This Flashlight Just Changed the Game! Manker MC13 II SE

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Manker is a highly underappreciated flashlight company. They make amazing products. No advertising, no discount codes, no nonsense. Just quality lights at a fair price.

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I have a few MC13 II and don’t use them as much as I thought I would.

  • the telescoping 18350/18650 tube, while clever, got gunk/grime in its inner workings and doesn’t lock nicely any more. It will also easily leak water.
  • the 18350 config is the same weight as the 18650 config
  • the 21700 tube has no retention options and is very slippery.
  • I asked if a clip could mate to the 21700 tube, customer service told me to “find something on AE”. whatever
  • the UI is a mess, can’t go directly from moon to main group
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The telescoping battery tube is one issue. Another issue is that there nothing between 1.5lm and 300lm AFAIK. It has the same brightness/intensity an the regular MC13 II with SBT90.2. The round LED is the only difference of this model.

The first MC13, on the other hand: Nice design with two individual tubes, a great clip, easy to find tail switch and more modes to fill the gap. Also same brightness and intensity. All of that in 2021. No real improvement since then.

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Looking at the graphs, then, I assume like the SBT90.2 it is direct drive with some temperature cut off…

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Thank you for the review, does the extendable battery tube offer thread lock/o-rings in the extended position? I wonder if the light lands on the tail the 18650 battery would ram the circuit board possibly damaging it, Is the battery tube waterproof? I would love to see this light offered with Anduril 2.

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I haven’t tested it in water with the tube extended, I’d say it’s okay for rain but I wouldn’t submerge it. There are springs on the head and tail so it should protect the driver.