In-depth review - Manker E14 (Nichia 219B and XP-G2 covered)

There's a BIG problem with Nichia 219B !

The 4000K version is pocketable evening sunlight and it's spoiling me for anything else

can u review E11 too please?

Thank for your suggestion, I’ll see if your advice can solve the ‘problem’ :slight_smile:

Nice review. The detail photos help a lot. Love that quad MCPCB!

Nice review!

What are your thoughts about greasing the underside of the oring? That’s something I have never considered before, but it could make a huge difference in waterproofing!

Houston, we have a problem?

De-domed in process?

X2

I love mine as well. Really love the driver.

Still waiting for the extended tube from BangGood.

Bob

Hi there -

I just got the nichia version, love it so far - except I cannot get it to go into turbo. It just flashes once, like a camera flash. I can back up or go forward from there through the settings, but it will not stay illuminated in turbo. I think it must be the battery - I have 2 "de" 18350's, same thing with either one. The battery check blinks 3 times, even when they are fresh out of the charger. I have no other batteries yet to try, so I don't know. I have 2 nitecore 18350's on the way, and 2 orbitron 18650's that haven't even shipped yet after a week for some reason also on the way (yes I got the extension tube as well). I hope someone sees this and has some insight regarding this issue, I hope it's not the light itself. Either way, I'll update this post when I have some more batteries to try, should be about 2 or 3 days.

PS I would go out and get some batteries if I could find any in a store, but no luck so far.

Protected?
This is a typical behavior of the action of the protection by high consumption.

Yeah, I just looked at the battery and it says "battery overcharge/discharge protection". Is there any way around it? Or do I just have to try other batteries?

update - 08-25 received 2x nitecore 18350's today, charged them and turbo works fine w/them, so it was the protection in the DE batteries.

Thanks for the heads up on the battery tubes not being reversible, I got the 18650 tube because I don’t have any 18350’s yet and I put the tube on backwards and the light wouldn’t come on.

Hello everybody
I was too stupid that i blew off all the dome of my manker e14 nichia version
So, i gonna to buy a 20mm led star board triple xpl-hl with TIR len in kaidomain
Yeah, a little monster
My question is, is it good to use tir with xpl-hl
And how many lumens will i archive(with imr 18350 xstar)
Have a nice day

hey! its so weird. i bought one of these and i have no knurling on the body piece only on the tail cap whats up with that?

That is weird. I have not heard of that. Where did you buy it?

Bob

Any photo?

i got it off amazon about a week ago

i tried to insert an image url i posted the pic on facebook . i guess it doesnt work on this forum. maybe this will work. its weird because on the amazon ad they look like the one you have

The photo shows up fine.
I like the light without the knurling on the battery tube. Let’s hope it is a one-off mistake and you have a unique flashlight! :slight_smile:

Is this the same light as Astrolux S41? Or just similar looks?

When they were introduced a year ago they wre identical. Since then BangGood and Manker has had a fallout, so the S41 is no longer made by Manker. E14 and S41 are still rather similar though, Manker seems to nowadays have a bit higher quality though.

The second generation of the lights, E14 II and S42, are not the same light anymore.