After a long time – here is my review. English isn’t my mother tongue – maybe I use some words which aren’t perfect.
Here are two small lights, which I bought of Dinodirect
Trustfire Z1 and Ultrafire H2b
Brand |
LED |
batterietyp |
modes |
special |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Trustfire Z1 |
Cree XP-E Q5 |
16340, CR123 |
3 (high, low, strobe) |
GITD o-ring, tailcap |
clip |
Ultrafire H2b |
Cree XR-E Q5 |
AA, 14500 |
2 (high, SOS) |
magnet in the tailcap, ramping* |
clip, headband |
*Ramping: Some people know this function of the Solarforce Skyline 2. If you press the power button, the brightness will dim down to a extrem low and than goes back to high. If you find your perfect brightness, get off the button and the brightness will be saved.
The next time you start the flashlight, it has this brightness.
Pros: Z1
- Nice throw
- Everywhere GITD (o-rin, tailcap)
- Small and a really nive color
- Great price
Cons: Z1
- Some small dents
Pros: H2b
- Ramping mode
- Build qualitty
Cons: H2b
- To floody and not enough range, if you need for biking
Boxing:
Trustfire Z1
I have never seen a trustfire box, but here it is. The range of 500 meter is ridiculous.
I order the H2b to late (a lot of other users bought it earlier and get the nice blue box – it was a group buy of Dinodirect) and get only the flimsy package. But I know of my new H3B the nice blue box. I think this is a good one if you give the flashlight to someone as a present.
Design / Build Quality:
Z1:
Dimension:69mm x 22mm (38mm with reflector an clip)
All O-rings are GITD and the tailcap, too. The HongKong shops say, that it has 280 lumen.
A CREE XP-E Q5 LED is built in and it has a SMO reflector. Measurement: Begins with 1,54A an decrease within 5 seconds to 1,04A/0,21A (high/mid) – 280 lumen are really oberrated. Without the reflector it`s similar bright as the H2b.
It has some small dents and the or-rings aren't lubed, but nothing really bad. It has a great grey color (I do not prefer black lights).
H2b:
All o-rings lubed well and the light can be opened really smooth.
It has a CREE XR-E Q5 LED.
Measurement: 14500 Li-Ion / AA batterie: 0,76A/0,79A 0,03A/0,03A high/low
The build quality is good and the magnet in the bottom is great (take a look at the picture).
My camera is an old one and I couldn’t make good beamshots (try it sometimes but the are very bad). The result is, that I do not present some, because they don’t show the real brightness.
Modes
Z1:
3 modes: High, mid, strobe
Therer are a lot of rings in the beam. The rang of the beam is extremly good. I haven’t expect this, but I love it. Such a small flashlight and then this great range. It’s a great little thrower.
If you need more flood (for example in the tent if you camping), turn off the reflector.
After a few minutes on high, the light become warm, but not hot.
H2b:
2 modes: High, SOS
You have to put he power button twice to activate the sos mode.
It has also the gret ramping mode. I love it. You can select the brightness you want – that’s perfect.
The H2b has no refelector (like many zebralights, too) and the light is really floody.
If you turn up the reflector of the Trustfire Z1, the beam is really similar.
Small defects. I bought two of each light and each light has similar defects.
Ultrafire H2b defects:
You can see the defect in the HAII inside of the tube
Trustfire Z1 defect:
Some small dents around the head.
Both lights are small. nice lights, but I prefer the Z1. It's nice to have it in the pocket and the beam is awesome for such a small light. If you need more flood, turn off the refelctor.
The runtime isn't really long, because the capacity of a 16340 isn't great. But it should not replace a really flashlight on a night walk. For 20-25 walk, it's ok and place it in the car with a CR123 batterie. You get a nice light, for a little budget.
I love it :)
