seems as though this may be a heavier flashlight (with cells installed) when compared to other comparable sized “pop-can” style lights that are currently on the market, yes ? just curious, thanks.
btw : would there happen to be any other sellers besides banggood (within the states) possibly carrying this model ?
“Here is the tripod mount . It’s probably 1/4”
I think 3/4”.
George, please fix the photos. They are too heavy and I cant download full page with 4G.
Yes !
BLF Q8 weighs 588gr with batteries , while MF01 weighs 730gr with batteries . For me , it doesn’t feel a lot different when i hold both .
Hmm , i have made a mistake . Flashlight has a 3/8” mount , and with the adapter it is 1/4” ? I think it is that way
Thanks for the review George. Appreciate the runtime graphs!
It woluld be nice a 2-2,5K lumen mode. It can hold constantly.
thanks very much George, appreciate all the great info, and all the hard work on your excellent review :)
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FreeMagenta, do you have a MF-01 with 6 wires to the MCPCB or a revised MF-01 with 2 wires. I don’t understand why you are saying that they changed the low mode since the MF-01 reviewed here is the old one.
I wonder if bypassing the springs on the battery carrier would result in any performance increase. :sunglasses:
I bypassed carrier springs and it made very little difference. If a a light isn’t fet direct drive it doesn’t help much.
+1 the pictures on the large/heavy size. And my take just a little too many as well ;-)
Thanks for pointing out guys . I already fixed this in my latest review , and kiriba suggested another solution too :+1: :+1:
Thanks giorgoskok for the review. I agree with others about the heavy pics (15 Mpixels each it seems)…
I gather this is a first batch light and i noticed a couple differences from my second batch unit on the driver side.
- For some reason, on mine, the three screws around the brass ring are not properly counter-sunk and two of them do slightly protrude above the ring plane. Not sure whether the screws have bigger heads or the chamfer is narrower then on batch one.
- Mine has a double spring at the positive contact. Overall it is very stiff and i’m worried about the stress on the driver PCB each time i have to screw the body hard to make contact.
- Unless my estimates are way off, my second batch Nichia version barely reaches 8K lumen - on freshly charged BT 30Qs.
I do love the pure wall of light it produces for sure - especially in such a compact format. That satin black finish is a pleasure to handle too. However, the UI feels uninspired and the mode spacing is terrible IMO. I admit i’ve been recently spoiled by the D4 and the Q8…
Those screws sticking up could have a big impact and yes it does have dual springs now and i agree mode spacing is terrible. I don’t get why a lot of these companies can’t give their lights a configuration menu.
I don’t have a problem with the image size. I like big clear photos. I’m using crappy Australian 4G
I’d like to see these tests done on the XP-G3 version of this light. Wouldn’t the XP-G3 version hold Turbo and High longer due to less heat? Honestly if that is the case, I’d opt for the XP-G3’s longer higher output duration.
I think mf01 has a timed stepdown , not depending on temperature.
Perhaps it’s similar to Haikelite MT03 IIRC? There is a timer, and after a period it checks temperature. And depending on temperature it steps down or not. So it’s both timed and temperature controlled. An example of a light that uses timed step down solely is Manker MK34 which always steps down from turbo after 25 seconds.
I am pretty sure that in v2 there is no timed stepdown in High mode (tested it with fully charged 30Qs - ENEDED - #2094 by FreeMagenta ) Not sure about Turbo, though yuhsin91123 tried it - and looks like it is purely timed, always @ 1:30 ENEDED - #1860 by yuhsin91123 . The High mode has temperature protection, but surely no timer.
I am curious to know why the XP-G3 version of this light is putting out 5100LM on high and the Nichia 219c is pulling 6800. I thought the XP-G3 produces higher lumens over the Nichia on LPW?