Tl;Dr: The clip, size, light weight, and LED options are excellent . Pricing, build quality, beam, runtime, battery options, and switch are all good. Brightness, throw, regulation, and UI are ok. Charging is sub-par (it’s not USB-C). This isn’t an exciting light with lots of bells and whistles, but it works and does everything well. The only complaints I have are the proprietary charging port and UI quirk, which aren’t deal breakers because I happily carried it for ~3 weeks. Overall it’s a good choice for a no-frills EDC light.
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Thanks for the very detailed review!
Generally I like the style and runtime performance of Skilhunt lights.
But I don’t like the user interface with the unusual light level designations and unnecessarily complex operation to select different light groups. It would be easy to select the wrong setting by not clicking the correct sequence.
Really would have preferred just the usual sequence of moonlight-eco-low-medium-high-turbo -
OFF - hold click > moonlight
OFF - double click > turbo
OFF - click > last used main light level (eco-low-medium-high)
ON - click > off
ON - double click > turbo
ON - hold click > advance up through light level
Because of Skilhunt lights unusual/awkward user interface I’ll pass on all of them.
I feel the same way about the UI. It’s not that different than a standard e-switch UI, but the changes they made are enough to be annoying and get in the way sometimes. I wish they used a standard E-switch UI like you described, just without the eco level.