Closed Official Haikelite MT09R *UPDATE Now including TA's Pricing for Emitter Upgrades* Closed

i think i rather get the refund for the charger.

just looking at the history problems with their light production….just too many issues

im scare the charger will not work as they have 2S2P and the risk of overcharge catching fire/explosion is very high
:person_facepalming:

This might be a good idea.

Just confused.
I have no issues with my light ,i have done a spring bypass (70.2 Version) ,i think output is over 15K (but measured only with ceiling bounce) .

So should i remove this capacitor ,or can i leave it where it is?

What is about the carrier for 8x18650 ?

The problem only on xhp35 models maybe? I have no problem with my XHP70 either.

I have XHP70.2 and IT is broken too.

Can you elaborate more about issues you encounter for MT09R XHP70.2?
I thought this light is fine except no proper thermal regulation.

When Heikelite arę going to send charger? And second question when we will received new driver? I’m not familiar with soldering so i need a new driver at all.

My 70.2 flashes then turn off. I sent Dale a video of my problem.

got email last week it was supposed to go on sale this wednesday but still no word here? i dont get it…. and all issues with lights its too quiet :frowning:

The same issues as others.
On full charged cell light can’ t turn on.
Only flash once.
I wrote to Haikelite official and give no answer.
This is a new quality of support in haikelite?

I received an email from Dale yesterday saying that a complete NEW driver should be ready next week, hopefully this will fix the problems for those of us that have lights that do not work at all.

Sold my MT09R XHP35 today. It was working fine, but the beam profile was just not my taste in real world usage. Nothing the light could be blamed for, it was an experiment for me. I think im just more a floody guy.
Wish you all the best, im gonna read whats going on here and how this story developes.

MT03 is a massive flood light..

You mean MT03 II that gets to 12000lumens according to Haikelite spec, right?

No that would be according to my own testing that I can easily show right now.

There was never a light called the MT03 II from Haikelite. They just upgraded the driver from one year to the next. Retailers are who called it the MT03 II.

And most of the time it actually goes well past 12k lumen.

The company has been aware of this same issue for about 2 weeks prior to your post. Now I can't actually speak for why your email was not answered I can pretty well guess that if you happen to have sent the email at any time around Friday afternoon please keep in mind that is would be the very early morning hours where the factory in China is and once it was late enough in the morning for the sun to be up it would then be Saturday in China.

For instances right now it is 12:36 PM Sunday where the factory in China is.

Another reason would be that Dale has 1 person answering all of those emails and that is himself. He gets probably 700 or 800 emails a day and he honestly may not have gotten to it.

Myself and Haikelite have been working for a solution to this issue and should have it resolved sometime in the next couple of weeks. I will need to ask Dale for an official date. That I am aware if he has not announced even an approximate time when the solution will be complete.

I can however promise you and everyone else that has experienced these issues that if you will all just remain patient just a little longer I really think you will all find that the solution will be well worth the wait. Probably worth more than the wait.

Either he or I will post the details of what the final decision is and when that will be ready.

Thank you

Thanks for your tip Terry, but the MT03 has not enough range for my taste. I need above 500m with a floody beam profile. Currently im trying the DX80 from Imalent…Beast of a light but in a different weight class than the MT09R…So ill definately keep an eye on the MT09R 70.2, maybe its next driver revisions get me back into the game, cause i liked the light itself and the UI, just ordered the wrong version i guess :smiley:

I also like floody beams in general. In terms of beam and output, the MT09R truly is a dream. I personally love the beam profile of optics, like that of the Meteor M43 and MF01. But I also feel that with a 10000+ lumen light I want to invest some lumuns of the spill in throw. And this is exactly what the MT09R does. Very wide beam, but the beam is not blinding bright right in front of me; it gradually increases in brightness. There is no defined hotspot, instead you have a very homogeneous profile. With a thrower you have light only in front of you and not laterally. With a flood light you have a lot of light horizontally, but no too much in front of you at a distance. The MT09R really nails it and gives you both.

Edit: The MT09R I’m talking about is the 70.2 version

If I can throw in my opinion, the original MT07 Buffalo (not the MT07s) has the best spill and throw. It was originally listed as 5,000 lumens but that group buy also ran into problems with the driver when they turned out to be 3500 lumens. Even then I think it’s the best bang for your money even in comparison with the MT09R in it’s current faulty driver state. It’s the reason why I gave this group buy a try because I do hope Haikelite succeeds. Give that model a look, the price to performance is hard to beat.