do you know if thereā€™s any reasonable way to disable this, like a solder blob across key contacts on the driver?
Thanks!

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If you short click to enable light , always starts on lowest mode .

Only longer click has the memory .

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Hm - OK, thanks! I thought I saw in the other video review that a regular ā€œonā€ click takes it to the last-used mode.
Short-click to low sounds perfect though!

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Cool thanks for the review!!

Canā€™t wait for mine. Shipping is REALLY slow.

Mine is stuckā€¦
ā€œAwaiting International flight - Airline Inspectionā€ since 12/7.

Hopefully its just a laggy tracking update.

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EDIT: Sorryā€¦wrong thread.

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Trying to decide between this and the Klarus Mi7. What are peopleā€™s thoughts on how they compare?

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I was trying to make that same decision. What clinched it for me was that I want my light to come on in the lowest mode every time, and be able to cycle up through the higher modes, which the UT01 can do.