Seems to be a decent at under 40 bucks. Non-sevicable battery isn’t great, the rest looks OK. Cat button is cute.
Found on AliX, can’t link it.
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I thought AliX links didn’t work? Maybe it’s on that the other flashlight forum. Thanks Raccoon.
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Interested too. Looks like a Loopgear sk05 (non pro version) knockoff.
I’m tempted to pull the trigger.
Just pulled the trigger. $28 shipped. Not bad if it’s even halfway decent. I’ll compare to my SK05 Pro and report back.
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Any updates yet or is it still inbound?
I see it for about $20 right now after 50% coin discount.
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Sorry for the late reply.
Below are comparison pictures between the A200, LoopGear SK05 Pro (grey and MAO).
The A200 is a pretty good clone of the SK05 (closer to the non-pro version since the battery is not accessible)
Overall, I’ve been very happy with it.
I’ll update with beam shots and lux measurements soon.
I did emitter swaps on the A200. Both flood and spot appeared to use the same LED with ~ 6000K tint.
I swapped the flood for LHD351D (4000K) and the spot with SFT-40 (5000K).
Weight (with battery) and dimensions below.
| A200 | SKO5 Pro (grey) | SK05 Pro (MAO | |
| Weight (g) | 238 | 226 | 230 |
| L (mm) | 113.7 | 106 | 106 |
| W (mm) | 50 | 48.8 | 48.8 |
| H (mm) | 25.7 | 24.4 | 24.4 |
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Well done!
They were down to $19.50 the other day after a huge coins discount… But back up to $32-ish right now so I’ll probably wait for it to come down again.
I appreciate the follow-up.
$32 is still a good price.
I’m considering getting a second one.
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So the LEDs are thermically bound to the case and don’t have a lot of air underneath the MCPCB?
Can you reach the batteries to change them if needed?
Just bought one for $26.14. Was around $33ish all the time so I had to pull the trigger now.
Mine arrived a few days ago, will most likely write a longer review about it. But looks like peak over 4000 Lumens with around 600 Sustain. The first short runtime test for an hour looks flat, so might be a buck driver.
Low CRi, but clean white. Light gets hot quickly, so most likely good thermal path from the LEDs to the body.
Paid 15€ for mine, I never got nearly as much flashlight for the money ever before!
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I just bought two more. Price was great for such a good light that has emitters which can be swapped.
I may sacrifice one and try to get access to the battery to see if it’s replaceable.
Below is my first one swapped with a triple 4500K LH351D on a noctigon board and a convoy 5000K SFT-40
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Received my second A200 and made lux measurements (ceiling bounce) comparing stock emitters with my modified version.
The stock emitters look to be about 6500K and produce slightly higher readings on high and turbo settings. However, I much prefer the warmer tint of the 4500K LH351D triple for flood and 5000K SFT-40 for spot. I may swap the spot for 5000K SFT-25R.
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What is hard take apart/ reassemble and access the factory mcpcbs?
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Got mine today and I am positively surprised!
It feels really nice, the modes are perfect and the LEDs are very usable even without modding - which I will do anyway.
Also wonderful that the charging LEDs are white and not blue like most of the time.
I like it very much that the useless RGB strip has its own little button and that it’s not included into the rest of the UI.
Ok, so I did a tear down and am posting pics of the guts. Batteries could be replaced if needed, but it’s definitely a process to get them out.
The bezels do not need to be removed. There are 2 5/64 hex bolts screwed to the top that need to be removed. The head is then pulled up. It took some force to break the glue but it did come off with moderate force.
The wires are a bit of a mess and care needs to be taken when pulling out the driver and associated plastic fittings to keep everything locked in place.
I did break one of the wires to the RGB strip which I will try to solder back.
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