NOTE: This review has been updated because I received a replacement flashlight from JSBurly's, since the original one was defective. Please jump forward to this new review by clicking HERE.
Just received my Huntlight AAA Seoul flashlight from JSBurly's today.
There aren't too many sales pictures or reviews of this light, so I'm going to create one.
Let it be said up front that I am relatively picky about my flashlights. However, I've bought many Fenix, Ultrafire, etc. lights that are "Chinese" and from the equivalent or lower market segment. I've modded many of them, and I've become famliar with what it takes to do it right.
Also, let it be known I have bought 2 Huntlight FT-01 (2xCR123A) family flashlights, both very well made and respectable brightness vs. runtime.
After opening the package, I felt that I was looking at two flashlights pieced together. The head and it's knurling is very square in it's design. It's also darker. The tail is very curvy, and is lighter in color. I wish that the whole flashlight followed the theme of the tail.
The next thing that I noticed is that the orange o-ring was partially squished out from the head. You can see it in the picture below.
When I turned it on, the color and beam were nice, but the flashlight was dim. So I replaced the alkaline with a fresh lithium AAA, still dim.
When replacing the battery, I found that the o-ring that I noticed being squished is actually deteriorating already.
I also noticed circumferential stress cracks in the anodizing, all around the mid-section.
So I pulled out my arsenal of AAA flashlights. The one that I found closest in brightness is the E1 I modded with a Seoul P4-U. So I will compare them below. In all pictures, the Huntlight is on the left, the E1-SSC on the right.
Poorly centered emitter (more cosmetic than functional):
Both flashlights have fresh AAA Energizer Lithium e^2 cells.
Beamshots, full exposure (Huntlight left, E1 mod right)
Beamshots, underexposed 2 stops (Huntlight left, E1 mod right)
My final thought: Runtime. I have yet to do current measurements, but according to published runtime for the Huntlight and a modified E1 (E1-47), the Huntlight has about half the runtime.
Overall, I'm disappointed. The E1 cost me about $30 to make, and it's a much better flashlight.
I certainly wouldn't say the Huntlight is a bad flashlight, but it certainly doesn't measure up to other AAA flashlights in this price range, based on this one sample I have. Especially not after receiving fantastic quality FT-01's in the past.
Counterpoints welcome. Anybody having better brightness or quality than I got?
Just received my Huntlight AAA Seoul flashlight from JSBurly's today.
There aren't too many sales pictures or reviews of this light, so I'm going to create one.
Let it be said up front that I am relatively picky about my flashlights. However, I've bought many Fenix, Ultrafire, etc. lights that are "Chinese" and from the equivalent or lower market segment. I've modded many of them, and I've become famliar with what it takes to do it right.
Also, let it be known I have bought 2 Huntlight FT-01 (2xCR123A) family flashlights, both very well made and respectable brightness vs. runtime.
After opening the package, I felt that I was looking at two flashlights pieced together. The head and it's knurling is very square in it's design. It's also darker. The tail is very curvy, and is lighter in color. I wish that the whole flashlight followed the theme of the tail.
The next thing that I noticed is that the orange o-ring was partially squished out from the head. You can see it in the picture below.
When I turned it on, the color and beam were nice, but the flashlight was dim. So I replaced the alkaline with a fresh lithium AAA, still dim.
When replacing the battery, I found that the o-ring that I noticed being squished is actually deteriorating already.
I also noticed circumferential stress cracks in the anodizing, all around the mid-section.
So I pulled out my arsenal of AAA flashlights. The one that I found closest in brightness is the E1 I modded with a Seoul P4-U. So I will compare them below. In all pictures, the Huntlight is on the left, the E1-SSC on the right.
Poorly centered emitter (more cosmetic than functional):
Both flashlights have fresh AAA Energizer Lithium e^2 cells.
Beamshots, full exposure (Huntlight left, E1 mod right)
Beamshots, underexposed 2 stops (Huntlight left, E1 mod right)
My final thought: Runtime. I have yet to do current measurements, but according to published runtime for the Huntlight and a modified E1 (E1-47), the Huntlight has about half the runtime.
Overall, I'm disappointed. The E1 cost me about $30 to make, and it's a much better flashlight.
I certainly wouldn't say the Huntlight is a bad flashlight, but it certainly doesn't measure up to other AAA flashlights in this price range, based on this one sample I have. Especially not after receiving fantastic quality FT-01's in the past.
Counterpoints welcome. Anybody having better brightness or quality than I got?
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