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Pics please! Haha
Enjoy buddy

Just received my Nichia 219c variant. Will compare my XP-G3 with it tonight!

Now that I have the Nichia 219c version, It’s time to compare the two!

XP-G3 Variant Left - Nichia 219c Variant Right

XP-G3 Variant Left - Nichia 219c Variant Right

XP-G3 Variant Left - Nichia 219c Variant Right

XP-G3

Nichia 219c

This is my first Nichia 219c based light. I can totally see why people dig the Nichia LED. The tint at 5000K is definitely the sweet spot. I love both lights to tell you the truth, but yeah, the Nichia looks sweet!

I just don’t know the CRI % of the Nichia. I think the Cree is 70%

Wow thanks for posting these pics. Very useful! I was hoping the nichia 219c would be a little warmer than that. There’s not much difference in tint judging from your side by side pic. I’m still on the fence of whether to buy this because I have the Haikelite MT09R preordered but I do want a high powered nichia high cri flood light.

Sovereignknight, does the xpg seem a whole lot brighter to you? In my case it does.

GITD tape inside the MF-01 optic by Lexel:

To be honest it seemed just only slightly less bright to me. It is noticeable but if I had to pick I think I like the Nichia a little more. It’s a tossup really. I love both of the lights. I’d totally recommend having both of them at the outstanding discounted group buy price. Full price I’d say just the Nichia. I will most likely alternate between the two so I can have the best of both worlds.

I love both of the lights equally overall.

The only thing I kinda don’t like is the very short turbo time. I know it’s because of heat but… man they are amazing on turbo!

I think for the price it’s at right now, I’d say go get the Nichia. I think you would love it. Colors look more natural with the Nichia as seen with the fan pics.

Nichia version is actually sold out on bangood right now.

I only owns the Nichia version so i can’t tell the difference… but i can say it looks like sunlight in the middle of the night. Not just the massive output, but the way things look. They don’t seem to be illuminated by an artificial light of some kind. It just looks like plain daylight - maybe a bit late afternoonish. I’d guess that’s what all the craze with Nichia leds is about. You wont know until you see it for yourself. Who cares about a couple k lumens when you have this kind of mojo. :wink:

There looks like stock for the US warehouse.

https://m.banggood.com/Astrolux-MF-01-18x-XP-G3Nichia-219C-12000LM-Super-Bright-LED-Flashlight-18650-p-1165131.html?rmmds=search

Select US instead of the other.

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I posted this in the modding thread, but figured I’d share here as well. I modded the MCPCB and installed Lexel’s driver with Narsil. This thing is a monster! :slight_smile:

A few beam shots i just pulled - Manual setting, WB set to daylight.:

MF-01 shot = INSANE!

Patmurris, that Astrolux MF-01 pic is incredible! Looks almost like daylight! Is the TA Narsil driver a whole lot brighter than the stock Astrolux driver?

Oh YES! :partying_face:
Before the mod i was measuring barely 8k lumen - on a rough conservative ceiling bounce/luxmeter test, now it’s 13k+ at startup.
It remains to be seen how it handles the heat and current over time. I don’t plan to torture test it. I’m just glad to have the extra power. I’ll certainly be cautious using turbo. :smiley:

Edit: looking at the picts i’m wondering whether something is biased… That MF-01 shot seems too over exposed compared to the Q8… I’ll shoot them again. :expressionless:

That TA driver is awesome. But what is the practical max lumens setting to use on that driver that won’t step down?

Second round of beamshots - same fixed settings, WB set to daylight:

That MF-01 Nichia w TA FET/Narsil driver is a blast! :+1:
… i realize some light rain must be coming…

Anyway you slice it, the MF-01 is one awesome light.

Any discount codes left for this? I am a member over at M4DM4X’s site, but the codes there don’t work.
also, all the old codes freeme has sent months ago are now invalid. Anything left?
If so, would like the XP-G3 version, and send codes! :slight_smile: