ENEDED

Too bad I was considering this light. Haikelite should respond to this issue with root cause analysis. I bet they know now.

Me too. The silver MT03 is gorgeous. Luckily the driver is easy to replace; that’s why I’m still interested in Haikelite. But now seems to be a bad time to get this light unfortunately.

My silver NW showed up today, charging up a fresh set of 30q’s to do a proper test. No flickering so far on two different sets of protected batteries as well as a half charged set of 30q’s. It did start to flicker on high on the one set of protected batteries after a mode change but after cycling through the modes to low it went away. There was a bit of audible driver whining too. I’m blaming that on the five amp protection circuit those batteries have. I tested it on my power supply just holding the test leads in place with my fingers, no issues running from 7.3 to 8.5 volts, it would flicker a bit if the ground wire wasn’t pressed hard enough. Amperage does increase with voltage, you can see the beam brighten a bit even on low. It draws around 8 amps/60 watts on turbo.

The level spacings are fine and the tint is nice, matches the NW MF01 when wall hunting. Smooth floody beam, wider hotspot than the MF01 and a good amount of spill. The only thing I have to gripe about is the tailcap did not thread on smoothly. No grease on the threads or behind the contact board. Also the solder joints on the guide pins were a little to big for the groove in the tailcap. Five minutes to disassemble, do a little filing, apply grease and reassemble. Works perfectly now.

Great light so far.

Will get them to respond on this issue soon.

Hope Haikelite takes this unfortunate issue as chance to show their strength in customer support. It could be battery quality/length or contact problem that might not be completely their fault. Those who buy this high wattage light should know it can have issue if certain things are not in good condition.

Who else has flickering issue apart from these owners?

  1. chakrawal
  2. BeardedRaleigh
  3. Tjhosan
  4. WTF

All existing stocks at BG are scheduled to return factory for inspection and repair (if required).

I could see/reproduce flickering in one LED. But again, I'm not interested in a replacement driver from Haikelite.

I dont realy need a replacement either. Just wanted to report on the problem.

Can I have the code please? Thanks.

Interested on NW silver MT03

Thinking of 1 after the factory inspection.

Thanks.

What are the benefits with this model with XHP70.2 over the XHP70 model? Is it basically the same with newer components? Thanks.

The difference https://budgetlightforum.com/t/-/44818

  1. Better optics
  2. Small output gain
  3. Runs cooler

Code please for NW silver. It’s available now.

Code Please! Thanks!

is there any word if there is a fix for this issue yet or when the lights will ship?

Thanks

INTErested

Have to wait till Black Friday Sale is over. It is hard to get hold of people during major sale period.



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Thanks Freeme

Im interested - White NW please.

I’m interested in a black one with NW, depending on price. Thanks.