Review: Manker E02. 1xAAA - XPG3 - L shapped

Here my values for the nichia 219 version, and comparison with the XP-G3:

Is really a good result for the nichia.

The most important diference for me is that, with the nichia, all moonlight modes are below 1 lumen, with my pre-production sample (XP-G3) the 2 hightest modes of moonlight option offer over 1 lumen.
I do not know if all XP-G3 have option for lowest mode of more than 1 lumen or only the pre-production samples.

Yep. Really nice value for the Nichia. The chart also delights me again with the awesome mode spacing… :smiley:

Thanks!

Thanks Trevi! Interesting on the low lumen output. Based on my guess for a 30% reduction in lumens, I was thinking the low would be around 10 or so. The 7 lumens you measure is identical to the E01 on low mode. Guess I should not be surprised, why redesign when you have the circuit already.

One question about the moonlight mode measurements, 1.5 and 0.5. Are these for the brightest setting which can be programmed for both lights? Based on what you wrote I think so.

Sorry:

- for my XP-G3 pre-production, there are 21 modes elegibles for moonlight, I can only measure the 2 highest, both are over 1 lumen.

  • With the nichia 219C, stock unit, there are 21 modes elegibles for moonlight and I can not measure any with my equipment, I think that the highest of this is less than 1 lumen.

I do not know if this diference is for stock / pre-production units or this diference is between XP-G3 / nichia units.

Thanks for the review Trevi_lux :slight_smile:

Here are some of my measurements :

Levels Lumens Range (minimum - maximum)
1 - 10 0 - 0.4
11-16 0.4 - 0.7
17-21 0.7 - 4

For example lvl 5/21 is between 0 and 0.3 lumens .

Hi giorgoskok
This measurements are fot nichia? have you more than 1 lumen with the nichia version? or are data for XP-G3?

Regards

It’s from the pre-production xp-g3 sample .

thanks for the clarification, and thanks again for a great review. It continues to whet my appetite for when my Nichia version arrives . . .

nearly three and a half weeks have come and gone, still no light . . . .

nice review,

waiting on the 14500/AA version.

I ordered the Manker EO2, black, XPG3, from HKEquipment today. Got an 8% discount from Martin’s code, and Paypal was giving $5 off any purchase of $15 or more for 2 days. So I got it for $13.35 Good deal I think. Sounds like a nice lil light, brighter than any other AAA on alkaline I believe.

hoo-yah!

I guess the paypal $5 off is not active anymore? At least that did not work for me today. Too bad, I would have bought a 2nd for that price. Actually still waiting for my first though. At least it is in country finally.

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thanks for the PM and posting here. I did make a $100 paypal purchase earlier today and did not get the $5 discount, so I am thinking I would not get it here either. I checked my paypal wallet and did not see any notice for this discount. My wife gets paypal correspondence,and maybe my 2 days came and went already, not sure. No worries, as I certainly don’t need another one yet . . .

this is all that was on the ad that I have not already posted:

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sorry for derailing the thread Trevi…… just trying to help a fellow flashaholic save a dime :slight_smile: I’ll keep it in a PM next time.

very helpful!
looks like the E02 is about 4500k

very impressive that it runs regulated at 200lm, more than once, and without getting too hot to hold for 3 minutes.
I recently got a 18350 light with a 3minute turbo, but after 1 minute, its too hot to hold. (1200 lumen turbo on Mecarmy PT16)

also super helpful, thank you!
I am learning that the Nichia brightness reduction is not a consistent percentage, turbo and high drop 16% but low drops over 50%.

in any case the fact that moonlight can be adjusted from 0 to 0.5 w a Nichia is great!

what a great mode selection!
hmmm, my buy it now button is itching :slight_smile:

I know you would have it already if they offered it in copper :smiley:
Even so, it would fit well in your collection. How many other red lights do you have? :wink: