My 21700’s are way too short.
The included cell has a type c port and protection. The flashlight is like Hermoine’s handbag as the battery is longer than EC01.
Your measurements are usually on the higher side and you still measured only 10470 lumens. That’s pretty dissapointing. I’ll wait for a real 13k Lumen light.
wow, it is brighter than many but doesn’t throw much most of the light is side ways flood. interesting light. Not my cup of tea. Thanks for the the review. Makes me like the MF01 mini even more. especially with the longer run times use the ManOfLight copper mod.
Thank you for your much anticipated, valuable and comprehensive review!
I ordered two of these, along with four 40T solder spring top cells, and two VP8 chargers. Thanks to your review, I have a pretty good idea of what I can expect they can do as far as beam performance and beam profile compared to size. I don’t think I’ll be disappointed, I think I’ll be happy with them.
And for a 150+ dollar light, it better be able to take standard, non-protected cells! Shouldn’t have to Mod something like this to do that
I’ve seen your earlier reviews, loooong gripe you had about that since ya cannot use a Samsun 40T for example.
I dislike proprietary batteries, so many torches can’t make or hold turbo that use them, but I suppose it stops muggles putting Ultrafire cells in lights.
I tried getting a 40T working with it today but even with some pretty big spacers it was still too short. I think an 8mm spacer might do it but the resistance might become an issue.
Install larger springs at the head and tail. Use low-resistance Be-Cu springs, or wire-bypassed steel springs. If using wire bypass on the spring at the driver, make sure to place the wire inside the spring. That way if the solder gives out and the wire becomes loose, it should be trapped by the spring and is much less likely to cause a dead short.
Use a spacer - you can make a simple spacer with some sheet copper. Cut a 1 cm wide strip of copper, then fold it into a 4-sided box. Place this spacer between the back of the light and the tailcap (safer than putting the spacer at the front of the light). You can make the spacer better by soldering it together, and maybe soldering a button top to it for better connection to the base of the cell.