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

I’m using a MXJO IMR 14500 700mah unprotected high drain. Got it from IMR batteries. Works good.

Purple efest IMR works fine in my lights. I prefer eneloops though.

Good luck everyone with their UT01/E11 switch lottery… and battery lottery too.

Thanks for the IMR recs guys, I appreciate it.

Any ideas why my Eneloops would provide flaky performance in my UT01, but alkaline cells work flawlessly? Shouldn’t have anything to do with the difference in voltage I would think, since it appears others are using them with no apparent issues? I’m wracking my brain trying to think of what could be wrong and it’s driving me crazy.

Was your eneloop fully charged? I noticed when my eneloop is running low, the UT01 would intermittently not turn on. Sometimes it takes a few clicks to turn on, sometimes it won’t at all until it’s rested for a while. When I put in a freshly charged eneloop, all of a sudden the flakiness goes away.

They’re not fresh off the charger, but they’re not really that depleted either. However, what you’re describing is the exact issue I’m experiencing so I’ll top them off and try again.

It’s not surprising at all that a guy named Enelooper would give me the exact answer I needed regarding Eneloops. Thanks bro! :+1: :beer:

+1
Those red IMRs are real performers. For the price, they will be hard to beat.

The Nitecore NL147 is to long to work in my UT01, but the red Windyfire and Trustfire “flames” does.

Yes there are different results. How bad is your NL147? Is it close enough that the paperclip trick could work?

I can’t get it to work with the paperclip trick, I mostly use it with Eneloop or IKEAloop.

Just received mine yesterday. Was shocked by it’s tiny size! And it’s freakin bright for something so tiny… LOL

Comparing it with the Jetbeam twisties, seems like the UT01 is noticeably floodier than the Jetbeam though.

my friend quite surprised and happy with output from this light.

myself keep both cw and nw version. nice pocket light with wide beam.

I notice in the programming instructions that in the programming grouping, there’s a Turbo mode that doesn’t step down. Does that mean that the main Turbo mode in the standard grouping does step down? I don’t think I saw that mentioned before. Does anyone know how long before step-down, and is it time-dependent or temperature-dependent?

There’s a 3 minute regular mode step down. In program grouping, it is direct drive with no step down.

Regular step down mode is Timed.

Thanks a lot.

Well it’s mentioned here.
Utorch 1x AA 500+ Lumen Review - #24 by joechina But as I understand it’s described as regular in the hidden modes.

Also with a battery check!

From now I say the same! Thank * :slight_smile: *

Is it just me or are the pictures in the OP gone?

gone for me too.

Yep , gone …

Fixed them last week and but it didn’t work …

I’ll fix them today , sorry…

Really disappointed with my UT01 and with Gearbest. I ordered and received the NW version. This could be a great light but mine came with the faulty switch, multiple presses and sometimes it works sometimes it doesn’t. Contacted gearbest about the faulty switch, they asked for a video but their site will only let you upload 2mb so not sure how that would work, I pointed them to a youtube video with a light with the same issue. Their offered solution was to either a $3 store credit, or a $3 refund. Still working with them on that. I also have a cool white version on the way, I hope it has a functional switch.