Pocketman XHP90 2.0

LED Flashlights – General Info
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Hi to all the respected, experienced members.

Someone sent me a link that ended up at this flashlight above, but does anyone know how many lumens and what the range is and if the flood is reasonable?

For some strange reason they give all the other information, except these facts.

Could it be because it is a cheap flashlight?

Thank you to all.

Regards

Peter

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Well for one there is no such thing as a XHP 90 so thats already a redflag I would stay away.

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Pocketman looks like real ebay crap.

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https://www.ebay.co.uk/i/254425051974

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Wow, 200,000 lumens, that’s double the IMALENT MS18.

For only $20.

I am in for 10, thank OP

LOL

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Not worth your time or money.

I’d be surprised if it hits much above 2000lm, and the quality will be worse than lights from Convoy, Sofirn, etc.

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I was being sarcastic, it looks like total garbage.

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Greetings Newbie.

My apologies for some of the snarky remarks previous posters made in reply to your thread. Those remarks are accurate, but it may not have been clear why that is so.

The reason why lights like the Pocketman you asked about are not respected are the following:

  • Cree never made an “XHP 90.2” LED. The fact that the LED is listed as an “XHP 90.2” means the manufacturer is trying to get people to think that the LED is a CREE LED more advanced than the CREE XHP 70.2. However, the reality is any LED marketed as such is simply a cheap generic knockoff LED with inferior output. Probably lower output than a CREE XHP35, much less an XHP50 or XHP70.
  • The light is a zoomable flashlight of a generic design occasionally found on Ebay or Amazon. Zoomable flashlights like this use a sliding bezel with an aspheric lens instead of a reflector. Most of them are of quite poor build quality and have low output. The zoom mechanism is nice, but generally produces an inferior beam to a reflector light or multi-emitter light. On the other hand, zoom lights do have some advantages… in throw mode there is no spill on the foreground to ruin your night vision, and in flood mode you get a very even beam with no hotspot.
  • I don’t think anyone on BLF has reviewed a generic zoomie of that particular body design yet. So a lot of our impressions are generalized from other typical cheap zoomies. Most zoomies are pretty similar in performance so this isn’t entirely invalid. However, it is possible there is something redeeming about this particular one we do not know about because no one has reviewed it yet.
  • Price - most cheap zoomies are in the $5 to $20 range. This one is a bit pricey at $32. Sometimes extra price means higher quality. But when it comes to cheap generic zoom lights, usually that extra price just means extra profit for the seller. You might end up paying $32 for what really should be a $15 light.

This is “Budget Light Forum”… and we do like low-priced lights. But we like even better to get high quality light for low price. Most on this forum aren’t really interested in junk, and that’s what the Pocketman probably is.

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Maybe it is a typo, and they really meant to indicate the ubiquitous Cree XHP 80.2.

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One of the worst mistake one could make when shopping for flashlights is to keep searching for more and more claimed lumens without noticing a change in the brand, design or price of the flashlight itself. Same goes for batteries with mAh ratings.

It happened to me when I started in this and I’m sure many here have gone through the same. It’s hard not to fall into the arms of ridiculously false advertising.

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Pokémon XHP90 2.0?

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If someone will take the time to observe the 90.2 LED, will find that
it is 4=L2 together. Just look at the emitter.
They never imply is a Cree. Because is not.
I have the 70.2 (not Cree) and is bright like hell.

Cheers.

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There are two completely different looking emitters edited into one pic, and no images of what is actually installed in the light though…

If by “L2” you mean “XP-L2” that doesn’t make any sense either, since that is a Cree emitter.

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It’s a copy of the L2 in fact, 4-2. They copy everything.
The emitter is so big that the only application possible is a zoomie.
When it’s zoomed, you can clearly see 4 emitters instead of one.

Cheers.

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I looked at the pictures and they don’t match the product. 4 LED head in most pictures. Referred to as an XHP-70 a couple of times. Body scale is way too large for a single 26650 cell. When pictures and description don’t match it’s time to move along. Most don’t know what a lumen is. But If I posted about my 12,000 brake horse power 1.6 liter hand crafted Lithium block Kia Soul that runs on water I’d get the thrashing I’d deserve.