UltraFire on the outside - TANK007 on the inside

Just took delivery of an UltraFire A3 from FastTech (good price, fast delivery).

The underside of the LED module very clearly says TANK007. This is probably the same module as the TANK007 E09.

So if you want a clicky TANK007 just buy an UltraFire. :wink:

How is the beam (nice, not nice, ..)?

And is it really 130 ANSI lumens?

That's brighter than E09 omg

LOL. You can even see ā€œTANKā€ in fasttechā€™s picture.
fasttech ultrafire-a3

The beam is OK. The reflector is supposed to be OP; if it is then it must be one of these new genetically modified smooth oranges.

Thereā€™s a definite hotspot with some ringiness as you move outwards but not noticeable in use. No green or blue tinges and surprisingly bright on a supermarket brand AAA. I donā€™t have a 10440 yet. The low is useful, the strobe is, well, a strobe. Who knows, maybe one day Iā€™ll need a strobe.

I donā€™t have kit to measure lumens, but Iā€™m certainly not disappointed.

Wow! How did I miss that! Well spotted.

Same here
UltraFire SHLD15, itā€™s visible in the last picture

Itā€™s an epidemic.

Thanks for the info!

Has probably a nicer looking hotspot than the E09.

Since it's an older emitter i need to doubt that it's as bright as 130 lumens ;)

I picked up the UF A3 from dx two years ago, it had the tank007 driver back then as well. Since then, at some point, I managed to fry the driver (too much playing around with 10440's), so I repaired it with this driver from dx, and upon arrival -unlike the picture on the site- it appeared something was written on it: it is that same old tank007 driver .

My output guess of the A3 (see the runtime comparison in my Trustfire Z10 review) is 50 lumens on NiMH and 100 lumens on 10440.

Just received the above, liked the size and the stated output and bought it figuring with the popularity of the tank lights it might mean it has a decent driver (also starts on high which I prefer for twist on+off mode toggle).

Rather disappointed. The beam is ok and the stated output is about right, but while the pictures on the site are accurate for the external look there are issues that you canā€™t see from them. The most annoying of which is that it has no spring, and as shown it has no foam rev polarity guard on the head that would provide some padding. This makes it a rattler, and annoyingly results in it easily being turned on while there is still battery play which makes it flicker and rapidly toggle modes. Particularly annoying because it has a strobe mode, which you could effectively always avoid if it were not for this issue, and you then have to pay attention to toggling it back to what you want with the light facing up so you get it where you want without this happening repeatedly. No spring also makes it a potential battery crusher. The body is also rather thin, machining looks rather rough inside the tube (particularly the post they leave at the negative end in place of a spring), anodization seems cheap (but this might be normal for ultrafire? itā€™s the first clone brand Iā€™ve bought), threads are a bit thin and along with the o-ring were bone dry .

I donā€™t know if itā€™s something to be concerned about, but it also bugged me that the driver only has 1 blob of solder on 1 side as bridge for a negative connection. I hope this doesnā€™t prove a weak point given the pressure you can put on it with a twisty, the fact that it can turn on with some play suggest to me that there may be some travel when the battery presses against it .
Given it didnā€™t work out the way I wanted I hope it at least proves durable so itā€™s not a complete waste. If it does prove durable it could be worth considering if you plan to improve it by gluing foam to the pill in the same fashion as a polarity guard or by finding a spring that fits it. However unless you got those just wasting space any extra cost added to it will make it cost close to a brand name light. As is Iā€™m not pleased with it.