Manker E14 III

Sweet looking! This has a constant current circuit so will be more efficient than the fw3A and Meote. Also so excited they finally fixed the UI!

Is there a coupon for this light ?

I second the question about the coupon, but also whether this light is even available yet? I couldn’t find it so far. thanks.

Varbos provided a link. I have not ordered it, but I could. Apparently.

Is it really an e-switch? I have not found this information.

I didn’t knew this. Took a second look at the mechanics of the KR1 and am still puzzled what a potential problem could be. Head and tailcap are not even especially tightend and it still works. This construction with springs for battery and inner tube at least seems safe. Maybe dirt/grease on the inner tube could prevent functioning?

Manker listed it on their website just 1 day ago. An Aliexpress store “China Flaslight Store” also listed it for sale, this morning.

So I think it is available but only literally in the past day(s). Right now there are no user reviews or third-party photographs.

Part of the UI shows a “long press” action which cannot be performed very well with a clicky switch.

Of course, the UI! :person_facepalming: :blush:

What’s wrong with this new UI? They finally got rid of the notorious Manker UI.

The new UI looks much better than before, but I would prefer moonligh to not be in a different group (what’s the point ?), it’s the same for the thrunite T1, you can turn on directly on moonlight but if you want to go to low, well you can’t, not directly at least, you have to turn off, then single clic which bring you to the last mode used in the main group and then cycle to low and potentially blind you in the process.

Since ramping is so ‘trendy’ I think they should have included an optional ramping interface. For commercial reasons (to sell more units).

Nothing wrong. Only I could have noticed that’s an eswitch UI.

A nice clean design from Manker.
Dumb question, why Manker is not popular?

It seems like they just do not care about marketing their or reach out other customer.
Can not even find Manker on Amazon.

I wonder if it is a FET linear driver + DD turbo like in the noctigon kr4. I’m glad to see these types of drivers being used more.

Questions about the LH351D LEDs: are they high CRI and what color temperature? I would be interested if the NW is 4000K hight CRI.

I just noticed this now uses the Carclo optic instead of the Manker quad.

it says neutral but my guess its 5000k….

Manker is quite well-known brand among flashlight enthusiasts, but they don’t have a good opinion. The main reason is the lack of manufacturer support and problems with the warranty. Although the flashlights are imho a very good quality, problems often do arise.
Another reason is their (old?) UI. Reproduced in many flashlights and almost always criticized. Nobody likes long click for on/off. The new one looks much better.

See this thread where people complain about Manker. I have a few of their flashlights, but I don’t use them often, so I won’t comment on that. Although I had no problems with them.

Good point. I don’t understand why they have to split the moonlight. All the other manufacturers have moonlight with the main modes. I wish Manker fix this in their next version. Otherwise the new UI is perfect.

The “perfect” UI is hard to obtain by everyone’s standards. But to be fair to Manker, this looks pretty darn close as far as UI’s are concerned. I’m worried a little bit about mode spacing, but we’ll see. This is the first Manker (along with the MC13) that I’ve been interested in in a while.

I think it is much simpler. We are called budget light forum and most Manker flashlights are priced a little bit higher than we like. Some of their lights were cloned and on BLF we often embraced/encouraged the clones which (I think) make Manker not really like their customers, not really do much interaction and forum discounts etc.

Regarding their UI, I don’t really feel too strongly about click for off versus hold for off. I know many people do though.

I got a few of E02 and E03 models (AA/AAA right-angle) and I like them a lot.