✌ FREEME - ASTROLUX MF01S 15000lm Flashlight Group Buy - ENDED

omg lol

I was unpatient so that is why I made the 20K lumens old one :smiley:

I really wish they’d use LH351Ds in this. I asked mateminco and they said they’ve contacted suppliers but it’s hard to find. It’s either that the tax is too much or they don’t ship to China.

lol your MF01 mod trumps almost anything 25 000 lumens and under

20 000 lumens with 80+ CRI is amazing. I’ve got a DX80 and a TM03 TA but XHP70.2s just wash everything out

When I saw TAs MT09R modding thread and realized you can actually get high CRI 70.2s my plan became: get a MT09R 70.2 and swap the emitters for some high CRI 4000-5000k 70.2s

That’s a lot more my intro to modding speed than an 18 emitter swap combined with any other driver mods you had to make!

Any LED below CRI95 is for the plebe.
Me when I see peasants with CRI70 type CFL flashlights :

The problem with LH351Ds is that they are way too floody for this type of light.

Something like SST-20s are much more usable throw wise, and have much better red color rendition.

500m of throw with 20000 lumens is enough for me. I want something high cri that can handle 3000lumens whilst tailstanding without stepping down.

I have yet to see an LH351 that I could stand honestly which is why I did not really consider them for this light.

All the LH351’s I have seen had bad tint shift / egg yolk issues along with green tints on top of being Very floody as mentioned above.

If better options are available now I would like to try some out.

but this type of light is meant to be floody, like the mf01, it would be really nice to see lh351d… real bummer fw3a didnt get it for now or so… :frowning:

How is the tint on the LH351Ds compared to the nichias in the MF01?

A bit better tint.

Here is my experience in terms of tint:

219C<LH351D<SST-20<XP-L HI

Interested depending on price.

Interested depending on price

If my understanding is correct, the MF01S will be basically an updated Q8 on super steroids. I really hope for optics and LED combination that will allow for super high output and as much throw as possible, resulting in powerful mixed beam profile. There is already enough boring high output flooders out there that come with XHP70’s and tiny reflector triples, dumping light under your feet and into neighbor’s windows.

That is why I chose the SST-20 over other options. It gave the best all around beam, tint and output pattern that I could find.

I have been using my prototype extensively since it arrived.

It lit up our living room all day a few days ago when a stormed knocked out the power.

I too love my lumen monsters for area illumination!

The D18 uses SST-20’s, how does it compare?

They’re basically the same.
output appears to be identical (lumens)
one’s smaller uses 1 less cell so less runtime but more carry-able.
one appears to have aux leds
I’m guessing the D18 with it’s individual optics will have a longer throw?
biggest difference: the brand and quality of manufacturing are not the same… not even close

I do not have a D18 to compare.

On paper though the MF01S has 4 cells vs 3 cells and runs at 6v vs 3v (I think, I have not verified that one).

So on paper the MF01S should be able to deliver more power to the LED’s to drive them harder. How much harder, I have no idea. Also longer battery life of course.

At lower output levels they should be basically the same, the optics used will be the only real change here. While I have not seen the D18 optics in person, I am going to guess that they have the advantage based on past astrolux vs emisar comparisons. Although if that advantage is better throw or output (aka, efficiency), I do not know.

The LED’s themselves should be basically the same, the 4000k version that is being used in the MF01S is an FD2 tint bin which is a first and as far as I know the only way to get this tint at the moment. The 70CRI versions should basically come down to binning variance.

Overall my guess is that the MF01S will have higher peak output, longer battery life, slightly better thermals, more color options and auxled’s and the D18 will be more compact and marginally better optics.

This is all paper comparison though, I would be happy to use either light. They both look great.

I’m pretty sure the 4 cell MF01S will have higher output than the 3 cell D18. I own a D18 with the XP-L HI and I know the output can be pushed much harder if we have one more cell. Also I’m guessing throw should be more on the MF01S if the past MF01 is any indication.

Build quality wise, the D18 is phenomenal for such a small company. It is the same quality as the M43, which was often praised. The Mateminco lights made in the last year were not bad too.