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

:smiley: Shhhh!!!

-Garry

Sorry for the stupid question - are the ramped modes memorised? Do both the modes ramp or just medium/first mode? For example, would it be possible to ramp up on the medium (first mode) to make it higher than the second mode, so it’s essentially high mode first?

Thanks!

When you click to turn the light ON, it always starts on Medium. From then on, to ramp, you press and hold, and the output levels always go down: Medium > Lower > Lowest > High > Medium High > Medium.

So the only memorized mode is Medium, no mater in what level you turned it OFF!

BUT, if you turn it ON and the make a single click from Medium (within 1 second), the level you get is HIGH! And from then on, you can ramp it down in the cycle I mentioned above.

Through press & hold, you always go down. Through single click, in that short period, you can go up.

Whenever you start to ramp down, if you make a single click (within 1 second), the light will go to High. Always within 1 second. After that period, the light shuts OFF.

Hope it helps :wink:

EDIT: I tested it again and the period is shorter than 2 seconds, maybe 1.5 seconds, but if you want to take it to High right after turning it ON or starting ramping down, it is better to be within ± 1 second!

That makes sense! Thank you :beer:

So if you’re using it on level 1 out of 5, the lowest level, and you have to turn it off, it won’t turn back on at the same low setting?

So basically, it has no memory.

That’s it JasonWW :wink: It will always turn ON on Medium!

Its too bad some of these lights are getting little complicated for the everyday wife/younger person/regular weekend camper.
I can see them remembering the functionality if they use it for a long time and if this is the only light they have, to avoid muscle memory confusion.
IMO so many of these newer flashlights arent made for the everyday person due to UI,

What size mcpcb does it use?
i have got some spare MPCB’s from S2+ mod’s, it might be nice to swap in one of those

:wink:

Thank you Mascaratum, but is it 16 or 20 mm?

It’s 20mm :wink: Sorry, I forgot to indicate the measures! :person_facepalming:

With this light you can do one click on and one click off. So even if you don’t remember how to control it, it is still functional.

All you have to remember is try dbl click, try press and hold and see what happens. True for any light.

I have the Acebeam H10, and it is as simple as it gets, but it is not a cheap headlight though: press and hold to ON/OFF and it will turn ON in the last used mode (from 5 modes: ML-L-M-H-T). No blinkies, nothing to get in the way.

This headlight being reviewed here is not complicated, but I do understand what you mean. However, there are always other options to fit one’s necessity and “capability” to operate the light :wink:

which light you have on the left in the second picture?

20 mm. But 16 will be OK. You just need to extend one of the wires.

You must be talking to me (2nd pic in the O.P.). It’s the BLF Edition SA-22 Starry Light 4xAA, XM-L2 3C.

-Garry

Yeah, the UI can be a little difficult for one person to describe and another to understand. It basically has 3 mode groups: the “Medium & High” that a single click enters, the “Stepped Ramping” which is entered from EITHER the first mode group’s Medium or High, and then the blinky modes entered by a quick Double-click at anytime. From the “Stepped Ramping” mode group, one click brings you back to the first mode group (whichever level you were in prior to entering mode group 2), and then another click to go OFF.

-Garry

One think that may be important to make some decisions about this light (for those who may be interested):
Weight and dimensions:

Just filed a pebbled TIR - the upper lateral edges - and it fits perfectly!
It completely eliminates the hotspot tint shift that the headlamp had originally!
Thanks for the tips on this! :wink:

Sounds like a decent enough light, but I agree, what an absolutely hideous UI.

I’d look into completely stripping the guts from it, using a micro powerbank charging board to keep internal charging, then replace the driver with something decent. If the switch is momentary, maybe pilfer the driver from an e-switch light.

And as long as it wouldn’t mung anything else, bore out the emitter area to fit a real 20mm TIR, vs having to shave down every one I’d want to try/use.