I have always found it hard to get the quality and quantity of light I prefer in a smaller package. My former combo was perfect…but 8oz.
New to my kit this spring is the Manker E02 III with the warm Nichia led, and the new Lumintop GT Nano, with 10440 tube.
I dedomed the headlight LED to make it a tighter beam and about 1200k warmer, with a far better tint. The Headlight comes with a 10440 with its own USB c port. It has a confident metal button and a simple enough UI with 3 moonlight modes in their own group. I think if most people had the right temp and tint with nice low settings, they would find that wretched red junk obsolete.
That tiny pink spotty throws 400m!!! It’s nonsensical. It has direct USB C charging. I put the 10440 tube on it to give me battery and charging redundancy. Also has a confident metal button and an almost identical UI so you don’t hafta think of which light you are holding.
The manker weighs 1.2oz, the spotty with long tube 1.2oz. headband .8oz.
I direct charge both with a 3oz solar panel that works great.
This combo is barely giving anything up to my much heavier combo. Battery and charging redundancy, super durable solid metals, purdy bright colors, UI perfection, and my favorite LEDs.
Worth a look. Be nice to me about the red light comment lol.
Happy spring.
