Review: UltraFire HD2010

You should! They are excellent value-for-money. I have one, and already considering buying a second! Nevermind that my wife also likes it and wants one for my father-in-law...

Agreed! A phenomenal light!

I got issues with the ano finish and I remember hearing of tailswitch problems awhile back…i’ve kind of lost love for lights with problems from the factory…

I hope mine is in better shape. I ordered one about a week ago.

I have had a half dozen of these come in for driver swaps and all of them had marks on the ano and also on the reflector. I finally got a perfect one it’s the first black one I have seen and my first order from Lightmalls for $38.90. I don’t know if the defects are limited to the gray ones or if Lightmalls has a different supplier. I can say I really like this light and finally getting one with no defects is nice.

http://www.lightmalls.com/perfect-ultrafire-hd2010-600lm-cree-xm-l-t6-5-mode-led-flashlight-1x18650

The East-92 driver that is also found in other flashlights, is it available anywhere online to buy???

thanks. unfortunately it seems you got a returned one? i guess if it works well no big deal. it will get scuffed up anyway. mine is a tang’s, it came in new condition. i bought it only for the (childish) purpose of putting out streetlights, which i haven’t been able to do. in the meantime though, i came to love it. it is a little large, but it is very very bright, with very very good throw, and has definitely become a keeper. i haven’t even tried a 26650 yet, don’t own one, but i’m sure it will be even better when i eventually get one.

This seems like a light I would like to own. Does anybody know how it compares to the Crelant v9 in throw and general usefulness?

The Crelant V9-T6 is a fantastic light but we're talking big block 'Vette and 307/2-barrel Mailbu. Nothing wrong with the V9 (I have one and really like it) but as far as output and throw, it's not even a contest . . . . nor should it be. (except price, now that I think about it) The V9 does feel better in my shorts side pocket. The HD2010's big head makes it somewhat less comfortable to carry.

The HD2010 is not all that less bright than my Crap-Ray 818 triple. You saw what it did to my M8. Wasn't pretty.

Foy

Thanks for the great review. It motivated my purchase.

Mine arrived in superb shape from Tmart (FIVE days from ordering to my door!). No nicks or scrapes, but the o-rings were all too small just as the reviewer described. Great light, but my Keygos M12 seems brighter in both flood and spot modes, although I know it’s a little of an apples-and-oranges comparison since the M12 is a zoomer. Will try again when it’s dark to see the real difference.

I agree with this review except I got much luckier with mine in that it is relatively blemish free. I am going to swap the T6 XM-L out for a U2 bin on a copper board from INTL-Outdoor. I am then going to get the pill adjusted correctly for best throw, like Foy said, if it’s screwed in all the way it doesn’t perform correctly. I will then use some Arctic Alumina thermal epoxy to set the pill in place permanently.

Hi Bose. Any chance of before and after beam shots?

I have no good place to do it and they would be terrible if taken by me.

Thanks Bose. No stress. I plan to do a couple tonight if the weather behaves. Its done nothing but rain here for the last 5 days so fingers crossed.

Thanks so much for the thorough review, Foy. Lately I’ve been preferring my C8s, but this looks like a nice competitor. Could be my next “most used light.” Great job. Thanks for sharing the info.

The C8 size reflector is hard to beat. Some C8 lights can throw with the big boys yet the light is still small enough for comfortable carry . . . .

Foy

and it works very well with smooth or op. it seemed a little on the big side before, but compared to the 2010, not so much.

For anyone interested here is a link to my slowly evolving HD2010 sponsored by my Visa card mods.

https://budgetlightforum.com/t/-/9637

Hey, DNF, have you seen my post here Any help will be appreciated :slight_smile:

Maybe not the place for this question, but is anyone else having battery issues with this light? It doesn’t seem to like Trustfire flamers. Runs for 15 seconds and shuts down. I have many different flamer dates and batches from the past year or so. Same thing. The most reliable batteries for me seem to be crappy Ultrafire red 3000 and the equally crappy black ultarfire 3600 batts. These are my last choice for any light. In fact, I had been meaning to toss these because their run time is not very long. And some nonprotected sanyo/pan cells work.

I am afraid to keep trying “iffy” batts in it lest it shutoff forever, which wouldn’t be the end of the world if it was a $12 budget light but it’s $38!

It seems perhaps maybe to be related to initial voltage. If it’s too high (4.06-4.15ish), it seems to trigger some protection in the light and shut down. But I’m not sure because some flamers don’t seem to work no matter what the initial voltage level. Maybe it needs the extra capacity of a 26650? Got me. I have some 26650s on the way. I’ll see what those do. All I know is that it’s a pain to carry a handful of extra batts with me on a walk because I don’t know what will work.

I have 35 other lights. None have any problems with any of these batts.