ASTROLUX MF01 Mini - common issues thread

I think this can be done. If someone wanted to test the theory they would ditch the plastic cover, screw the driver down, remove these two 7135 chips and stack them on nearby ones. Then maybe use a magnet to move the battery away if you need more height.

I don’t have this light, so I cant try it out either.

How could Mateminco change the design to improve the light?
Ditch the screws and plastic cover and make the battery tube longer to press against the driver? I think the battery tube screwed down and pressing firmly into the driver should get some good heat transfer. Man of light says it extended top of ramp to about 1 minute. Would this mod be a good enough fix for Mateminco to do?

Well, I would take at least 3! It looks like a great mod that allows the flashlight to reach its full potential.

I am in too for mu unit. Just curious what the shipping and payment method will be.

Maybe I will try this 7135 remove thing if it helps.

I also saw another design flaw that one of the purple leds on aux led board is too close to the main led and the optic sits right on it and crushed it.

Mine wasn’t too close - but putting it all back together after reflashing was a pain. I think I’ll replace the wires with longer ones and stuff them in the cavity next time.

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edit:: while I’m at it:

I would like one heat spreader made of copper too. :smiley:
Chris

I was wondering if any MF01 mini owners can say anything about the charging port cover. Is the cover useful and functional? Does it stay in place when carrying it around?

I once ordered an Astrolux S42 and the charging port cover was garbage. It just wouldn’t stay in place, felt foamy instead of solid soft rubber, and flopped around every which way. I ended up getting a refund and selling it on eBay but ever since then, I vowed to never purchase any Astrolux lights especially with built-in charging.

Thanks for any input.

You mean you got a refund by selling it?

I got the S43 and that cover seems fine. It’s made of silicone I think.

Vowing to never by a brand based on one bad thing, sounds extreme. Like people vowing to never by a ford, because one broke down on them. No lights, or cars, are perfect.

@ man of light
I’m in with 2 !

Silicone cover is solid, takes a decent pull on the tab to pull it out.

I’d buy one or two heatsinks as well.

The tab on the cover is a little annoying, I may shorten it.
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DEL

I’m in for two. Have two minis, thanks

Conducted a series of tests on my instance. He determines the voltage on the battery quite accurately. I calibrated the temperature sensor. I set the temperature control to 55°C (25 taps in the configurator), but during the tests the flashlight warmed up to 67°C and I interrupted the test.
Test Charts. Air temperature 24°C, without cooling.

  1. Cold start. Ramp mode. Starting the “ramp ceiling”, after the decline in brightness, I again turned on the “ramp ceiling”, and repeated several times.

    As you can see, with each launch of the “ceiling of the ramp” the drop in brightness occurs more smoothly. This is strange. Flashlight temperature at the end of the test 46°C.
  2. Hot start (~ 36 ° C). Step mode brightness switching. Starting the “upper mode”, after the brightness declined, and again turned on the “upper mode”, several times.

    The result in this mode is quite similar to the previous one. But there are differences.
  3. Cold start. Ramp mode. Launching the “ceiling ramp”, after dimming, and again turned on the “ceiling ramp” several times. Next, the launch of the turbo mode and the forced completion of the turbo.

    Flashlight temperature at the end of the test 67°C.

I’ll wait on final pricing for those copper shims, but I’d potentially be after one. Shipping to AU will cost the same as the shim though I’m sure :wink:

I’m in for 3

For all who are interested in getting one of my heatsinking cover plates for the MF01 mini (see post #25 & #38), thanks for your interest so far, I will create a separate thread for this with all informations and an overview of interested so far. So watch out for the new thread in next few days.

This thread here should stay for general discussions around the issues and their solutions of the MF01 mini.
The presented heatsinking mod is only one of the possibilities to solve/improve the throttling down issue. Maybe or hopefully there will some other solutions coming up for.

I’m still looking forward to the results of the idea from led4power and the testings of it by ZozzV6.

It’s easy to miss a new thread, so post a link here when it’s ready. :+1: