UTorch SF01 price drop to $6.99

FlashlightDeals · 2018-08-23T03:49:48.000Z

GearBest asked me to share a promotion they’re running, the Utorch SF01 is on sale for $9.99 with the code GBUtorchSF01. This light claims to be compatible with CR123, AA, and AAA batteries, which would make it a great backup light.

raccoon · 2018-08-23T04:04:16.000Z

FlashlightDeals:

GearBest asked me to share a promotion they're running, the Utorch SF01 is on sale for $9.99 with the code GBUtorchSF01. This light claims to be compatible with CR123, AA, and AAA batteries, which would make it a great backup light.

I believe it's CR123 only.

It would be extremely strange if it worked with CR123, AA, and AAA batteries.

FlashlightDeals · 2018-08-23T04:31:39.000Z

raccoon city:

FlashlightDeals:

GearBest asked me to share a promotion they're running, the Utorch SF01 is on sale for $9.99 with the code GBUtorchSF01. This light claims to be compatible with CR123, AA, and AAA batteries, which would make it a great backup light.

I believe it's CR123 only.

It would be extremely strange if it worked with CR123, AA, and AAA batteries.

That's what I thought, but my person at grrarbest says it works .Can't find any review to confirm .

MascaratumB · 2018-08-23T17:19:41.000Z

FlashlightDeals:

raccoon city:

FlashlightDeals:

GearBest asked me to share a promotion they’re running, the Utorch SF01 is on sale for $9.99 with the code GBUtorchSF01. This light claims to be compatible with CR123, AA, and AAA batteries, which would make it a great backup light.

I believe it’s CR123 only.

It would be extremely strange if it worked with CR123, AA, and AAA batteries.

That’s what I thought, but my person at grrarbest says it works .Can’t find any review to confirm .

On the page of the flashlight, itself, there is a video that seems to confirm that it is only for CR123 cells. At least judging by the space left:

Funny thing is: is this a “1 mode at a time” flashlight, or it can also be a “3 mode” flashlight?
The UI operation is not completely clear

FlashlightDeals · 2018-08-23T22:26:47.000Z

MascaratumB:

FlashlightDeals:

raccoon city:

FlashlightDeals:

GearBest asked me to share a promotion they're running, the Utorch SF01 is on sale for $9.99 with the code GBUtorchSF01. This light claims to be compatible with CR123, AA, and AAA batteries, which would make it a great backup light.

I believe it's CR123 only.

It would be extremely strange if it worked with CR123, AA, and AAA batteries.

That's what I thought, but my person at grrarbest says it works .Can't find any review to confirm .

On the “page of the flashlight”:https://www.gearbest.com/led-flashlights/pp_009967770927.html, itself, there is a video that seems to confirm that it is only for CR123 cells. At least judging by the space left: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=xgp1XJJzpkQ Funny thing is: is this a “1 mode at a time” flashlight, or it can also be a “3 mode” flashlight? The UI operation is not completely clear

That's what I thought too. I'll make note in the post, thanks for the feedback.

pc_light · 2018-08-24T00:06:45.000Z

Not enough details to know about the UI or internals but as far as being able to use cr123a, AA and AAA batteries, the SF01 would appear to be a copy of the Streamlight Protact 1L-1AA, which does take cr123a and AA (and possibly AAA although with a little wiggle.)

FlashlightDeals · 2018-08-24T01:10:54.000Z

Looks promising. If anyone buys this light, let me know what cells it works with and I will update.

MascaratumB · 2018-08-24T11:29:55.000Z

pc_light:

Not enough details to know about the UI or internals but as far as being able to use cr123a, AA and AAA batteries, the SF01 would appear to be a copy of the Streamlight Protact 1L-1AA, which does take cr123a and AA (and possibly AAA although with a little wiggle.)

The springs seem to be “big” to be shrunk, so maybe it can take all of the 3 types!
I assume that it would only be good for AAs or AAAs (in my case) as CR123s are expensive and it doesn’t seem to be compatible with Li-Ion’s :zipper_mouth_face:

bidas · 2018-10-06T18:32:32.000Z

Hi to all, i received my Utorch SF01 yesterday, and i’m being testing it.

I can confirm that it work with AA, AAA and CR123A. It’s a bit tricky to put in the AAA, you have to center it well to make electric contact but once closed i can shake it hard without any problem( a very stiff spring keep it in place).

The LED seem a cool white Cree XP-G2( in the manual title says CREE XR-G2, gearbest says XR-E, maybe a mix of XR-E with XP-G2 ), I tried to unscrew the head but didn’t managed to, yet!

This flashlight really is a streamlight copy it even has the same TEN-TAP® Programming from streamlight:
three different operating programs:

high/strobe/low 2) high only 3) low/high

Visually i only see the two differences from the PROTAC 1L-1AA, the knurling in the tail cap and having just 3 instead of 4 fins around the head.

Tail cap currents:
CR123A:
High 0.884 A
Low 0.335 A
AA:
High 1.41 A
Low 0.430 A

Some photos:
Utorch SF01 album

hank · 2018-10-06T20:19:33.000Z

It’s cheaper now.

Has anyone said whether it has mode memory? (searching “mode memory” in the thread doesn’t find any info)

bidas · 2018-10-06T20:51:33.000Z

No memory mode, is momentary On(forward clicky), Programmable with 3 different programs: 1) high/strobe/low 2) high only 3) low/high.

DavidEF · 2018-10-06T23:01:57.000Z

Does it seem to be well made? I’m thinking of getting a couple of them to give away. I don’t want to give junk.

wle · 2018-10-07T00:00:20.000Z

ui seems to be high , low , or strobe

high may be 350 lumens [seems like that would last about 5 mins with cr123a]
they don;t say what low is

wle

bidas · 2018-10-07T14:07:47.000Z

You can program it like the TEN TAP from streamlight, they copy everything… for me high seem more like 300 lumen with cr123a, i test it last night with ceilingbounce app and i didn’t see any drop in the first 71 minutes i had only one cr123a home and i use it to measure tail cap currents before, and other tests so was not completly new.

Low seems like 60-70 lumen on cr123a
High on AA around 150 lumen
Low on AA arround 40 lumen

bidas · 2018-10-07T14:25:21.000Z

DavidEF:

Does it seem to be well made? I’m thinking of getting a couple of them to give away. I don’t want to give junk.

Good enough for the price but don’t expect miracles, threads are triangular not square, didn’t come lubed, lens not AR coated and reasonable SMO reflector. But LED seems a original cree xp-g2, good springs and switch.

pennzy · 2018-10-07T14:47:38.000Z

Can 16340 or RCR123 be used?

bidas · 2018-10-07T14:56:05.000Z

pennzy:

Can 16340 or RCR123 be used?

Probably not, didn’t test it because the info i gather says i doesn’t work and i don’t wanna “blow it up” … other think is that i didn’t manage to open the head(meaning didn’t see the driver yet)

pc_light · 2018-10-08T01:42:18.000Z

I’ve run for a while (minutes) on 16340 without issue. no smoke or LED discoloration. All modes work with brighter levels but can’t say about long-term usage,

bidas · 2018-10-09T23:05:42.000Z

pennzy:

Can 16340 or RCR123 be used?

Finally tested it with a 14500 and a 16340 they work and they are brighter I estimate around 450 lumen @ 1.32A(tail cap current). I tested it briefly I don’t know how it will handle the extra power and heat…

pennzy · 2018-10-10T00:56:19.000Z

Thanks for trying them .