You sound impressed with the BLF GT. I missed the group buy on it so ordered a MF04 instead hoping it will be similar to the GT.
Completely impressed with it… like the sun in my hands… oh by the way you don’t have to be in the groupbuy to get it at a decent price… I ended up talking to the chinese dealer but ended up buying it from Sky Lumen because I wanted the moded version
I may still get a GT to complete my collection. Got a TN42 today but wasn't really impressed with it since I have a MF02.
the dx80 seems like its almost dangerous as the emisar d4, a better heatsink solution on it would have helped alot.
But can u do more tests with the x9, let it run for those 3 min and see, u dont have any way to measure temps perhaps ?
Either way the x9 is a heavy beast for sure compared to the imalent which says weight: 1.2040 kg compared to x9 Weigh 1855kg, so its alot heavier even tho it has far less lumens the body mass is huge i would say.
My DX80
I wish it came in NW as it really lights up the air in the humid area where i am, also i find the UI to be pretty crappy, using it in the dark is difficult, the buttons are terrible are are far to easily pushed, the below pic happened during non mechanical lockout while i was riding around in the back of a ute.
Apart from its downsides i still really like it.
I’ve done quite a bit of tests with the X9R and the heat sink ability of this light is really amazing… can’t stress that enough… I did let it run in full turbo for quite a bit today in fact going in and out of turbo to keep the 3 min limit then going back to it… and it just got slightly warm very negligible I was impressed the BLF GT got much hotter than the Olight…… what I find funny is why you guys are having a hard time believing it just gets a little warm… the heat sinking on this light is amazing….
The DX80 is not dangerous… the Acebeam x80 can be if your careless The DX for what your paying is worth it… but as I said above I’m changing my mind on the Olight… or starting to …
It’s impressive… I think I’m starting to get why they took so long to release it “get everything just right”
Oh come on the UI is cool…. it shows you digitally how many lumens your using… if you click it x3 times it will show you voltage use and battery life its very easy to use… I like the UI myself…
yeah that part of the UI is cool and usefull i do like that, i just hate cycling through high brightness to get back to low, and the buttons as i said before.
You don’t have to cycle… hmm let me see I have it right here let me check… correction you do… but you have to do that on a lot of other flashlights to and they don’t tell you the lumen count…
it also takes microseconds…
And to make things worse, the cycle time on the X9R is actually a bit slow.
It takes 4.00 seconds to cycle through from the lowest to the highest setting.
Really doesn’t feel that slow to me… just double click to get to turbo … turn it off and you start from the bottom…. and can cycle up with the DX80 you can’t do that…
I do like the battery indicator of the Olight lets you know where your at;… just an awesome light…
It’s actually a tad longer than the BLF GT
Don’t know why you would buy the TN42 unless you like the beamshot…
I read so much about it that I thought it might be a nice addition to my collection. If it is possible to put a XHP70 in it, it might
be a nice light for me. If not, amazon already confirmed they would take it back if I paid $9.00 for shipping which is fine. Still
thinking about it.
If you’ve already got the MF02 than yeh I’d return the TN42.
don’t know how much you paid for it but I know what I’d be doing…
$229 CAD but I'm pretty sure I'll give it back. Just tested it again against the MF02 and I still like the MF02 better.
Did you know Skylumen offered the MF02 with a 70.2 conversion? I’m sure it was cheaper than the stock TN42 as well. I think around $165 USD. I don’t currently see it on his website so you might have to ask him about it. He used the identical Mateminco MT35 as the host.
just save your money for the Olight x9r for flood light….
I think Olight does good job on heat control.
X9r is well-build and comfortable in your hand at turbo mode
I read user manual and see Heat and Battery level will determine what is highest level of turbo brightness
yeah sounds about right… its mainly a temp thing with my experience… if you cycle in and out you can use turbo for quite sometime