Ultrafire Cree XML-T6 2000 Lumens Flashlight Review
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- čas přidán 25. 07. 2024
- This is my review of the Ultrafire Cree 2000 Lumen XML-T6 Flashlight Torch.
It is powered by 3 AAA batteries or the 3.7 volt rechargeable 18650 battery.
There are 5 modes. Low, medium, high, strobe and SOS.
The casing is made of steel with a raised surface for easy grip.
Battery time on the AAA is about 1.5 hours of intermittent use.
I've also been told this flashlight can be mounted as a tactical light.
After field testing, my initial analysis is that I would guess the output to be somewhere around 800 lumens.
If you're looking for a great flashlight for camping, hiking, survival or just general use, you will be happy with this flashlight.
For the money, it can't be beat.
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Ah, finally someone who could tell me how to operate it! I have exactly the same model, but I never knew you could switch modes just by a gentle touch like that. Suddenly the modes make more sense! Thanks!
This flashlight is absolutely brilliant. I highlight recommend. I joined my running group this evening in Hong Kong and we went through the busy for two hours, and I had lovely bright light to help me find the trail. I am super impressed with this one. I've had a few lights like this before, and this one is possibly the best. Downside, its slightly heavy, so if you are into minimal weight, perhaps look elsewhwere. But overall lovely design, waterproof, and the focus beam is very handy and useful. Thanks
I have this one, and can see directly to the strobe without problems, yours seems a little brighter than mine.
Nice flashlight! I got some with the same features that take a single aa or 14500 I keep 1 in my pocket everywhere!
Great test anyway, greetings from Brussels Belgium Europe, your image quality is very good.
Very good video; clear explanation..Excellent!!!
great video, the older model is much brighter I find.
both amazing torches.
AS TESTED: On an 18659 2400mah Purple Efest battery, High 2.6 hours, Medium 4.6, Low 8.2 respectively. Using different quality batteries times will vary.
Great review!!
i have a fenix hp 30 headlight, it uses 2 18650s. same as my ecig, best batteries ever dude.
great review thanks.
THANKS!! You rock!!
"If someone's going to fight me over my flashlight, they can have it." I loved that comment you made. You have to pick your battles.
what if they pick you... and not over your torch but for your wallet or just for kicks
Then shoot them, obviously.
You can also zoom the flashlight and beat your attacker upside the head with it.
It's durable. If it can handle getting run over by a fire-truck, it can handle a blow to somebody's skull.
You can have my CREE LED flashlight when you can pry it from my warm dead fingers.
( yeah they run kinda warm after you run them for a while )
Good review👌🏼
I have 5 of those lights and a few of the 1000 lumen as well. The Ultrafire is a super bargain and has been reliable for me. I use the rechargable batts. Good review!
Thanks. Out of curiosity, what kind of battery life are you getting?
Hard to say, far more than 2 hours for sure with the big recharge batts. They hold a charge for months as I have them all over and don't use some at all and they are still charged after over a few months of non use. Hope this helps.
On these lights, is there a way to set the mode and and then have it stay on that mode? Even if I press the switch hard where it turns off, the next time it turns on it's changed to the next mode. Is this normal?
I'm glad the flashlight is still getting attention, however they made a few versions with that model. Cree HQ... located a few miles from me now in kenosha, made civilian use and mil-spec versions of these but they are true specs on lumens compared to candlepower on incandescent flashlights. The different models of flashlights obviously vary between different models of LEDs used also the chipset but more or less the different types of metal and steel, gaskets and seals used to either waterproof or damage proof ect... companies have used Cree light designs in several military applications still to date and is one of the only usa made proud original LED manufacturers.
The "Tactical" definition is relatively new. The original use for the scalloped bezel on the light is for low light illumination. You turn the light on and stand it on the bezel and it will emit enough light for you to navigate without carrying the light or disturbing others in a small area. Primarily it was designed to "Leak Light" for mapping and reading in the dark before the laptop/tablet days. Adding tactical to the description and sharpening the edge is a marketing tool for the survivalist community.
+Jim Westmoreland But it's also suppose to help break car windows, like if car goes in water.
Some do depending on the weight of the light and the strength of the user. For those situations you would be better served with a striker tool designed for the task. It would be extremely difficult to break auto glass with a light compact flashlight regardless of the shape of the bezel, especially with the limited swing space you would have available. The ability to break glass in itself wouldn't classify it as tactical anyway. That would be more along the lines of a survival or emergency tool. The original function of creating a low light lantern affect would be more along the lines of tactical use. Mostly it just comes down to semantics and marketing. The term tactical is highly subjective and can be used for almost anything.
Do holsters come with these lights?
The scalloping or "serrations" around the lens of the torch is meant to be a glass breaker. It can aid in the escape from a car in which the doors are somehow jammed, for example.
Thanks
The sharp metal scalloping on the lens bezel would also hurt like hell if you smashed an attacker in the face with it.
hi guys I recently bought one of these torches and I'm just curious if any of you. have the information for run times for low, medium and high? I wasn't able to find any maybe you know from self experience . In addition thanks
What if I found a way how to connect it to my car battery?
It's been 6 years since this video, just curious, how is it holding out ?
Any issues or are you happy with it ?
Thank you.
Cool review, I just got one for a little over $7. Could have bought the "3000 lumens" version for about same but figured as you had: these lumen estimates are far-fetched, basically irrelevant. Hope it holds up.
+ThawedTroglodyteJury That is what I like, these are not expensive. I have seen junk in Walmart and similar places that is not half as bright but priced at $50 or more at times. It is for these reasons that I now buy much of my stuff from online stores. Better selection and lower prices and some times even good brands that are hard to find without having to drive 300 miles.
John Doe
Yes. They are a good value. Even the smalled single-AA Cree lights put out a strong and sturdy beam. One thing I've noticed is that after a couple hours on cheap alkalines there is a noticeably dimmer light that fades rapidly thereafter. It might be good to invest in superior batteries, but now I have dozens of alkalines to use up that I bought supercheap on ebay!
hey another thing about the serrated bezel is you can set it on a flat surface like a table top, while its on of course, and you get a nice defused light in all directions(:
Thanks
I have The Edge from NEBO.. aggresive removable bezal. Powerful, and on, off, strobe mode only. no fumbling with settings or focus which gets loose. You can depress the soft rubber button on the butt just a little to switch modes. The ones with sos mode just complicate things. In an emergency.. you need light, or strobe to blind an attacker then wack em in the head and run.
Pretty sure the attack bezel can break a side window and still work. Never try to break the front windshield, it will not break. Time is important if you and your car are underwater.
The button on the end is easier to find, the aggressive bezel will break things, and it isuncommon to drive into a body of water.. it is common to get mugged so you need it in strobe fast to disorientate him then bang the mugger in the eye or adams apple and run.
you cannot ask a mugger to wait a min while you read the instructions
No its knurled to grip the lens cap to unscrew the lens to put a red or green lens in it , you can choose a three lens option
I have one of these , it's slightly less bright than my first flashlight , which is 1200 lumen , so would put it at about 1000 lumen , even so it's a bargain and works fine.
Hey it's Dennis Hopper's brother !!! Family resemblance......
DAMN!! You beat me to it! I was TOTALLY just about to mention that. He totally does look like Dennis Hopper. You called it. Meh..I'm 3 years too late I guess.
@@mrmemyselfandi9609 Except Dennis Hopper was better looking
The XML-T6 i have is 800 lumen on the 3xAAA.
From where i can buy this? I need this one.Any one please help me. Thanks
Silly question, but would this fit into a Maxpedition single sheath?
+Nick's Picks Sorry, I don't know. I don't have that sheath.
I bought a few of these last year from Amazon via Chinese sellers. Maybe $7-8 each. Love the quality build for the ridiculous price. Great for camping and very bright. However, not appropriate for kids. They will try to blind each other with it.
LOL, thanks. Good thing my kids are grown up.
How to recharge this thing
Nice video. I just ordered the t6 2500 LM.I carry them for self defence the teeth on the crown can be sharper with little involved.If you look up kubaton techniques this can be used in the same way..where you may not be able to carry a gun.the 18650 batteries charge to 4.2 volts and are much much brighter.. and get one with a high mah like 5000mah 10 amp..they will last hours longer then aaa's will.
To get the max brightness you need to chuck the AAA batteries and get the 18650 battery.
NYCMCRIDER just use your car battery
The only thing i dislike about this flashlight is the 5 modes. It would only need high and low brightness
I find the high-med-low useful, though it would be nice if low went a bit dimmer. The flashing modes are mostly useless, but I guess in some crazy survival situation may be practical.
There is a way to toggle the modes off. For the first few months that i had mine it was just as bright as possible all the time but i accidently toggled the modes on amd i cant get it to toggle off.
Light works great on a shotgun with a 1" mounting kit
They are used to blind people temporarily in self defence, the end is used to break out a car through the window in an emergency.
Really??!
Dr. Bruinbeer ...... you didn’t know that? Doh!
I have one like that. It can take an 18650 or 26650. The 18650 is used with a spacer tube that the light comes with. I can also use AAA batteries if I wanted to. I got my light from eBay for around $8.00 with no charger or battery. I don't mind it not having a charger or battery with it since I have an other flashlight that those things came with and for a similar low price. I have no idea how long either flashlight would last as to how reliable they are. I find lights in Walmart, Home Depot that are overpriced and not as bright even and most of those ones don't even take lithium ion cells even. Some people think those places sell the best of everything but that is not really the case, a lot of it is mediocre quality at best and it is sad for the money that people pay.
thank god it can use a 26650. i bought to good ones and was just hoping it would work
think they output more with 18650 battery have had other flashlights that are that way
I have not tested that but you may be right.
flashlights built for higher voltage batteries but are able to use aa or aaa usually only put out their max lumens on their high voltage cell aa and aaa is both 1.5 V and 1.2 V for rechargeble. 14500 and 18500 LiPo batteries are rechargeble and 3.6 and 3.7 V respectable if i remember correctly also when using rechargeble the more milliamps the longer battery life and longer recharge times
yh I have one
Serration let you see if you left it on
do you think this light would be worth mounting on a rifle?
hell yes.
thank god
.mlh
yes you might blind the poor buggers though.
I have this exact light mounted on my 12 gauge and its awesome
4 years later... ;-) Just got a Ultrafire Cree XML-T6, but Im not sure if this ones fake. Your flashlight seem longer and some parts looks different. How to tell? It also came in a very cheap, hard plastic bag with no instructions. It also looks very cheap when looking inside the flashlight. Hm..
That jagged part at the front is a window breaker.
+Pat P They are just to prevent the lens from scratches when you store them upright; the flower like pattern lets us know the light is turned on, when we forget to switch them off, while placing them upright.
droido oh OK. I heard some where on the news that one person who used theirs as a window breaker to get a passed out dog out of a scalding hot car.
+summer block It is, car windows, when your car goes in water and you're drowning.
The serated front rim is surely, if you set the torch down to do something (it's dark remember), if you place it rin down you'll be able to find it again.
It's the only reason I can think.
***** Yeah looks like car window breaker ones have one or several pointy things around the lens. But finding the flashlight in the dark reasoning is also not so solid. Why not just lay it on its side, you get more light too. Only burglars would need to put it lens down to minimize light spread lol And depending on the roughness of the ground you can easily scratch the lens that way. I have one that's serrated edges are pretty sharp, definitely would work as a defence weapon against people or animals.
Get the 3.7v batteries and you will get full power and you will see the power of it then wen on triple a it's only about 1000lm
David Lynch Is that true? Then this thing seems even better!
Yes this is true. The 18650 has very little internal resistance so it delivers full power where alkaline batteries deliver less power.
waterproof?
No
Evan Vance yes I have the same model and it's waterproof
I would not say it is waterproof but water resistant
Its good for the rain, just dont drop in the water lol
What type of battery does it take? Because I ordered one
Jayzc66 3 AAA or 18650
Grow Your Heirlooms Thanks!
Grow Your Heirlooms Ok thank you I thought I had to buy the batteries separately lol
Grow Your Heirlooms Did you notice any difference in brightness between the AAA and 18650's? I would really want to know please.
FPS Canada No, I do not notice a difference in brightness..
By the way the beveled end is for self deffence, try getting hit in the face with it, I have tore holes in sheet rock and the bulb remains even the anodized paint is not chipped.
Is this flashlight ACTUALLY 2000 lumens?
+Ray Everett Read the description!
+Grow Your Heirlooms On 3x AAA batteries it is likely in the 150-400 lumen range. AAA cells are not designed to support the amount of current required to drive an XM-L emitter to 800lm.
+FlashlightGuy Thanks
the t6 emitter cannotput out 200 lumens.I have seen some of these where the ad copy claims1600 lumens.I think that is probably reachable with an 18650 battery.I know it's hella bright with an 18650 in it.Itis splashproof,but not submersible.You need anIPX8 rating to be submersibli
It's brighter than my 400 lumen TechLight, but not as bright as my 800 lumen Promier. That's using the Li-Ion 18650 battery, not the dinky AAA.
Why isn't there any indicator for how to insert the batteries? This is stupid.
simply water resistant only... don't submerge it!
NO ONE TAKES MY FLASHLIGHT! :)