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

Exactly . I said runtime until LVP kicks in …

OK cool thanks!! Can’t wait to get mine. I am thinking about ordering the Manker version too.

…pushing past the above and entering uncharted areas of ignorance (on my part)…are there ever enough threads on these unprotected lights to simply grab a few when inserting a protected cell (not fully tightened)…while then reaching for my favorite ‘fix’ this side of tie wire…Gorilla tape?

I could care less what a light looks like if it works with a protected battery.

On my unit Xtar 14500 protected don’t fit in my unit . (If that’s the question , didn’t really understand the question :frowning: )

Giorgos, I think what Freedom is asking is if there are enough threads where you screw the tail, so that if he doesn’t screw it totally (to the end) he can use a 14500 protected battery (like the XTAR 14500). Leaving the tail a little bit up (not totally screwed), the protected 14500 might fit.

Understood and thanks for sharing (again), George.
The previous poster seems to be disputing your claim (which I have a hard time believing given that you have the exact same cell) and I’m asking whether a similarly/comparatively shorter protected cell would work if it was jerry-rigged/held on with but a few threads engaged and some quality tape applied to hold it there.

Do I like operating in that matter? No.
Do I shy away from unprotected battery powered lights with LVP circuits which don’t shut off (yes).

I am still excited to receive this light. I also figured that I would receive quite a bit of pushback from even ‘suggesting’ that it could be made to work with a protected cell (safely)…which it probably can’t be (or perhaps tint snobbery extends to overall appearance as well for hard core aficionados).

If the tail isn’t 100% screwed light won’t work (because of the Anodized threads) .

…so here comes the “there’s-gotta-be-a-way” guy in me:

What if you taped/somehow protected the spring and sand-blasted the threads?
Would the light light turn on (soon enough) as some of my other lights do (I always just assumed that their threads were anodized as well) or at some point in time before the two pieces are threaded together?

Then again, perhaps hard anodizing is just that on such a thin piece of metal (thread) and not practically ‘micro-sandable’…

…so here comes the “there’s-gotta-be-a-way” guy in me (sorry) :wink: :

What if you taped/somehow protected the spring and sand-blasted the threads?
Would the light light turn on (soon enough) as some of my other lights do (I always just assumed that their threads were anodized) or at some point in time before the two pieces are threaded together?

Then again, perhaps hard anodizing is just that on such a thin piece of metal (thread) and not practically ‘micro-sandable’…

Yes you can do it .

But there are easiest solutions too . I will upload a pic later today .

Waiting… :slight_smile:

Aaaaaaaah…… (thank you!) :slight_smile:

(obligatory Grasshopper/”Beginning of Wisdom” video)

Ok here are some quick pics (sorry :stuck_out_tongue: ). The paperclip mod (original mod by someone on the Blf A6 thread )

Get a paperclip , give it that shape and insert it inside the tailcap .

Excellent! (many thanks)

Any other mods out there or suggestions/improvements on this one?

Hoping that this helps others who prefer protected cells.

Thanks Giorgos! :+1:

Could you instead snip 1 turn off of the big tailcap spring?

I haven’t tried it , it could work .

…keep snipping away, just a little at a time, until it turns on… :thumbsup: …thank you!

Is the XTAR 14500 the consensus half way decent shortest protected cell out there?

The XTAR and the Olight 14500 are the only protected I’ve used so far.
The XTAR is better, but I don’t see it around for sale lately.
You can compare many 14500s here.

Thank you for the opinion.
It would be great to hear of the first protected cell to be used in this light of any type as I am (still) trying to wrap my mind around 800 lumens ‘bursting’ from this XP L (?) vs the 500 I am enjoying presently from my ZL SC52 L2 (XM L?) with the same 14500 cell.

Is this merely a result of the higher (?) unprotected cell giving this LED more power…a more ‘powerful’/efficient LED…or both?

…showing my ignorance ‘big time’ here, I know… :person_facepalming: