Tacklife LFL3A $8.99

Got mine an hour ago, let it come to room temp as it is cold today.
Anyway battery is dead, shows .3 volts and none of my chargers will attempt to start it nor will the internal charging on the LFL3A.
Being that it shows some voltage this means there is no protection that may have tripped?

Flashlight is dang nice and has a perfectly centered corona, as others have said nice build quality.
Hope they don’t make me send the whole thing back but whatever.
Was as curious of the quality of the battery as the flashlight.

And so it goes.
Later,
Keith

Bought two. I’ll probably swap an SST-20 in at least one when i receive them. Here’s the pricing history.

Thanks

What are the modes and UI design like?

Man, I’m a sucker for a flashlight deal. Here comes another one.

A thrower that always starts in high, with blinky modes well hidden, includes a free 26650 battery, has built-in charging, and looks easy to mod for 10 bucks?
I didn’t have think much before I placed my order.

How’s the UI work. The Amazon review said you have to cycle through the modes to get to off?

Cut the wrap off the battery and pulled the protection board away from neg contact and waalaa 3.54 volts.
So cut off bottom board and trimmed off excess connector strip and have started to charge it but have to pause as I am going out for the evening.
Leaving the original wrap as is, just need to seal up the edge of the strip at bottom with electrical or Kapton tape.

The name on it is as follows;

sinowatt
INR 26650E-5000mah
2017 .08.03

The amazon reviews are mostly for a different model light that has a zoom head, not the light that is now being sold. Watch the video posted in this thread- it shows the UI.
It does look like you have to cycle through med and low to get to off, but at least you don’t have to go through strobe.

Thanks. Was afraid of that. Gifter.

I just got another one. Charging it now. Got two coming tomorrow for my two nephews. And one more coming for me. I want the included battery for something.

I checked on the Tacklife website, and the lfl3a is not even listed. In fact, there are no flashlights listed, that I could find anyways.

Even though a Google search brought up a result for it, I click the link and it only shows Taclifes other products.

Seems like a failed product launch. It is a decent light but at soso price point originally, terrible marketing, since no one heard of it till now. If it is being sold for >$30, it had too much competition.

I gotta confess, I wasn’t interested with just vague “Wow, great light!”s flying around, but seeing the details, I’m sold. Just ordered a couple…

Looks like a nice clean beam (aside from the outer ring), especially the hotspot.

I can’t believe it. I ordered one without any clear idea of what I need it for. I must be an addict and need to find a support group to suppress these buying urges.

Then again this isn’t the first time I’ve done this :slight_smile:

My light that came today had a little tiny amount of powder on the nipple of the battery. I was able to simply blow it off. There seems to be a tiny minuscule amount of hardened gunk just under the black wrap near that vented nipple. Does that seem okay? My other batteries don’t have that. Just this one and only a tiny little amount. But the battery took a charge and seems to be holding a charge fine.

Huh? :confounded:

Received mine today.

Very impressive that it comes in an attractive box that was sealed in a plastic wrap. The light feels and looks very good. A little concerned with the charging system, because of the potential wear and tear on the threads. Guess I just need to keep them well lubed. It tail stands, but it is not 100% stable. The clicky button, is ever so slightly proud, just barely enough to make the torch ever so slightly wobble. But really, just a nitpick.

It’s charging right now, so I will have to wait a few hours to use it. So far, it seems like a truly incredible deal, especially looking at whats out there in the sub-twenty dollar range. Then go one step further, and look at whats available for under ten bucks. The TackLife is crazy, crazy, craaaaaaaazy good.

I will order a couple more for gifts. I wonder if the LFL3A is being discontinued by TackLife, as it is not listed on their website even though the LFL3A has been around for about a year.

Good to hear Swabs, let us know how it shines. Mine doesn’t arrive until Tuesday. I’m hoping the UI is not like in the video, clicking through the modes to get to off. Either way, for $9 it can’t be bad.

There’s been a price increase and it’s up to $10.99 so with the 10% discount it’s now $9.90, not including state sales tax.

The OEM battery is still charging, so I threw in a Sofirn 26650 5000mAh cell.

The UI: I found that if I stay in a chosen level, for about seven seconds, one click turns it off. Less than seven seconds in a chosen level then I had to click through all levels to turn it off.

The button is on the stiffer side, compared to all the other torches I have used with a tail clicky. Hopefully it will soften a tiny bit over time.

Getting into strobe can be done from any light level, even from off by doing two full quick clicks. I didn’t always have luck getting strobe to work. I would say that I got into strobe seven out of ten tries. I’m sure I will get better at it with just a little more practice, and it might just be me, and nobody else has issues with it.

It is not dark outside yet, but indoor beam shots in a dark room show a good quality beam. Looks good.

No branding on the torch, just clean smooth lines. Now that I have a cell in it I did a tail stand, and yes it is wobbly. But, it did not fall over when I gave the desk a good shake.

The glass lens felt/sounded thick when I tapped on it. I have zero quality issues with this beauty budget light.