Texas_Ace MT09R Modding thread, 20k+ lumens, 80CRI, can start fires? Yes please.

Yes, that is more or less correct, there are some highly technical things that can effect it but not enough to matter in 98% of situations.

Higher CRI emitters generally have lower forward voltages in order to keep efficiency up to par. In this case it can handle the extra power so that helps a lot but yes, it will get hotter then the same light built with P2 emitters.

They both get hot so fast I doubt most would notice the difference though lol.

Great info thanks!
Of the three, which one can use turbo the longest? I’m suspecting the x45 due to the largest head? And which one has the most throw….mt09?

Ok… if I want to order and modded where do I start? Do I pm someone or go ahead to the site and order it then pm? and can you do some night shot comparison of different lights and the modded MT09?
I might just get this one and called it the final flashlight I’m going to buy… until I see a 50k lumen fairly compact handheld cannon (yes I set the numbers high so I don’t go and buy another new light (with good UI/CRI) that’s capable of doing 22.1k lumen lol)

Pretty sure my version 1 MT03 arrived at your place today. You are on a MT03 roll… :+1:
Thanks. Can’t wait to see the transformation.
Keepitsharp

Ok, I just got SVK89’s final MT03 modded, this one is the best of the bunch, it is doing just under 23k lumens also with the 4000k 80cri LED’s.

Goes to show how the LED lottery can work, 3 lights with the exact same work, same driver and the LED’s are all from right next to each other on the reel yet a range from 21k to 23k lumens. Just no way to predict it.

I will get SVK’s lights packed up and shipped tomorrow.

You can order the light from Terry and then just tell him you want it sent to me.

Then PM me and we can figure out exactly what you want and get the order in motion.

Very possible, I have one more light I need to finish and I will dig into the new stuff.

Thanks so much!

Gotcha, Terry, Not Dale. I think I read that Dale was at the doctor’s with his daughter? Hope she’s doing alright, and that it’s nothing serious.
And thanks for trying to get to my light!

From one Houstonian to another - Thanks!

Yes, his daughter is doing fine and is back home last I heard a few days ago.

Ok, I got another light finished tonight. This one for Newlumen. He sent me an MT07S that came setup for 4S from the factory. First I had to convert it to 2S which was much harder then I first thought but the results were worth it.

In stock form it was doing 4700 lumens.

Now with a 2S conversion, Spring bypasses, TA driver and 5700k P2 LED it is doing a bit under 10k lumens! (It peaks over 10k for a few seconds)

It legitimately doubled the lumen output. I am quite impressed. This is the most powerful single LED flashlight I have seen to date. I knew that the XHP70.2 P! was capable of this from a cold start from my testing but never actually seen it pushed this hard in a light before.

Holy cow! How does this throw compared to the MT09R XHP35?

Yeah, I was quite surprised as well.

A very quick and dirty throw test has the MT03 pulling ahead in throw by about 24% vs the MT07S.

This is to be expected, even with multi led setups the larger total reflector size is still going to generally throw further. Plus the XHP35 is a much better thrower.

Now with a dedome the MT07S should be on par or possibly even slightly ahead.

Damn nice. Thanks TA.

Yep, I got yours in today! I will try to get it done tomorrow.

Ok, starting work on Keepitsharp’s V1 MT03. I have to agree the V1 is a step up in quality, the ano appears to be HAIII and it just feels a step up.

Before measurements with the stock xhp70 (not70.2) was 11k lumens.

I also realized this is my last 70.2 driver for the moment. I already have the components for 30 more here and the PCB’s are supposed to arrive early next week. So it should work out well with the next batch from Terry that should be arriving about the same time.

Thank you! Looking forward to the* after *numbers! This light was an early pre-order and some of the first had a few flaws. They did try hard to put a good product out.

Yes, as soon as I opened it up I noticed said flaws. Not major but existent none the less.

The biggest of which is the too short battery tube, obviously you have to be careful to get good contact with the cells but not crush them.

Ok, I just finished it up, and final numbers with 4000k 80cri LED’s, TA driver and bypasses are just under ~21k lumens, much improved from the factory setup for sure!

I think the slightly lower numbers are from the very subpar solder used on the mcpcb connection, I tried to clean it up but it has a lot of flux mixed in and I would of had to completely strip the mcpcb and clean it and then redo it from scratch to make any real improvements.

I did not figure it was worth that much hassle for a few hundred lumens but if you want me to I can do it.

This sounds just fine and with your new driver it will be a massive improvement!

Thanks so much!