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

…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:

Using an IMR vs a protected battery : IMR will have higher output (lumens) at the highest setting .

Thanks for your patience, George.

I remember (now) once buying/trying an AW IMR unprotected cell in a ZL that I had and why.

What threw me was my ZL SC52 L2 putting out 300 lumens using an Eneloop and 500 lumens using a protected 14500 (which seemed almost impossible not long ago)….vs the UT01 putting out 500 lumens (AA) and 700 something using the unprotected cell.

Whatever I gained by using the protected cell seemed worth it for whatever the lumens turned out to be north of 500 (which seems twice as incredible as I thought the SC52 to be using an Eneloop driving 300 lumens).

Review updated (Update Log)

Thanks for updating with new data Giorgos. :+1:

+1!

Many thanks!

The setup mode means it behaves like a manker t01? Whoop!

Received it today, unfortunately the switch on mine is very bad. It only works if I press it in a special way with the nail of my finger. So far it is unusable. I hope I can get it fixed.

I just ordered a NW.
Thanks for the group buy.

Please keep us updated and thanks for the heads up.
I would also like to hear from anybody on the difference in output between protected and unprotected cells if they (both?) fit in your light (thanks in advance)…

I’ll write about the performance between protected and unprotected , probably tomorrow (Been busy today , sorry) .

Giorgos, am I missing something here?
Didn’t you write that protected 14500s don’t fit in your UT01?

Who said it needs to fit in there to test the performance ? :wink:

Wrong thread

Thanks for taking the time to do that, George whenever you get around to it.

With a Xtar 14500 protected , i read about 100 lumens less than using the Efest .

(For all batteries : )
Also , highest mode seems to be able to perform better , it is programmed in the 1st or 2nd level from the factory ( from the 3 output leves of the highest mode , see “Light has programmable output levels for every mode” section in the OP ) .

UT01 have a private option for choose the power of each mode between 3 options, Turbo continuously, check battery,…. :laughing:

how do you do this?

I have been on holiday travel spending time at various relatives houses the past 1.5 weeks with the UT01 and its been great. I have my modes set up for the two lowest modes and then the two highest modes. Perfect for me… CANDLE > LO > HI > TURBO. So I don’t really have a MED mode. Love the cream white, green-free tint. Of all my NW cree tints this one has the least yellow too… which is good. My cousins friend has a black lab and we went out on a night hike along one of the local creek-side trails, and the UT01 did a great job. I mostly had it on hi and used turbo for short bursts, where it doubled up as a hand warmer too. (win-win !!!)

Travel rig. Solid performer with eneloops too, particularly around the house and I don’t need that much light.

EDC, compact and lightweight with a 14500 cell.

Size comparison with other lights I brought with me, thorfire TG06, 4Sevens Quark AAT.

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I just got this light today and was searching for the answer also. Seems like the UI is the same as manker t01, I found a review on reddit which had a description of the UI https://www.reddit.com/r/flashlight/comments/4gve2b/review_manker_quinlan_t01_review_by_evo_spec/

works the same for me, hope this helps.