I've been thinking the same thing. I want Zebralight to have some real competition. Zebralight has been promising to deliver a H602 since mid-2012. Xtar could probably start developing a 18650 version right now and still beat the H602 to market.
At first I was hoping for a lower low in these Xtar's, but I think the red light may be a suitable substitute. Of course I'd rather them reprogram their driver and offer both. :D
I like that these have an attachment for a wrist strap. That's a big thing when hand holding it on night hikes.
Wow, thank you for the review, looks really nice.
Any price guides? The only prices I found are comparable to zebralight, which seems to have better specs.
I don't see it the same way. All Zebralights cost at least $11 more, even though those ones only use AA's and put out less light. A brighter Zebralight costs almost twice as much. None of them have a lanyard hole and a clip will cost you extra.
Ordered the H1
Thanks for the detailed review
Also got a pair of unprotected Xtar 14500’s on the way as per your findings on the fitment in the battery tube
I can’t find the price you’re talking about: $53 + $15.75 shipping here , $69.99 here .
That’s why I was asking about the price and where to buy, please post links!
As far as the specs are concerned ZLT is better with AA (and I do believe they have a clip), I’m thinking of the h502 or h502w. The xtar h1 is surely less flood, so from my perspective they’d have different use thus hard to compare…
I've completed the first runtime test which took a lot longer than I expected. It's nothing fancy as I don't have the light meter or graph plotting utilities but here's what I've found.
14500 Li-ion 750mAh XTAR cell. Starting voltage 4.19v
Start on Turbo mode
First step down to high at 5 mins exactly
The light seems to maintain what looks like a fairly constant output until 1hr 51mins there is a slight flicker (maybe the driver switches over to become a boost driver ? I'm not sure)
Brightness seems to now noticeably drop until the light switches to Low mode at 2hrs 3mins
Cell voltage at switchover to Low mode is 3.16v
The light continued to run on low mode for a further 2 hours before I stopped the test out of frustration
I then proceed to force the light to run on it's highest setting until eventually it would step down to low as soon as I tried to go to any higher level (just trying to get the cell voltage down here)
Eventually after a further 3 or 4 hours on low mode (I lost track at this stage), the light finally shut itself down - Shut down cell voltage was 2.79v
Quick version
Turbo to High 5 mins
High to Low stepdown 2hrs 3mins (3.16v)
Final light shutdown (2.79v)
I hope that's helpful and I apologise for the lack of runtime/lumen graph. I will carry out this test again using an AA cell once I acquire one that isn't completely flat (my son's Xbox controller *sigh*)
I realize this is an older post. The H1 has been discontinued for quite some time. If anyone is interested in purchasing 1, there’s a guy on eBay who’s selling out a bunch for $22 delivered. I’m not affiliated with him, just wanted to pass on what I considered a decent deal. XTAR H1 on eBay