Whilst I am happy with the tint in my E14 my eyesight is not what it once was, so I dug out my sst20 flashlights that I discarded for being too green, and did some white wall hunting. The E14 is warm and a bit green but nothing like as bad as the sst20’s I compared it with. I have to really look to see it. And as others have noted it looks much better outside walking the dog.
Mine arrived yesterday. Checked the mailbox after dark when taking out the trash bins for trash day today.
Unboxed and got what I ordered. Removed the plastic tape from negative ends and fired them up.
Really nice and agree with several reviews about the 18650 tube having sharp spots at the milled flats.
Despite I never received a tracking email, my order arrived two days ago.
Output measured at 2s with Texas Ace Lumen Tube calibrated with Maukka lights. Light parameters measured with Sekonic C-800-U
| Manker E02II | Turbo | 170 lumens | 3963K | 0.0008 DUV | 96.6 CRI | Blue light relative amplitude 1.00 | 90.3 R9 | 79.3 R12 | 93 Rf | 101 Rg | Ladda 900 |
| Manker E02II | High | 81 lumens | 3943K | 0.0016 DUV | 97.5 CRI | Blue light relative amplitude 0.85 | 92.9 R9 | 77.7 R12 | 93 Rf | 100 Rg | Ladda 900 |
| Manker E02II | Low | 29 lumens | 3957K | 0.0021 DUV | 97.6 CRI | Blue light relative amplitude 0.88 | 94.3 R9 | 76.0 R12 | 92 Rf | 99 Rg | Ladda 900 |
| Manker E02II | Moonlight | 0 lumens | 3974K | -0.0005 DUV | 97.4 CRI | Blue light relative amplitude 0.98 | 97.1 R9 | 75.8 R12 | 91 Rf | 99 Rg | Ladda 900 |
| Manker MC13 | Low | 70 lumens | 6454K | 0.0042 DUV | 67.2 CRI | Blue light relative amplitude 1.00 | -36.1 R9 | 36.7 R12 | 63 Rf | 95 Rg | included 18650 battery |
| Manker MC13 | Mid | 145 lumens | 6974K | 0.0004 DUV | 67.5 CRI | Blue light relative amplitude 1.00 | -27.5 R9 | 38.6 R12 | 62 Rf | 96 Rg | included 18650 battery |
| Manker MC13 | High | 292 lumens | 7066K | -0.0006 DUV | 67.1 CRI | Blue light relative amplitude 1.00 | -25.4 R9 | 39.7 R12 | 61 Rf | 97 Rg | included 18650 battery |
| Manker MC13 | Turbo | 630 lumens | 8686K | -0.0078 DUV | 70.4 CRI | Blue light relative amplitude 1.00 | -1.0 R9 | 43.5 R12 | 62 Rf | 98 Rg | included 18650 and 18350 battery |
| Manker E14 III | Low | 144 lumens | 4222K | 0.0083 DUV | 91.9 CRI | Blue light relative amplitude 1.00 | 67.1 R9 | 68.4 R12 | 91 Rf | 98 Rg | included 18350 battery |
| Manker E14 III | Mid | 286 lumens | 4234K | 0.0079 DUV | 91.8 CRI | Blue light relative amplitude 1.00 | 66.6 R9 | 68.6 R12 | 91 Rf | 98 Rg | included 18350 battery |
| Manker E14 III | High | 627 lumens | 4256K | 0.0078 DUV | 91.6 CRI | Blue light relative amplitude 1.00 | 65.6 R9 | 69.0 R12 | 91 Rf | 98 Rg | included 18350 battery |
| Manker E14 III | Turbo | 2,069 lumens | 4319K | 0.0069 DUV | 91.0 CRI | Blue light relative amplitude 1.00 | 63.0 R9 | 70.1 R12 | 91 Rf | 99 Rg | included 18350 battery |
| Manker E14 III | Turbo | 2,328 lumens | 4313K | 0.0059 DUV | 91.3 CRI | Blue light relative amplitude 1.00 | 63.9 R9 | 70.9 R12 | 91 Rf | 99 Rg | included 18650 battery |
I also have a MC13vn with W2.1 with boosted driver on order and will measure it once I receive it. The MC13 is actually a good bit larger than I thought as I was imagining something slightly bigger than a GT Mini. The optic appears identical to the one used in the Acebeam E10 and L17. Though for some reason the hotspot seems just a tiny bit smaller than in the E10 and hotspot is more uniform. Maybe its just the focus is a bit different between the two. The MC13 measures 630 lumens on turbo while E10 measures 562 lumens. I'm not sure how much of it is due to the MC13 using the CULNM1.tg vs E10 using CSLNM1.tg or whether it is just the driver pushing more output in the MC13. Build quality is very high on both the MC13 and E4 III.
With the E4III, the tint (positive DUV) is unfortunately too green for my taste, which is typical for all the LH351D 4000K 90CRI I've seen. I will see what I can do with some minus green filters and maybe swap in some UCL lens if I can find compatible diameter lens. Also I feel that with 18650, it should be able to output much higher but the potential is limited by high resistance due to springs barely pushing on the battery contacts. I guess it was designed to accommodate long cells with built-in USB-C charge.
The included Manker 18350 and 18650 cells measure 1,180mah and 3,063mah. The 1,180mah is higher than 7 out of 8 of the legendary Aspire 18350 and older batch of Vapcell 18350; both of which rewrapped the older, better batch of YDL cells. The YDL cells in the last two years went down hill a bit and measure under 1,100mah. Not sure if I won the cell lottery or if Manker got a really good or improved YDL cell. The 18650 is probably a Samsung 30Q.
I really like the new Manker UI!
Thanks for the data. My output tests have very similar results so it’s good to have them confirmed.
Incredible this is still happening. M4D M4X hooked me up with instruction, and I ordered this morning – red and neutral.
Got mine yesterday in N CA, 3 weeks to day after order
Thanks for herding the cats M4X
Got the green and warm
The green MC13 is by far my Throwiest light
The warm E14 lll is very floodie great contrast
Cheers
OS
17 pages in this thread I’ll have to review tonight. Sorry if this is redundant, but here’s some reviews by Gabriel from the 1lumen.com team, directly linked to Performance section:
Received mine this morning.
Thank you Mankerlight and M4D M4X
No email reply from Manker despite my follow-up email to them.
The only email I got was the one that said “cannot ship flashlights with batteries” to my country.
Suggested alternative shipping methods (based on other foreign flashlight sellers from China that were able to successfully ship to my country), but didn’t get any reply at all.
You might not get a reply between the 1st and 8th of October. There’s a national holiday in China during this time:
Would it be easier to cancel the order and reorder the deal without batteries?
It sounds like they don’t want to go out of their way to find an alternative shipping method.
I have received my flashlights. The box looks like it was opened (flashlight box cut open), but inside everything is fine. Haven’t played with it yet, but the build quality looks great. Apart from the curved inscriptions on the flashlights, which is very annoying for me.
Edit.
It turns out that my E14 has a crooked bezel. Another disappointment. The flashlight is not standing straight.
https://imgur.com/a/TXONIs9
Edit 2.
The clip is glued. I do not recommend removing it. The internal thread is exposed and I doubt there is any seal inside. Of course, you can leave the screw in, but this is unlikely to make the flashlight waterproof.
Gotta go check mines now….
I ordered the combo. So can I take the tube E14 and use it on the MC13 with the 18350 battery?
Very cool MAX… So glad I ordered the bats. It is worth the few extra ducats to get them!
Also, note that the Manker 18650 30a (Has No USB) is longer than all my unprotected cells. A Samsung 30q when loaded is slightly loose on the springs
Yep. That’s what i did!
Chatika
It is hard to imagine mating threads being so far off square to each other
The bezels must be glued on as well. Did you try unscrewing?
i was also surprised that it didn’t have usb-c. but no big deal.
the glow gasket in the E14 III isn’t worth that much… it lasts 5 min :person_facepalming:
This will need to get changed sume time soon on mine.
The build quality/finish seems to be very good, i just wish the lockout signal/flash would be dimmer.
Bezel on the head isn’t glued.
I’ve heard rumors that on some bezel isn’t even threaded, just resting there. A bump or just picking it up and it’ll slide off. Some said it wasn’t even made of plastic, but something softer… like chocolate, and the heatsink was made of butter!
Edit: I just heard back If you’re just reading this now, Good morning BLF, we gotta do something about manufacturers using ingredients for parts. Sorry, it is just a little levity, and it never hurt your flashlight.
Chatika, I would send your bezel photo/video to Manker Customer Service
Ask WTF is this chabuduo?
Tell them unacceptable!
Nocturne, edible flashlights just in time for Halloween (: