Anyone got a zanflare T1 lantern?

Yeah, same here. The ramp is really too fast

+1. The ramping at low lumen level is too fast.

Is there an option to switch it off without having to turn it over and using the button on the bottom?

Is the fast ramping a deal breaker? or just annoying?

I don’t find it annoying. When on low, it appears to jump up to a slightly higher brightness, then smooth the rest of the way. Ramping on the way down to low appears smoother. The nice thing about it, once you get the color temp and brightness you want, it remembers it. Whether or not it’s a deal breaker is subjective and a personal opinion. Either way, the lantern is about the cost of a couple micro brew beers at your local pub.

Although I really like the lantern, I can’t set my desired level. It’s like 3 lumens, then the next step is about 30-40 lumens and then you can gradually set the desired brightness up to 300. I haven’t succeed in removing my finger fast enough at about 5-10 lumens which would be my sweet spot. Not a deal breaker (as I’ll be buying 2 more…) but definitely annoying… very annoying. Solving this problem would make it the ideal budget friendly lantern.

It depends on what you want out of it. If you want to be able to set output to around 10 lm or so, then most likely you will not be able to.

Not a deal breaker for me personally, but definitely a room for improvement.

There’s room for improvement on everything. But for 18 bucks, this lantern is darn good. Way more adjustable than the Fenix CL25R and more than $40 cheaper. Will it hold up as well as the Fenix? Time will tell.

It ramps down smoother than it ramps up.

RobertB , derfyled, and Pete7874 Good information, thanks for the feedback.

After reading I feel for the money it would be worthwhile, I am considering to go for more than one, maybe four of these. Two for gifts, two for me. Right know I am waiting for the outcome of the Freeme interest list.

I’ll drink PBR’s :beer: for awhile and my savings will go towards the lanterns :+1:

I’m glad it actually has a 3 lumen low instead of something like 50 or so.

3 LM is nice. 1 LM would have been even nicer, but I am not complaining. :slight_smile:

EDIT: actually, per Instruction Manual, the lowest mode is 3 LM for cool white, and 1 LM for warm white, but it still seems pretty bright in a completely dark room - it might be too bright to sleep with it in a tent.

Put it on low in red light mode should be slightly lower?

Eta: then again, prolly doesn’t ramp in red light mode :person_facepalming:

That’s right - no ramping in red. The red mode is somewhat brighter than the lowest ramping mode.

As others have replied, whether it is a deal breaker or not is subjective. 30-70 lumens is very difficult to hit but the colour temp ramping and the low-low means this lamp is a winner for me.

This lantern is going to become my bedside lamp in about a week; I work at a remote site, accommodation units are lit with double 5ft 6000K fluro tubes which are hideous so I ceiling-bounce a 4500Kish flashlight to read by. Will run the T1 for about 3 hours a night for a month and report back.

Looks like a finally have a good use for the 20,000mah power banks I stole from Walmart.

Has anyone tested the charger for termination voltage and power trickle?

I can check for termination voltage later today.

The trickle charge current test might be tricky.

Any other suggestions lol

Today I received my Zanflare T1 as well (ordered 2018-05-20). Quite happy with it, and will use it as my bedside lamp for the coming days. Yes the UI could be better, however all-in-all great value. Good to see some serious competition to Fenix and Nitecore in the portable 18650 driven LED lantern domain. Most important advantage for me, and quite unique, is the warm white (2700K) light. In my view both this light, as well as the Fenix CL25R stand on the shoulders of the innovative design of the "R-PAL lantern":https://r-pal.rtg.com (2014!).

For the price I paid (about 15 euro with a coupon discount shared on /r/flashlight) I think this 18650 lantern offers good value. It has a magnet in its tail cap, it supposedly has LVP, it takes flat-top 18650's, I do not see any PWM, the lantern does not make any resonation sounds (like the Fenix CL25R when held close to your ear), it has *WARM WHITE* output, it has moonlight (1 lumen) low output, it has mode memory (in this case I think that is a good thing), it can be driven by a USB power bank without any cell in the lantern itself (on high it takes 1.0 A), although then you need to put the lantern upside down ;-)

On the other hand the user interface certainly could be improved; especially ramping up. Also the physical design could be improved by decoupling the multiple functions from the top button into multiple (physical) switches, in order to make operation of the light less confusing. The touch button on the top now has several functions at once: on/off, changing color temperature, and changing light output intensity. Personally I had rather seen a Warm White only version (without cold white light), with a dedicated button for changing light output.

To put things in perspective, I think the UI of the 60 USD Fenix CL25R could be improved as well. There is no physical lock-out because the tail cap lacks anodization, so for long term storage I would certainly take the 18650 cell out of the light.

Edit: like already mentioned the red mode seems quite bright, and its intensity can not be changed. It seems more geared towards "signaling" purposes than to preserve night vision. https://imgur.com/a/1d0IC9F

About 4.12V is what I am seeing.

1.9 mA of current is flowing once charging is complete.