A while back when the UTorch UT01 debuted, several people - including me - commented that it looked like a rebranded Manker E11.
I already owned the Manker E11, so when the UT01 hit a low price on sale, I picked one up to compare. (To be clear, neither light was provided to me for review.)
Both models were sold as Neutral White versions.
Here are a few pictures to show how the two are similar -- and different. Please forgive me, but I did not spend any time editing the pictures or going for "the perfect shot". The idea was simply to line the two up and see how they look.
First, the side profiles.
The knurling design is different.
The Manker has a battery direction indicator; the UTorch does not.
The head, tail, battery tube, and overall lengths are the same.
The button and surrounding flat spots are the same.
Both have AR-coated glass.
The Manker's glass is a bit more peach-colored (left).
The UTorch's more purplish (right).
Both have well-centered LEDs.
The Manker's orange peel (left) is more pronounced than the UTorch's (right)
The tail ends are identical, with one obvious exception. (Manker on left)
The Manker has a single spring (left).
The UTorch has a double spring (right).
Both battery tubes have the same square-cut threads.
Both were lubricated on the tail end, less on the head end.
Ignore the lint on the Manker o-ring (left); I've pocket carried it several times.
Both have similar circuitry in the heads but only the Manker's has Manker branding (left).
While both were sold as Neutral White models, the temps vary.
The Manker is on the cooler side of neutral (right).
The UTorch is closer to warm (left).
Finally, I tested the outputs using the same Efest IMR 14500 V1 battery. The Manker outperformed the UTorch by over 75 lumens. The E11 and UT01 both have XP-L emitters. The color temp of the UTorch likely had some detrimental effect as warmer temps typically have lower outputs than cooler bins, but I didn't expect to see quite such a difference - especially since the UT01 had the double tail spring.
I did not test runtimes. Maybe I'll do that in the future. My main intent here was really just to show the design differences.
I already owned the Manker E11, so when the UT01 hit a low price on sale, I picked one up to compare. (To be clear, neither light was provided to me for review.)
Both models were sold as Neutral White versions.
Here are a few pictures to show how the two are similar -- and different. Please forgive me, but I did not spend any time editing the pictures or going for "the perfect shot". The idea was simply to line the two up and see how they look.
First, the side profiles.
The knurling design is different.
The Manker has a battery direction indicator; the UTorch does not.
The head, tail, battery tube, and overall lengths are the same.
The button and surrounding flat spots are the same.
Both have AR-coated glass.
The Manker's glass is a bit more peach-colored (left).
The UTorch's more purplish (right).
Both have well-centered LEDs.
The Manker's orange peel (left) is more pronounced than the UTorch's (right)
The tail ends are identical, with one obvious exception. (Manker on left)
The Manker has a single spring (left).
The UTorch has a double spring (right).
Both battery tubes have the same square-cut threads.
Both were lubricated on the tail end, less on the head end.
Ignore the lint on the Manker o-ring (left); I've pocket carried it several times.
Both have similar circuitry in the heads but only the Manker's has Manker branding (left).
While both were sold as Neutral White models, the temps vary.
The Manker is on the cooler side of neutral (right).
The UTorch is closer to warm (left).
Finally, I tested the outputs using the same Efest IMR 14500 V1 battery. The Manker outperformed the UTorch by over 75 lumens. The E11 and UT01 both have XP-L emitters. The color temp of the UTorch likely had some detrimental effect as warmer temps typically have lower outputs than cooler bins, but I didn't expect to see quite such a difference - especially since the UT01 had the double tail spring.
I did not test runtimes. Maybe I'll do that in the future. My main intent here was really just to show the design differences.