Mine is the 4S version.
Yup, mine is also 4S version.
Same here I’m sorry to say and 4S, as a matter of fact it didn’t dawn on me right away but I order both lights and one of each configuration but received both as 4S so I’m wondering if all they had made is 4S.
Edit: I am so long winded, so I cut out all the crap and spare everyone but getting irritated for sure, and yes same stuff with my lights partial charged cells nice spacing, fully charged and hardly any space between low and mid, didn’t even occur at first since there is so many odd things going on with two lights, and when you look at them when turned off they look so nice over all, don’t judge a light by it’s cover I guess.
My MT03 4S in NW and the 4 Batteries arrived today. Works fine, I think everything is OK.
Thanks to Haikelite for this great Deal !
+1 for me with both NW and CW.
Modes are a little suspect, however for a new company and first lights with a great price, they did well.
Well got a mod for you all and fixes the needing specific battery to make these work,
Was sitting here trying to figure out what it was that just didn’t look right, then it dawned on me, plus before I posted this I did do voltage check prior to firing up the XHP70’s as I wasn’t to keen on blowing myself up but checked at 16.65v so away we go and it worked, how stupid it is, but it’s a fix.
If you look at what I did you’ll see how I was first trying to make this fix work by shaving them down and then I realized they were just hot glued to the board … so my razor knife fixed that.
Edit: this is the MT03 by the way but will work with both I am sure, and by the way most of you most likely already know this but I didn’t, the tail cap swiveling board is held in place by that center screw so might want to check it periodically to make sure it is not coming unscrewed, mine feel out while messing with it, probably not difficult to find a replacement.
And striped screws both sides,
Currently running Sony VTC5’s, ran H2’s and even Maxtoch protected cells, some you have to screw the tail cap rather tight to push on the cell wrap a bit, but there’s more to do to clean it up but it’s a start.
Isn’t this negative called a cold solder?
^
Does potentially look like one on a couple sides. Also, that pic clearly reveals why there is only one screw installed.
Huh, that screw ya your right it does at that, funny how you can see things in a picture when I couldn’t see it right under my nose,
I haven’t bothered with it yet mainly due to no screws that size
I wonder if sanding one side of the board a bit will move it make in alignment? I did notice all sorts of really sloppy stuff today, basically I think more like really rushed as if not expecting as many orders as they got perhaps, I can say I really do like the lights now that I’m not worrying about batteries and it seems to work even better,
I am wondering if some of the issues with power to what the state of your battery charge is might be related to these plastic things I removed today like perhaps not getting a solid connection, my 03 just seems to be working better since taking those off, could be imaginary but it’s nice now to just grab some flat tops and go.
First thing I did was to take those plastic blocking pieces off - only reason they are on seems to block usage of flat top cells. Mine came off relatively easy. Then resistor modded to boost output - nice bump. All for the MT07.
You are sure right about that Tom, funny is I haven’t seen removing them mentioned and yes they are only hot glued on and poorly at that, I used a razor knife and just flicked them off but not before I tried to shave one down and that’s when it came off and it dawned on me what was holding them on, just a dab of hot glue,
I was sitting here staring at them and wondering why they were there in the first place, so off they came, I wish I knew how to do that resistor mod, perhaps someday I’ll figure that out but I’m really just pleased with myself to figure out the plastic things. ha ha :laughing:
Mhanlen removed his too , in his youtube review .
Easy mod . Hope it will be OK with the VTC6s after the mod .
Yea, not sure where I mentioned it but know I posted it but didn't take any pics - thought I did but looked and couldn't find any. Why would there be a problem with VTC6's? Those plastic pieces only serve to block some cells - can't see/think of any problem with removing them.
Thanx for all the kind words there 
. Had to look - found it, here: https://budgetlightforum.com/t/-/42543/89, in the MT07 review thread, post #89
You are most welcome Tom, and I read your post having no doubt you would have noticed this and what was interesting to me besides the plastic things was your comment about connection and getting different or solid voltage results, I had written a post questioning that possibility but took it off because I thought it might sound nuts but I to was measuring voltages before and then measured after removing the plastic things and it was a noticeable increase, all while trying to figure out why my 3rd mode is nothing more than a barely noticeable flash as if it’s skipping a mode, not sure if I’m making sense but was thinking if I had better voltage contact more direct power maybe it would restore that mode, it didn’t, but was trying to think outside the box,
Edit: Delete rambling I always say to much, seems my posts are more like thinking out loud… ha
I'm sure glad you took that picture and reported T18. If my lights every depart from China and get here, I'm pulling the MCPCB's and making sure no loose metal chunks from those 2 Lead holes are under it. I'll also be checking to make sure the edges of the MCPCB don't get lifted up by the surrounding slope that appears to exist in your picture.
Hard to tell from the pic, but it appears the holes through the MCPCB are too far apart. Maybe just enough to make it difficult to get the second screw started, resulting in assemblers only putting in one screw and than saying "screw it" instead of actually doing it for the other hole.
In HL's defense, I have seen worse from established high-end manufactures.
I received my MT03 CW today, and everything works as it should, but the output isn’t quite what I was expecting. I tested it on my homemade lightbox, and it tested around 1,500 lumens brighter than my Convoy L6, putting it at right around 5,000 lumens. I thought this light was tested by two independant testers and both tested it at right around 10,000 lumens.
I’m using the batteries that Haikelite was selling along with their light, do you think that could be the issue?
I received my MT03 CW today, and everything works as it should, but the output isn’t quite what I was expecting. I tested it on my homemade lightbox, and it tested around 1,500 lumens brighter than my Convoy L6, putting it at right around 5,000 lumens. I thought this light was tested by two independant testers and both tested it at right around 10,000 lumens.
I’m using the batteries that Haikelite was selling along with their light, do you think that could be the issue?
Hmm, I still haven’t received mine, tracking number still doesn’t work.
I’ve tried mine with several different cells—same output always— even with some Sanyo laptop pulls— NW= 5500 lumens