We set color leds under F14 button to indicate battery charging status. While charging, it will be flashed (red light). After fully charged, it will change to constant-on blue light.
F14 has also hidden feature, when battery charging, you can also turn on F14 & change different output for emergency illumination.
Does the Striker Mini use unprotected cells? Do they have to be button top?
Good questions.
Both protected and unprotected 14500 battery can be compatible. but its length should be 49-52mm.
Battery must be button-top, because we design physical structure reverse battery protection. If you use flat-top battery, it could not touch positive electrode.
By the way, Striker Mini included one piece high drain protected 14500 li-ion battery with Type-C USB pot. and also accepts Ni-MH AA, Alkaline AA and other AA batteries on the market.
By the way, coupon have two more days to be ended.
As F14 support fast charging and compatible with C to C charging, PD (Power Delivery) fast charging protocols.
so we offer one piece Type-C USB to Type-C USB charging cable, and one piece Type-C USB USB charger in accessories.
ensuring the ordinary users have a rapid and efficient charging experience.
F14 keep the same clip design from ML03. Deep carry clip is made by durable 304 stainless steel, easy for everyday carry.
for flashlight enthusiasts, it should be simple for them to replace new built-in battery. for ordinary users, please do not disassemble any flashlights.
F14 can be discharged to other device.
when you are at outdoor but your phone have lower battery status, you can safely select F14 as emergency powerbank to charge your phone.
What kind and size battery does it have.
I see its a LiPo
1800 mAh lithium polymer battery
F14 adopts osram nm1 6500K led, smooth reflector, as spotlight, adopts samsung 351D 4000K CRI90 led, orange peel reflector as floodlight.
You can light spot led separately, you can also light flood led separately. of course you can turn on both at the same time. You can select different output in different modes.
Would be possible Nichia 519a instead? LH351D tint is not very good (greenish), and R9 is low.
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Thanks for your advise. at the moment we have no plan to make 519A version but I share your thoughts to our R&D. I guess you are the big fan of led emitters with netural CCT and high CRI. 519A is good option, have lower CCTs and high CRI. but the demand is not huge on the market.
By the way, I think F14 flood beam is also good.
By the way, we make E14 IV with 3000 lumens 4x Nichia 519A 4000K CRI90 option. If interest, you can try it. https://mankerlight.com/e14-iv-brightest-edc-flashlight/
Not to kick a dead horse, but I agree with @YBF650. Going into 2024, the 519A should be a better emitter than LH351D in most respects… I don’t know why new designs would use LH351D.
If 4000K is not popular in your two options, it needs to be known if its the emitter or the CCT. Without doing a proper A/B test, its hard to know if 4000K is not popular because:
- LH351D 4000K CRI90 almost always looks like dog farts (technically, high Duv and low R9)
- 4000K is just not a popular CCT regardless of emitter, when there are other options (warm people want warmer, cold people want colder)
Regarding point #2, people who prefer high CRI were accepting of the SST-20 4000K CRI95 for years because it was one of the few easily obtainable and cheap emitters in CRI95 with high R9. So I think 4000K became somewhat popular for that reason. Manker used it in their headlamps.
Now the SFT40 is available in high CRI at 3000K. People are interested in it because, SFT40 is nicer than SST40 for tint shifting and throw, and its high CRI, not really because its 3000K … it just happens to be the only high CRI SFT40 choice at the moment.
Acebeam just came out with the new Tac AA. Notice they have 5000K 519A high CRI option, and 6500K super cold version. They used to do SST20 4000K versions, but they completely dropped 4000K from the lineup. They could have done a 519A 4000K version, but haven’t.
Whatever is chosen, people will be unhappy. I still think a good strategy would be:
don’t make people who want high-CRI choose a single CCT, unless you are really sure from marketing that’s the most popular CCT amongst your potential customers.
EDIT: I have two E14 IV 519A 4000K (and like them). They measure 3900K Duv 0.0020 … which … is OK. LH351D with the same setup would look much worse. In the future I hope Manker will use green AR to shift the Duv down, not magenta which usually shifts it up.
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Yes please let your r&d know. LH351D now is starting to get outdated due to more pleasing emitter of Nichia 519a.
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By the way, F14 inherited the same feature from ML03, it has two stronger magnets on the tail. magnet F14 on metal place, so you can free your hand to work.
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