[Review] Manker T01 (XP-L HI V3, 1x AA / 14500)

[Budda]

@Tom E

I really hope those screws are there to secure the pill to the body. If so, looks easy to tear down. I want to mod it. Weird that nothing has been posted about modding it.

Review and modding of Manker Quinlan T01

Since I’m not a fan of CW lights, I decided to mod the T01 with a warmer emitter. I had some XP-L Hi 4000K… I usally edc lights around 3400K, but 4000K is better than CW. [image] Untwist the bezel, remove reflector, unscrew led baseplate from pill and lift it with tweezers. [image] Now, desolder the cables from the baseplate, reflow the XP-L Hi CW with the NW one: I used a heat gun for removing the older emitter, and a 50W soldering station for soldering the new emitter (my heat gun tossed …