Thank you so much. I will read this with pleasure Get myself a nice beverage first…
Edit:
Ok, read it. Wow. Impressive light. But since it’s Manker, something had to go wrong; the plastic ring fell off. The driver (from the visible side), including the plastic ring is almost a copy paste of that of the Noctigon M43. Do you, or anyone else, know how that works; what’s the story behind it? Is it a universally available design?
Leds are serviceable, and the body is not bonded to the head like the Godmes King, making that serviceable as well…. Nice…
Thanks again for the review; love to see the rest as well
my LG HG2 now measure 65.6 mm, including the electrical tape on one side of the cell for not shorting it with the caliper.
Thanks.
If you want batteries in parallel, this is the only option. Otherwise you will need a battery carry (more money, more size, more weight).
I don’t recalling reading complains about this for the king.
My Imalent DDT40 has the same battery dilemma so I did the blob solder on some HG2 cells. Definitely would not go around recommending this solution. Works fine though.
Wow, it sure is a petite little light sporting just 3x18650 and giving 8,000 lumens. Or, say 6,500. I don’t know, I think the heat would be a little too hot for me. Thanks Budda for the review!
Fair point, but if the battery length can be an issue as what some have reported, that could be another issue as I’m not sure if my Keeppower black IMR 3200 button-top can fit into this light.
Maybe Manker can specifies what is the acceptable battery length that can fit into this light, like what Zebralight did when they launched the S600mk3
I agree. I’m sure they will tell which battery model is ideal.
There was an error in describing the UI: you can actually switch from turbo to regular output modes with a double click as Manker tells. I corrected the review.
Thanks for the update. It makes sense now.
At first I was wondering why users need to switch off the light from Turbo if they need to access regular output.
If I take 3 Astrolux S41/Manker E14 and “bolt” them together I get 3 * 1,600 = 4,800 lumen.
Well, those are equipped with XP-G2, and this bad puppy has XP-G3’s.
Agreed, 6,800 lumen is no 8,000 lumen, but I would call it a pretty good stun grenade.
I would just like to throw in in som numbers, just for your information, on buttom top batteried that I have mesured:
AW IMR 2200 mAh - 65.84 mm (buttom top)
ORBTRONIC ORB25 2500 mAh - 66.78 mm (buttom top)
LG HE4 2500 mAh - 66.81 mm (buttom top)
LG HG2 3000 mAh - 66.82 mm (buttom top)
EFEST 2500 mAh - 67.16 mm (buttom top)