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Blukar USB-C rechargeable, 1200 mAh, stepless dimming, 8 modes review

A stepless-dimming rechargeable head torch that publishes its battery capacity and its mode count, and none of the four figures the category is compared on.

What this listing puts on record

A USB-C rechargeable head torch with a COB emitter, stepless dimming, eight modes — five conventional and three driven by a gesture sensor — a 45° tilting head and a built-in 1200 mAh pack.

What it publishes

1200 mAh, over USB-C, cable included. The listing writes it as 1200mHA. That is the only hard figure in the whole listing.

What it does not publish

No lumens. No beam distance. No runtime. No weight. Four of the ten questions this hub asks come back empty, on a lamp whose selling point is brightness.

No IP code. The lamp is said not to fear damp environments. That is a sentence, not a rating.

No lock mode, and no chemistry for the sealed pack.

Before ordering

Stepless dimming genuinely is worth having — it is the difference between a lamp you can read by and one with three wrong settings. Just be clear that nothing here lets you compare it with anything else in this hub except the dimmer itself.

Availability

The American Amazon store was listing it at about $12 at the time of writing.

Every figure here is what Keepa held on the day this page was last revised. Offers and prices shift without warning.

Prices quoted in this text were read on September 6, 2026. The live price is at the top of the page.

What it does well, and where it gives way

Strengths

  • Stepless dimming rather than three fixed steps, which is the control that lets you sit at the level you actually need
  • Three gesture modes alongside five conventional ones, useful when your hands are full or wet
  • A stated 1200 mAh pack over USB-C with the cable in the box

Compromises

  • Publishes neither lumens, nor beam distance, nor runtime, nor weight — four of the ten lines here are blank for want of any figure
  • No IP code behind the claim that damp is not a problem, so there is nothing to compare with the IPX4 lamps in this hub
  • A red mode is named in the title but never located among the eight modes in the bullets

Where this model is listed

A listing is not an offer: the reference exists on these stores, availability changes daily.

  • France
  • Germany
  • Italy
  • Spain
  • United Kingdom
  • United States

Specifications

Stated lumensNot published on the listing — the listing describes a brighter, wider COB beam without publishing a figure
Beam distanceNot published on the listing — the beam is called wider, with no meters given
RuntimeNot published on the listing — a longer lighting time is claimed for the 1200 mAh pack, with no hours at any setting
Standard quotedNot published on the listing — with no lumen, distance or runtime figure published, there is nothing for a convention to apply to
Regulated outputNot published on the listing — the lamp is stated to dim steplessly, which is the opposite question
Battery typeBuilt-in 1200 mAh rechargeable pack charged over USB-C, cable supplied — stated; the listing writes the capacity 1200mHA, and does not name a chemistry or say the cell can be replaced
IP ratingNot published on the listing — the lamp is said not to fear damp environments, and no IP code is given
WeightNot published on the listing — very light and compact is claimed, with no figure
Lock modeNot published on the listing
Red modeRed light — stated in the title; the bullets describe eight modes without naming which of them is the red one
Amazon referenceB09G6M8JLK
EAN0694026807448

What people ask before buying

How bright is it?

The listing does not say, in any unit, anywhere. Stepless dimming means the lamp has no fixed levels to quote, which is a fair reason for having no table of modes — but it is not a reason for having no maximum figure and no runtime.

Can it be used in the rain?

The maker says it copes with damp environments and stops there. Four rechargeable lamps in this hub publish IPX4 and one publishes two different ratings; two others, like this one, claim water resistance with no code at all. There is nothing to check this claim against.

Does Blukar publish a stated lumens?

No. Not published on the listing — the listing describes a brighter, wider COB beam without publishing a figure. What the listing does publish instead is the battery type: Built-in 1200 mAh rechargeable pack charged over USB-C, cable supplied — stated; the listing writes the capacity 1200mHA, and does not name a chemistry or say the cell can be replaced.

Our score

7.8/ 10

The dimmer is the right idea and the specification sheet is almost empty. You are buying the feel of the thing, not a measurement.

Against the rest of the camping gear

Close prices, same category: comparable camping gear. We keep only the specifications all of them publish, because a column with gaps compares nothing.

Model Price Stated lumensBeam distanceRuntimeStandard quoted
Blukar USB-C rechargeable, 1200 mAh, stepless dimming, 8 modes $12 Not published on the listing — the listing describes a brighter, wider COB beam without publishing a figureNot published on the listing — the beam is called wider, with no meters givenNot published on the listing — a longer lighting time is claimed for the 1200 mAh pack, with no hours at any settingNot published on the listing — with no lumen, distance or runtime figure published, there is nothing for a convention to apply to
Energizer PRO-360 $13 360 lm on high — stated in the maker’s description. Modest beside the headline claims on the European side of this shelf, and published with a beam distance beside it, which almost nothing here does85 m (279 ft) — stated. One of only two beam distances published by an American listing on this shelf, both of them Energizer; on the European side the figures run from 10 m (33 ft) to a claimed 300–500 m (984 to 1640 ft)Not published at any setting. Three AAA cells are supplied and no hours are given for high, low, wide or wide lowNot published — no measurement convention is named. With a lumen figure and a beam distance published and no runtime, the listing gives two of the three figures that ANSI/PLATO FL1 asks for together
BIAT AWGGYTD01 $14 Not published for either emitter. Two of the eight American listings on this shelf publish no lumen figure, and this is one of themNot published. What is published instead is beam width — 230 degrees, stated for the COB strip, so the viewing area is lit without turning your head. It is the only width figure in this groupNot published at any setting, on a rechargeable lamp whose battery capacity is also unstatedNot published — no measurement convention is named, and with no lumen, distance or runtime figure there is nothing for one to apply to
GearLight GL-LHS500-2P $15 Not published, and the omission is deliberate: the first bullet offers practical brightness for close- and medium-range tasks in place of a figure. Of the seventeen lamps on this shelf, this is the only one that publishes no lumen number at allNot published. Close and medium range are described without a meter figureNot published at any setting. The listing argues the point differently — swap batteries and keep going, with no downtime — which is an argument about resupply rather than hoursNot published — no measurement convention is named, and with no lumen, distance or runtime figure there is nothing for a convention to apply to

What separates the models, in camping gear

  • If price decides: this model, at $12.

The buyer this one serves, among camping gear

A cheap, comfortable camp and commuting lamp for a buyer who will judge it in the hand rather than on a specification sheet.

What buyers actually choose

Amazon reports what buyers took in the month before this page was last checked: at least 1,000.

The figure is a floor, rounded by Amazon, and read through Keepa — it says what buyers picked, not what a maker claims.

Sources

Specifications: the manufacturer sheet for camping and hiking gear and the matching Amazon product page. Prices and availability: Keepa. Every figure on this page names its source.

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