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

Someone posted that the driver can spin pulling the switch off center. Pulling off the boot and realigning the switch solved his problem.

LR, yes already did that but for some reason the problem remains (click only registers at certain angle). Tried trimming the switch boot too but didn’t help and now a bit too thin…

Ah, that stinks! You may have a defective switch then. How does the switch work without the boot? Is it the same issue if you use a pencil eraser to poke at the smd switch button?

The switch responds much much better when directly pushed but still having issue at certain angles.

I would like to try with stiffer switch cover if someone could suggest any…

You could try to diy a fix if you felt like it. You could cut a small disk out of plastic the size of the switch opening. On the back of the disk, glue a small nub in the center. Kind of like a mini spinning top. Then whatever way you press on the boot it presses down on the disk and the nub always presses directly on the button. Idk if it would work or not? Just an idea that popped into my limited brain space. :slight_smile:

I also got one with faulty switch. I tried the trick with removing the cover and centering but it did not help. Even with the cover removed and pushing the micro switch directly it acts very badly. There is nice clicking sound but the switch is not working.

Did you try pressing the switch at the edge? Mine works that way

That switch issue sucks… :frowning:
Glad mine is okay.

Right! You can have a $100 light but what good is it if the $.10 switch doesn’t work…

Yea I really like this light over the Mi7 but this weak switch is so disappointing. 2 out of 10 has faulty switch by far.

Yeah i like it more than the MI7 too.
Although the MI7 is a really elegant little light, a bit ‘girly’ almost. :disguised_face:

I’ve got one be here in couple days. Hope switch Gods are on my
side. :crown:

BTW: Mine shipped Int Bridge. It arrived in US, of all places,…HUNTSVILLE ALABAMA ! I looked it up. There’s an International Airport there.

Never had a shipment from China enter the country this way. ALL packages last 5 yrs+ have entered from San Francisco, Chicago, and NY. First time for everything they say.

Same here. It took 11 days from ordering to arrive. That’s pretty good for an extra $2-3. Although, it was before the lunar new year.

FYI, the button is good on this one, woohoo!

Is it brighter than the MI7?

I had the whole light apart and on my bench the switch worked fine.

Encouraged I changed the mcpcb to a dtp one (spent one hour filing down a 16mm one) and put in a 219C 90 cri led.

Then put it together, aligned the switch and still have big problems with the switch :frowning:

Maybe if I find some motivation to work on this light again, I try this method

Or maybe I put in a new switch, does anybody know which one does fit?

No, i think the MI7 is brighter.
But i almost immediately put a Nichia 219C 3500K and a TIR optic in the UT01, so i lost some lumens with the LED swap.
(but gained a very pleasant tint :slight_smile: )

GeeSuS Christ….been in Alabama for over 2 weeks now for all I know and not one update to tracking. International Bridege gets the SUCK AWARD! WTH ! Looks like I will have to request NO IB SHIPPING from GearBest in the future. This is the second time this crap has happened……no more in future…Shame on IB !! :expressionless:

giorgoskok
I don’t see any pics in the review.

Unfortunately sli.mg deleted them .

I have re-uploaded them , i just need to fix the image links . Today or tomorrow i will do it .

Why is anybody of the belief (which has probably been offered previously) that ANY “tracking” originating from (???) is not only legitimate but connected to a package that was actually ever sent?

When you’re already forced to wait 60 days before somebody will quit sending the same old tired answer to simply switch to another demand asking that you send even more money…why in the world would one believe that any package was even sent in the first place?

Again, a “tracking number” from “who” owned and/or controlled by or in cahoots with “who” with a longstanding record of “what” ???