I got my MF01 this weekend finally. I see sillicoon posted pics of both flavor and his XP-G version looks warm white. Mine however, is cool white with none of that yellowish coloring. It is very bright and love the UI. Anyone on the fence about getting this light, get one you’ll love it. I’ll prolly take it and a few other lights out and do a video comparison sometime this week.
Been hard to keep up here. After posted, I did measure all modes, it's a little weird but I think the readings are as accurate as any other of my measurements:
Mode1: 7.5 lumens, Mode2: 775 lumens, Mode3: 1670 lumens, Mode4: 6240 lumens
The lowest mode is way lower than spec'd but does actually look very low and all LED's are lit up. It's pretty nice actually.
The low mode makes it a great indoor light.
Just got mine today. For the price, is a must buy. I’m using it as a beater light.
Well it’s official: I really like this light!
My 10 year old son and I took it for a spin last night and were both quite impressed. It’s by far the most powerful light I’ve ever used and it’s dead simple to operate and light up a large area. I explained how it worked and he got it in seconds and even knew to lock it out before handing it back to me.
It’s heavy. It gets hot on turbo. I fear for the large face hitting a rock in a ham-handed situation, but I find the steps nicely spaced and the Nichia’s are pretty. I don’t need moonlight as I always carry a single 18650 light with me to cover that situation. Nice work Astrolux! I can’t wait to bring it on the next scouting trip and blow the minds of all the campers!
219C
XP-G3
XP-G3
ALL WB5000K left XP-G3
I took a picture to compare the difference in brightness between 219C and XP-G3.
Unfortunately, despite the manual mode illumination correction was included.
For that reason brightness is not a reference.
The periphery of XP-G3 is green.
Not noticeable with the naked eye.
There is a possibility that correction is included in JPEG conversion as for color taste.
I regret not having saved RAW this time.
XP-G3 is white and bright, but my eyes hurt,
219C is easy to see but something is unsatisfactory.
Both have good points.
interested, add me in next batch
I took some beamshots of my MF01 while night riding. White balance and ISO locked for all shots across these 2 lights to look similar to how MY eyes see them. I could have(should have) pointed the MF01 up for higher modes, but I wanted it to be in the same position for all of them. I didn’t include low mode on the MF01 or C8.2 because it’s kind of moot. These were also the only lights I had with me as the C8.2 was my old favorite bike light, and I wanted to test the Q8 bike mount I made. It doesn’t seem like it has much spill in ambient lighting, but in the dark it is definitely a wall of light. On any mode 3 or lower I couldn’t feel any heat while riding and level 2 is very usable. It’s like riding in the day time.
Very interesting to see in picture what the naked eye doesn’t see. I prefer cool white which is why I picked the XP-G flavor. It also shows more lumen output on the D4 sales page. Your picture shows the 219 very white and easy on the eyes. Gonna take some pics with my digital cam. It’s just 16MP so not sure if it will get the detail your pics show. Very cool to see. Thanks for posting these sir. :+1:
The 219C is a very nice LED, yes.
Have it in my D4 and the MF-01 - and I don’t want anymore XP-G3 with their ugly corona for some time now 
Even though the D4 tint is a bit nicer (“Whiter”)
I quite prefer the 219C in the MF01. I would almost like to trade my D4 for one with warmer LEDs, but to each their own I respect everyone’s preferences. The MF01 is rated at 5000k for the 219C, but they are warmer than the D4 so I wonder what exactly they are or if tint variation is a thing if they weren’t binned many times. it could be 4850k because it isn’t drastically warmer, just enough to notice.
After the bike ride still no brightness variation among LED banks. I do hope everyone with that issue gets things sorted out because I quite like the light. I can confirm that after running batteries down from full the indicator light has begun to turn red due to voltage sag and my batteries are at 3.82volts a cell. Is not a problem, just documenting this occurrence. The indicator goes green immediately after switching off turbo. Something else is that the tripod mount has the tendency to unscrew with what you had it mounted to. I’ll probably just lightly glue it in just to be done with it.
I think people are confirming the red light comes on at 3.4 volts.
Arrived despite the lack of tracking updates.
Glad that it’s tinyer than expected. Just thrown 4 bat in it to check for obvious flaws, nothing bad to report so far.
Very happy with this purchase, worth the wait (ordered Aug 08). Thanks a lot for this GB freeme.
Ugh… That XP-G3 corona is hideous. :confounded:
I’m worried that the FW3A will look the same…
They stated that you can’t see it with your eyes, only with the camera.
I’m not sure about that. For me, tint variations is much easier to see in real life than in pictures. Then again I’m really sensitive to tint shifts.
I have this one,but I can say that I can’t see any green,it’s full white.
Got mine yesterday, Nichia flavor. Impressed with the build quality. Works with out issues. Only wish there was direct access to low or the ability to go backwards. Truely a budget worthy light!
Oh I see - yes, seems like I misunderstood. No way around taking my own measurements, I guess.
219C If there were 5700K or 6500K of either, whichever would you choose XP-G3?
I’m looking forward to the video report.
The shooting now can be taken beautifully with a Sony camera, but Canon is better to take the picture as it is.
Molded Canon Canon is super cheap here in Japan, so we are considering purchasing for light shooting.
It is wonderful that this MF-01(XP-G3) makes good things ugly corona less noticeable.
219C I want variation.
I feel that the color temperature of MF01 219C is lower than 5000K.
With this light on a bicycle, it looks like a night motorcycle
At this price this performance is wonderful.
Is it 219C?
This MF-01 is making inconspicuous things ugly corona good.
It is good to go well with FW3A.