I ordered the light from gearbest hoping it was an exact clone. I paid 33.26. You can save about $10 with code ne01gb.
http://m.gearbest.com/led-flashlights/pp_349798.html
Well, it’s not an exact copy. It does put out 1000 lumens, but the low is 19 lumens instead of 2. Gone is the two stage switch, just a generic side clicky. No voltage readout. Just five brightness levels and two blinkies.
There are small differences in the body as well.
First it has red surrounding the button instead of silver. It has four cooling fins instead of five. There is a flat spot coming back from the fins on the real mh20. There is a bigger area from the clip to the tail cap on the NE01. Just little things.
I don’t have a mh20 but here it is next to a Zebralight SC600.
Not bad accessories. The clip is very tight and hard to snap on, which is a good thing. The micro USB cable is fairly thick. The holster is nylon with velcro front and back. It is lined (plastic?) but the lining is ripped. Standard lanyard and o ring also included. The modes are spaced fairly well
I was just very sad that the low is so bright.
5 modes.
Lowest 19
Low 105
Medium 356
High 712
Turbo 993
It cycles modes from low on up through turbo by regular presses. After the fifth mode the next press turns it off, or you can hold in any mode to turn off. You can also double press in any mode to go to turbo.
A fast, max power strobe is accessed from off by holding the button. One more press goes to a max power true sos. One more press is off.
I was looking for a thermal step-down or timed step-down but brightness just slowly decreases. BUT a double click shot the lumens back up to turbo after 6 minutes of slow decrease.
Props to my LG G4 for the emitter pic. XML2?
Note: I first put in an eagletac 3100 battery and the light seemed DOA. The button top wasn’t tall enough to make contact. An Xtar 2600 got it fired up. Yes my batteries are out of date I’ve been away for a while.
While not a bad light for under $30 with the form factor for a 1000 lumen pocket light, it certainly is no Nitecore killer.
Let’s go to the other item I ordered with the light for the final verdict.