Review: Manker MK34, 12 XP-G3, 3x18650 Floodlight

Thank you so much. I will read this with pleasure :slight_smile: 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 :slight_smile:

Great review!

What did you think of the tint?

Nice review…thanks for posting!

The tint is a CW without any particoular dominant.
I’d say a pure CW, but don’t trust me: I’m a warm tint guy.

Thanks for the feedback.

Please post comparison pics and graphs when you swap the emitters! Thanks for the great review!

Thank you for the review

very good review Budda!

the battery problem is heavily discussed on other places too...

after the plastic anti-polarity-protection broke - have you tried flat tops?

i think manker said flats would work in an erliers stage of development.

maybe they skipped that because of safety concerns?

Thank you for the review, Budda!! :+1:

Hhm, not near the 8000 lumen … :frowning:

Excellent review @budda
Good to know that Manker listened to users comments to have direct access to Turbo, but pity on the button-top batteries only

chrushed cells and ripped insulation is a bad thing....

soldering blobs to cells to get them to work in a light is also not a job-for-everyone

-> next b00mbastic light warning-shitstorm on the way?

maybe they should add distance rings to adjust the battery tubes lenghts to the cells used

I have not tried flat top, since all my IMR cells have recessed positive pole.
Maybe the button top 30Q should work. I don’t own any and I can’t tell.

my father, a mechanical designer, also recommended this.

from another forum:

LG HG2 button top seem to be a bit too long

Samsung 30Q Button-Top with 66.5 mm reportet too long also..


we will see (i am happy i did not buy one yet)

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.

Nice review!
Thanks

So the looks and ease of operation are very good

How hot does it get at the stepped down 2000 lumens?

And things falling off, very picky with cells and not advertised lumens are not so good.

Can you show us what led boards are used? And how they are fixated to the housing?

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.

By the way: veery nice review!

Hi all…

…and Budda, thank you for a very nice report.

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)

Samsung 25R 2500 mAh - 65.09 mm (FLAT TOP)