I bought the Skilhunt H02 from Gearbest.
Skilhunt specs:
XM-L2 led
HA III black anodization
Working voltage
3 – 9 Volt (18650, 2xRCR, 2xCR)
Water Resist Rating IPX-8
ANSI Lumen and runtimes: 820 lumen (1h), 550 lumen (1h45’), 280 lumen (4h), 5 lumen (120h)
The light comes in a cardboard box, containing the light itself, clip, spare orings, and instructions. The headband is also included, but not in the box because there isn’t enough space for it.
The H02 is well made, there aren’t milling or anodization imperfection.
The light is rather compact: 11 cm of length, 3,1 and 2,3 cm of diameter (head and body), 60 g of weight,
The knurling on the body and on the tailcap allows a good grip.
Orings are thick and offer quite a lot of resistance when tightening the light.
Threads are anodized, allowing a physical lockout.
H02 has a magnet in its tailcap. it is possible to remove it and put a thick oring to replace it (provided with the accessories)
The magnet has enough strength to keep the light in place, both in vertical and horizontal position.
UI
The switch gives a great feedback, not too hard or too soft.
When the light is off, a single click will turn the light on at the last used level.
When the light is on, a single click will change level of the light, in cicle (l1, l2, l3, l4, l1, l2…).
To turn the light off, you need to click and keep pressed.
When the light is off, it is possible to turn it on at L1 by keeping the switch pressed, and on L4 with a double click.
There is also a strobe mode (10Hz), to get it you need a double click when the light is on.
there is memory for each mode but the strobe.
No PWM.
The optic
You can take apart the H02 completely, from the optic to the driver and emitter, to the switch.
The light is a bit larger than a H600 MKI and a Wizard
Level spacing, using 18650 battery.
Runtime test, using 18650 LG MJ1 3500mAh
During my test I found that the light will discharge the 18650 under 3.0 volt (level 3 test was stopped when the light was at 2.84 v, L2 3.86). However the light will drastically decrease (not shown), and the light will blink to notice you that you are running low.
The regulation is flat. The big stepdown and the overall brightness are a good compromise for not heating too much the LED, which is not in an ideal position for the dissipation (it is placed on a thin metal sheet).
The headband
The light is kept in place quite tightly, less than the wizard, more than the zebralight.
There are 3 extra elastic loops, to mount additional flashlights.
I use L shaped flashlight for illumination during bicycle, working, illuminating a room. For these purposes, I prefer floody light, for this reason I like flashlights with optic. They have a wide and clean beam, without spot, but still mantaining a bit more throw than a completely floody light.
Regarding this aspect, the H02 is superior to each of my lights. it uses an optic which is very easily swappable.
I find the UI ok. Personally, I miss another level and I will put it between L1 and L2. I’ll also lower L1.
Runtime for my purposes is good, 3,5 hours + of runtime at 550 lumen with a single 18650 is good for me.
What drove me to the H02 was the overall ease of modding: you can replace everything. I am rather surprised to find a really high quality light, comparable with more expensive lights.
Further test and beamshot will follow.
Thanks for reading.
