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It is a very clever and cost effective method. No silly rattling sound when handled like those cheap 26650 to 18650 adapters.

The spacer could be a tad shorter though. My unprotected button top 30Q barely fits. I don’t think protected 18650s would work.

interested

I am interested, do we have a price range yet??

They also need ease up on the aggressive stepdown. Whether cooled or not, on a 30T turbo steps down (from 1950 to 1080 lumens) after 1.5 minutes while the surface temperature doesn’t even reach 40°C. They clearly have a temperature sensor so why not use that?

After the light has initially stepped down, subsequent turbo activations result in about 5-20 sec of turbo depending on temperature (in room temp when not turning the light off to cool in between). If the surface temperature is above ~46°C, turbo is not available at all. This seems like a good safety measure, but the limit could possibly be raised a bit. On high, the light never heated up to an unholdable level.

On very low battery voltage, turbo works only for a second or two, but maximum level can be achieved with mostly depleted batteries.

With those improvements made, I will probably buy a few of them, some for my friends. For item 3, I thought there is a formula for reflector geometry to optimize the beam. I didn’t know they just arbitrarily shape the reflector.

Also timed step-down are for cheap low quality flashlights. Really hope Astrolux gets rid of it if it already has a temperature sensor.

Also hopefully it can supported Acebeam 21700 protected.

Of course there is. The shape of the reflector is very precise. I think Freeme is saying the reflector diameter could be a few mm larger.

The FT02 can maintain regulated ~1000 lumens without stepping down for the whole runtime (~1 hour on a 3000mAh 30T) with an average efficacy of ~95 lumens/watt, which is about the same as the Zebralight SC600w HI at its 600 lumen level.

Interested

WOW!

Freeme, please put me down on the interest list! :heart_eyes:

Interested. Count me in.

Interested for awhile now. Let’s get it ordered.

Interested.

I can’t find if it’s gonna be micro USB or USB C. Can someone please let me know?

The pics look like micro to me, but I’m unsure…

It’s micro USB.

I am definately interested and can be counted on. Thank you.

Interested. Thanks.

That’s too bad, I’d be interested otherwise.

This is a big deal???