*** NEW *** Haikelite MT09R Monster lights *** Update *** 2018-07-03

Okay, so the 5700K 80CRI was what HL said they used on the factory lights. If so, then the new lights could definitely be using that.

To my knowledge HL never had the 4000K 80CRI. Those were hard to get emitters that TA found.

I could definitely tell it was 80CRI at 5700k.

The real reason for Haikelite not putting in 4000k 80CRI emitters were not because they were hard to find. I easily found them at Mouser and Arrow, and I could easily order them myself.

The problem would be that the top bin of 4000k 80CRI is quite a bit more expensive than the lower bins, which is why Haikelite did not put them in their lights.

This is from TA post…

Highest P2 bin 70cri XHP70.2 tints:

5700k
4000k

80cri xhp70.2 Tint options:

4000k
3000k (NASA had me install these into a GT for them, looks like an incandescent light, pretty neat actually)

In the real world the 80cri have a much lower forward voltage and usually are only a little behind the 70cri in lumens from my testing. For example the P2 4000k in my L6 was a bit over 9k lumens and my 80cri M4 bin 4000k is around 8500 lumens, it just pulls about a fair amount more current to do that.

I can also get different xhp35 HI tints as well:

70cri D2 bin 5700k
80cri C4 bin 4500k
80cri C2 bin 4000k
80cri C2 bin 3000k

XHP35 HD (HD has the dome still on it, a bit less throw but more lumens, I like them in everything but a dedicated thrower myself):

70cri E4 5700k
80cri C4 5700k
70cri D4 5000k
70cri D4 4500k
70cri E2 4000k
80cri D2 3000k

Anyone have a beamshot of 80 cri xhp70.2 4000k ?

M440G 80CRI

Pretty much tried them all…

That telephone pole looks sketchy.

https://de.aliexpress.com/store/product/HaikeLite-MT09R-Flashlight-CREE-XHP70-2-max-15000lm-beam-distance-550m-CREE-XHP35-Hi-max-7500lm/1185120_32855196030.html?spm=a2g0x.12010108.1000016.1.18a82563kGts43&isOrigTitle=true

Are these legit? Store has good reputation.

This was mentioned briefly in the past. A member noticed this store selling the coloured MT09R lights: Closed Official Haikelite MT09R *UPDATE Now including TA's Pricing for Emitter Upgrades* Closed - #1680 by Winston_Wulf

Former Haikelite USA distributor replied: “Almost forgot. I Spoke with Dale last night. Haikelite knows nothing of their brand listing on Aliexpress so a little warning. Purchasing those are totally non authorized and will not be covered by the brand in any way.”

I would double check with Dale to see if this is true though. I personally tend to think the lights are legit.

I’m a bit more careful with Aliexpress nowadays. And since 130 Euro are on the line…I better wait. :laughing:

That’s a different story, but that’s also my take on the situation. No Paypal, no thank you.

Doesn’t it give you paypal as an option when you checkout? I noticed that option recently, although it has an extra fee for using it.

I just checked, but there is no option for Paypal. Maybe you can contact the seller and transfer money via Paypal; this is also possible with Simon from Convoy on Aliexpress.

It must be a regional thing because Paypal is an option as payment options when I checkout with this light.

Interesting but true. I just changed the destination country on top of page to USA, and the Paypal logo just popped up. First time I experience region based Paypal option.

Anyne know parameters of chargers?
How much lumens on max mode?

BTW I recived new MT09R and replacement drivers to my MT09R from group buy.

Nice, can you post some detailed pictures of the drivers?

Picture in this treat Haiklite MT09R GB replacement drivers

Thanks! Awesome! :+1: :beer:

I think I read somewhere that HL will be using P2 bin emitters. If that’s the case, they should be getting 21k lumen sper Newlumen’s TA_tube measurements. That’s actually not far off from their 24k claim considering the majority of flashlight manufacturers way over specify their lumen ratings. It seems only Olight/Acebeam/Thrunite have been pretty spot on with their advertised lumens. I found even some premium brands like Zebralight overrate their lumens much more than that after testing it with my TA_tube.

HL had a 4000k 80CRI option for the GB. I bought both the 4000k 80CRI and 5000k 70CRI. The 5000k version was 32.3% brighter than the 4000k.

I really liked the tint on the stock 4000k 80CRI, which was almost as good as my 4000k 219b 9050. The tint was actually closer to the BBL than the one TA was using from Arrow. But the Arrow 4000k was much better than the same 4000k 80CRI from Mouser which is horrendously yellow.