Thanks for the review… so mf02s do 7570 turn on and 7180 @ 30 sec… thats crazy… are you sure banggood didnt send you a special version of mf02s ? Just kidding.
I have a modded mf02 xhp70.2 and it only do 5800 lumen… mf04s is doing 6230 lumen.
If this mf02s is doing 7000 lumen, then i might have look into it.
I have one on the way, bought directly from Mateminco on Aliexpress. I also have a driver coming from Lexel so it will be interesting to see what I can manage to do stock and modded, maybe I won’t have to switch the emitter but I have a few 5000K 70.2 sitting here ready. Plus way better firmware so I am excited!
I had a go at removing the bezel today, took a mini butane torch to the bezel and got it pretty hot. No Joy. The strap wrenches just twist eventually. I even checked if it was a sneaky left hand thread!
I’m not giving up, but it certainly is on there tight. I’m willing to ding the finish, especially on the bezel, as the light really does need a new UI.
I put my flashlight head in a vice and used an oil filter wrench. I folded a few paper towels to protect the stainless steel from the oil filter wrench and the finish on the head from the vice. I also had to grind down a spot weld on my oil wrench so it would not damage the head. It still took considerable force.
That’s what I’m thinking I’m going to do, too. Did you still have to heat yours? I have a 3000K 80+ CRI 70.2 on the way from mtn, and i’m planning my own custom buck driver for Narsil/Andruil.
Yeah, totally marred the F out of the head. Guess I’ll just file it down and move on. I’d rather have a functional UI with a good emitter than a shelf queen I dislike using.
I’m thinking I’ll just sand it down and maybe do a “contrast” plasti dip in orange where I dug in. For those in the future. I’d recommend a thin sheet of plywood as a guard. My vice didn’t have teeth, it was just that stuck.
Does anyone have info on the MCU on the driver? Markings say 8208SRBN and 1715 below that. I can probably find an Atme chip to swap if not. I’ll probably end up doing a custom driver anyways, but a 4-ch buck driver isn’t bad as is.
Don’t worry about it! This is going to be a more utility light after I’m done modding it. It’s going to get banged up anyways. Besides, I think an orange contrast band wouldn’t look bad either.
I think at this point since me and you have become so off-topic it would be better to move to a new thread. Although I would guess this will still be useful to other users.
It’s okay guys. BLF is about modding and that’s exactly what you’re doing. Great job on the bezel. I think I’ll leave mine alone after already pulling some muscles on my neck while trying to open it