I bought an Ultrafire CREE XML-T6 many years ago, before I had any clue about flashlights at all.
Can someone look at the pictures and tell one way or another?
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It’s hard to say, other than not having the model number by the brand logo. They made a lot of different lights. The build quality looks par the course for this style of zoomie light.
Its fake. Ive the same model and it does the job although its a crappy torch. Leds are almost guaranteed to be fake.
Thanks, I thought that was the case. I will give it away, I never go to anyway, just sitting in a drawer. Surprisingly, the “Ulrafire batteries” are still holding a decent charge and they must be 10 years old by now.
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Thanks for responding. The next response said it was fake, which I thought was probably the case.
Genuine question - was Ultrafire ever legit? I’ve been subscribing to “don’t buy anything that ends ‘fire’ and doesn’t start ‘sure’.”
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Define “fake”. Lots of budget lights are produced by different factories who slap any name they want on the side.
It’s unlikely the LED is actual CREE, but if you’re feeling like doing an emitter swap, an SFT or something will bring that light up to more modern standards pretty easily.
Those kind of zoomy lights are always low quality, but they’re (normally) low cost so you get what you pay for.
The cells have done well, maybe you got lucky, no quality control on what was wrapped in the branded heat shrink sleeve. If I were you, I’d recycle and buy more modern cells from a trusted retailer, if nothing else, the capacity and current output is superior nowadays.
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Thanks for the reply. I don’t love the flashlight, so I don’t think it is worth doing a mod on it. You are right about the cells and I have plenty of name brand cells purchased through legitimate channels.
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You are right! I have some real flashlights, this one goes in the giveaway pile.