Review: Manker T01 Prerelease Sample (small updates 20150925))

Thanks man!

I don’t understand why would they put a throwy emmiter in light this small, I’m sure I’m
not the only one who would expect this to be pocket flooder, not thrower.

They used a throwy emitter because it is designed to be a pcket thrower. You would be correct if this light had the usual AA sized reflector but with the oversized head and reflector it would almost be a sin to not use the HI emitter. :wink:

The head and reflector measurements of this T01 are about dead-on with the ZY-T11's I mod. The most powerful one I built was a XM-L2 U4 1C mounted on a MaxToch 26mm MCPCB with a UCL glass lens that did 5.1A tail, 1700 lumens @30 sec, and 24 kcd. Of course the light is bigger all around and probably a lot more amps, but it has my own e-switch UI, as described above Wink. I always liked the reflectors and resulting #'s I got out of these lights modded. The reflector does really well with a UCL or UCLp lens. The problem with the ZY-T11s of course is the poor quality host - anodizing, threads, etc. I like the feel of the ZY-T11 button, but no where near the quality and more intelligent position mounting of the T01's.

I'd love to see how accessible the driver is, and how much space there is - if it can be modded with a full FET+1 driver, either 17 or 15mm. It would be locked into a 14500, but seeing maybe as high as 1400-1500 lumens out of an XP-L HI on a good 14500 cell, and better throw out of a quality light in this size would be something...

I have to admit after trying out XPL HI in some of my lights, I feel like putting XPL HI in every light. It’s a great emitter for flashlights.

Manker is on a roll. Good to see new lights. Great review!

Thanks for the additional runtime graph.. that looks really straight!

How did you measure it?

Sound like they have the right driver... they should sell them separately!

Runtime graph provided by Manker.

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That looks like more than a shot across the bow....

Great review JM sir!

Great review! :slight_smile: and very nice looking light. I estimating a hefty price when it gets to market.

Great looking light, looks like BLF research has helped them a lot.

Great review and breakdown, the pics do a lot of justice on build

Oh, oops.. didnt see that! well.. uhmm... oh... mmm... ok..

I hope its not something like the Imalent SA04 I reviewed. See the strange graph.

Thanks! I have much to learn. :slight_smile:

Nice review! I like this little light with C8 performance. I hope Manker produces this light or something similar. 21kcd, nice!

Thanks, ROL! Yes, they are making it. Should be available for purchase soon.

… and for a reasonable price.

Manker should send you a check for a glowing endorsement like that! I can see why you’re so geeked about it though. You just don’t see compact pocket throwers like that. I guess Manker has been listening. It’s rare to see so many darn near perfect features in a single light that isn’t a custom build. The dual cathode spring was a mind-blower. It’s like a stock spring bypass mod but it looks better! I think this one will be a little out of my price range but it’s nice to see something like this being made. Thanks for the review. Maybe they will add that perfect moon mode before final production. It would be really fantastic if we could talk them into using that dual cathode spring in our group buy…

JM - I'd love to find out how moddable this light is. My latest UI, still under development will have a choice of 32 mode combos running on a ATTiny45 or 85, and would be perfect for this light. So if the LED and driver are accessible on this one, probably could do something with it.

I'm very disappointed with the Manker Rambler - seems to be all glued up at the reflector, and the body looks like one piece with no access to the driver/pill whatssoever - can't even upgrade/replace the LED - ugh... If they are doing this on all models - it's bad news for modders for sure.

The reflector won’t pop out of this one either, Tom. I was hoping it isn’t glued but that since the body is one piece that the internals will have to be pushed out the front from the rear. Not willing to destroy this one to find out though since I like it so much. If I get a second one I may try to disassemble this one to mod.

This light looks great but I’m with you on this one!

The really nice thing is our new K6 will have the same reflector and emitter as this T01. The really really nice thing is that it will be readily modable. The not so nice thing is it won't be as small as this little beauty.