Review: Ultrafire WF-606a

UltraFire WF-606a

Summary:

Battery: 2AA's or 1 Cr2
Switch: Rear clicky
Modes: 1
LED Type: Cree P4
Lens: Glass
Tailstands: No
Price Payed: 20.00

Pros:

Glass lens, rear clicky, and of course o-rings where they need to be.

Cons:

Runtime not long on a cr2 battery, about 25-30 minutes of light. Would have been nicer if it were a cr123 light. Wish the light was a 2mode.

Build Quality:

I gave the quality of the light a 3, should have been 4 since there were o-rings where they needed to be and it uses a glass lens and aluminum op reflector.

Battery Life:

I get about 1.5 hours on a nimh rechargeable, the runtime will go up depending on the capacity of the cells.

Light Output: ★★★★★

For me at the time it was the brightest light that i had so for a P4 compared to all the luxeon leds i was using i gave it a full 5 stars.

Summary: ★★★★

I have owned this light since Jan 08 and i love this light. The light has held up during power outages and of course what goes bump in the yard when a tree limb falls from a tree. If you can find one at a decent price then i say get it, and just to let you guys know that there is a Q5 version as well. I made a small vid of the light for practice since i plan on doing reviews as a vid.

Finally got dark here...lol....so i hid in the room away from my wife and daughter. lmao

But I never really got on with 2AA lights. The Luxeon one was way brighter on a CR2 than two AA or NiMH

Thanks for the review Al! I just added Review: to your title. If you wanted to you could put the final star rating below the UltraFire WF-606a main title.

Frontpaged!

Beamshots are up.....not really a difference in the pics at all....my duraloops come off the charger at 1.48volts and the Cr2 are 3volts. Seems that the brightness of both configurations are the same to my eyes. I did notice that with Lux's that the tint is much whiter then some of the Cree's.....all about the lottery i guess.

Sorry for the nerco but I just want to thank you for this review.

It deserves more comments and thanks. :slight_smile:

I just wanted to add that FastTech sells the silver version for $13: http://www.fasttech.com/products/1057103

Cheers!

Anybody know how to remove the led/driver pill from the host?
Tried twist it with plier it does not move.