Boruit Headlamp Review D10 (aka. EHL0628) - King of the Budget Headlamps?

thanks for your review, i got the same headlamp on its way :+1:

What do people generally think of this fake xm-l2? Is it a decent LED?

Garry, mind if I add something?
I received the “same” light, from another AliExpress shop called Shuolide (non-affiliated)! One day it was 16€, on the following it was 8€ :money_mouth_face:
I thought that it would have a different UI from this “Boruit”, but it is all the same! I had read your thread before but I was expecting mine to show up to confirm if it had differences or not… And apparently it doesn’t :person_facepalming:

I would just add that from strobe, a double click gives SOS, and another double click gives beacon mode.
After beacon, a double click goes back to strobe. A single click or press & hold shuts the light OFF.

Also, I too some pictures from the LED while ON and this is what we get: the PWM can’t be seen to human eye. Unlike other statements from other Boruit headlamps, this one doesn’t have visible PWM.
From highest to lowest (5 modes):

I also got the same feeling as you comparing this with the Zanflare F1 (that has that greenish ring due to AR coated lens): this one is even more CW :open_mouth:
I put a piece of “diffuser” (a piece of plastic I kept from a box) and it helped to minimize that hotspot and to even the colours. Not good, but better than it was :smiley:

On the first look, I don’t feel confident to modify the LED, due to the length of the wires. Maybe later, with bit more of experience and courage I try to dismantle all that and put a NW or WW LED! If you mod it, let us know how to do it :wink:

Also, thanks for your review and for pointing the working of this headlight :wink:

Ah, good catch on the SOS and Beacon modes. I don’t think I even tried double-clicking while in strobe. At least these modes and well hidden yet accessible. I forgot to mention about the PWM too; I didn’t notice my camera picking it up at all.

I still want to measure the output of mine in stock form in my DIY sphere before I do any modding. The only “modding” I plan is to try out some optics and swap out the emitter (like I said before, likely a 219C).

-Garry

Do you guys think the 5 levels are enough or do you sometimes wish you could could adjust it in between them?

I haven’t not put it to real world use, but they are 5 well-spaced levels. I think they give a good range of output choices. There is no moonlight, but I’m ok with that. I am glad to see that low is as low as they set it. I generally hate when “low” is set to something like 30%!

-Garry

Yup, they are just like that, accessible but hidden :wink: They will not interfere with regular modes!
Hum, I can’t do those measurements, but it would be nice to get some numbers when you can :wink:

I couldn’t try TIR optics as the ones I have (for the S2+) don’t fit. I would have to sand or filled them on the edges and it would ruin them. Maybe others, slimmer, can fit!
I will use the plastic until I get something decent for it! I works well :wink:

My opinion is that unless super bright or super low modes are needed, the 5 existing modes are good enough, well spaced and provide good illumination at a “close range” (meaning: I don’t think it will be very powerful if you need good illumination after 20 meters).

Some beamshots, from highest to lowest. (not the best, but maybe enough for an illustration)

That should be a size that fits. This one?

Did you pop it out of the plastic housing?

Yup, I tried without the plastic holder. Those are too large for this light! They have to be thinner and shorter than those you linked.
As reference, here are the reflector’s measures:

Hmm, I’d swear it was mentioned in one of the Russian threads (there is another I didn’t link) that it accepts optics and I guess I assumed they were the widely available ones.

-Garry

Those I have don’t fit, but there may be others! To fit the “bezel” the lenses must be less than 18.8mm, just measured!
The ones I have are larger than that :frowning:

Thanks gb. :+1:

Thanks for the review and PWM evaluation! :+1:

Looks like a nice budget headlamp, but the interface seem abismal D:

PWM 16 kHz.
TIR from Convoys works perfect. Swapped led to samsung lh351d hi-cri :+1:

Do not be afraid to cut the lens, you cut off the idle part of the lens and this does not affect the light.

Or you can use TIR 17mm from Skilhunt, it is another good option.

Why do you say that?
One click on, one click off.
Press and hold to cycle through 5 brightness levels.
Plus hidden strobe, SOS and Beacon using a dbl click.
What’s wrong with that?

Wildcat, so that the Convoy TIRs fit, you had to cut them, right? Cause the ones I had didn’t fit, but if I file the edges they will probably fit.
Unless my headlight has some difference from Garry’s, because it was not bought as “Boruit” but in Shuolide store. I don’t think they differ, but I may be inducing people in mistake… I hope not!

I guess the 17mm TIR will fit more easily due to the internal measurements of the bezel!!

Thanks for the tip on this :wink:

+1

Wildcat, thanks for chiming in on this.

-Garry

Yes, you just need to file the edges that the TIR entered the bezel. With any 3535 LED (xp-g, xp-l, nichia 219, samsung lh351d) TIR rests directly in the star. It is only necessary to add an o-ring between the TIR and the bezel for tightness.

Thanks again Wildcat :wink: Gonna test the difference between the TIR and the simple diffuser over the lens to see how it works and then check the one that will fit better on the healight!

Thanks for sharing :wink: