Poll: Which do you prefer? MTG2 vs XHP70

I got an XHP50 right away, and thanks to Hanks amazing sale I have an MTG2 in the mail.

Usually I’m more impressed by lights with some throw, so if I can get the MTG2 to throw even a little, I think I’ll like it very much

The MT-G2 in a Courui D01 (bighead) throws pretty nicely.
Works well in the Yezl Y3 too.
And the Olight M3X (I think that’s the one, the Javelot’s big brother)

I have 11 MT-G2 lights, my favorite (aside from the highly customized Solarforce M8) is the Solarforce S2200. Large diameter orange peel reflector, excellent beam and tint.

Wow Dale, it sounds like you need to make a sales thread

For some strange reason my wife thinks 90 lights is too many. So I got a couple more. :bigsmile:

Maybe if I start a knife collection instead she will then be happy? :evil:

I haven’t tried the xhp70, but I do love the tint and beam of the mt-g2. I have been using these reflectors with great results on the mt-g2. I haven’t tried one with the xhp70 yet

Sooo… Two years later, I would like to know how people feel about the MT-G2 vs XHP70…

I don’t remember the specs of the XHP70s I got, but besides the donut hole the color temp was too cold for my taste. I might get more light with the XHP70s, but the MT-G2 5000K is still my favorite.

I want them all.

I have to agree with Mike C. So far I haven’t found anything that I prefer overall more than the 5000k Q0 MT-G2.

Hey PD, can’t really answer this one. I have a shave XHP70 in the S70 with a FET driver, love it as it is very neutral white. I have been trying to decide on a build for an MT-G2 and have not settled on the host yet. I would love to find a battery extension tube for the Convoy M1. Would be a small host but with the MT-G2 I think it would be a good one. I do not want to build one based on 18350’s, just no run time. I need a good 18650 or 26650 X2 host. I have thought about the big Convoy, but I would hate to rip one of those apart.

All the BS aside, I really do want to try an MT-G2!

Matt

Be nice if the luminous surface of the xhp’s were more even like the mtg. Nicer still if the XHP-35 came as a 6V option. They’ve addressed to a certain extent the cross and both the 50.2 and 70.2 will make better throwers than the mtg. Driving the XHP 35 is still a pain.

In terms of shape,
round (like some luminus) > hexagon (like some nichia) > hexagon (like MT-G2) > square
But for my lights output and intensity is most important, so I would still go with the XHP70.

Hey guys, looking for suggestions on MTG2 LED lights at the moment?

I don’t know if there is such a thing anymore. I guess you could use the BLF search function to find mention of MT-G2 lights, then look those up and see if they still exist.

EDIT: Here you go.

The Acebeam K40M. It’s super high quality. It’s a beast. It has really good throw and spill. 500m of throw! I own this light and personally recommend it. The magnetic mode selector ring is awesome. The tail cap click is great for locking out the light. It has the highest/brightest bin MT-G2 Q0 5000K LED.

https://www.amazon.com/ACEBEAM-Magnetic-Control-Flashlight-lumens/dp/B01EAQ2AIY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1525139353&sr=8-1&keywords=acebeam+k40m

Even though the XHP-70 has more lumens and better throw, I like the MT-G2 far better. The XHP-70 has horrible tint-shift through its viewing angle, much the same as the first gen offerings of the XM-L & XM-L2 LEDs. (in SMO reflectors its beam tint shift & pattern is among the worse i ever seen, tint shifts from white to yellow/green to blue, with the donut hole syndrome) and even the best tints don’t come close to that of a 5000K MT-G2.

The sco2 with the mtg2 is a nice flood light. And I have yezl with a mtg2 and ramping firmware and fet driver.

I would really like to try a mtg2 dedomed and see how it would look in it.

I have a dedomed MT-G2 i tried, the tint went more to the green shade.

Thanks for that suggestion but, I really prefer more flood then throw. So far I think the only light that I can find that fits my needs is the Haikelite sc02.

Sorry to bump this older thread. Recently been using the Niwalker Mini Max 15 and Eagletac Sx25l3, both with MT-G2 and man I love it.

HUGE emitter, just looks out of place compared to our usual, but my favorite for ceiling bounce to flood a room with light.