My #$%@# pocket rocket >> MT-G2 zoomable SK98

Cery cool! 8) Im surprised you can actually run it for a full minute in H mode… not to bad for a mega pocket-rocket.

Presenting a mod with an emitter more expensive than the host is a fine way to enter BLF

Welcome!

Love the mod. Welcome to the forum ghos. Now that's joining BLF in style.

Does it kick like a magnum?

Hi guys, thanks again for the welcome!!

@Old-Lumens - Hmm dunno but maybe if i can get another sk98 can try taking sandpaper and making a diy frosted aspheric :smiley:

@FlashPilot - You could, but i wouldn’t recommend it as it seriously heats up to the point you can’t even hold it without burning yourself, this thing is HOT

@GottaZoom - Hmm will try taking some comparison beamshots tonight at my warehouse if i have the time

@Illuminaria - Yeah and it burns like one too, shine it too near a wall at high mode and you’ll blind yourself

@cat eyes - I got it from one of those aliexpress sellers, but i think his store was closed due to too many fraud cases, mine actually came after 2 months (the first time was because it got held up at customs, or so they say), the sk98 i receive didn’t even match the one that was posted, his photo had a sharp bezel, mine is slightly curved, which looks nicer imo and the build quality is surprisingly not bad… i’m still looking for a good sk98 supplier though, will be flying to china in jan to personally buy up all the LEDs, drivers and hosts :smiley:

how about fasttech, 3 to choose from, one might be good

@Bort - Hmm will take alook there… but seems to have a few SH98 and SK98s, whats the actual difference between them?

@cateyes - hmm even if the pill isn’t solid i read somewhere you could take a copper wire and coil it up until it becomes a copper “coin” so that it fills up the “hole” in the middle

Anyone knows if its possible to include multiple switches in a driver? (eg, one for power and one for mode change) It will also be able to momentary light with that switch

Of course it is possible, but you need a custom driver/firmware. Ask drJones he is smart in this kind of things…
But it is hard to mod your ios driver.

Oh it doesn’t have to be this particular iOS driver, even a standard single cell 3a driver will do too, might want to try a triple xpg/nichia with triple tir optics too :smiley:

i have no clue, i just saw them, in the reviews or comments for the sk98 theres a link to two more lights, i saw them yesterday but i’m not planning on buying any of them so i didn’t look into them in any detail

I guess the problem would be there’s no way to guarantee the light you’ll receive is the one you one, since they’re all so similar… then you also have cases of hollow pills… missing screws… scratches and cracks even before you switch on the light… lottery?

all chinese lights are a lottery, my defect/failure rate is over 50%, i had started a thread on it a long time ago

the sk-98 from fasttech have solid pill

this one:
sk-98

I have 3 from fastech and the 3 have solid pill

Ok just had the time to take some beamshots…

With the SK98 aspheric lens, this thing floods like nobody’s business, i can’t even get the “spill area” on camera… lens can’t zoom that far out

Here’s my Nitecore SRT at max output (750lm) vs the SK98 MTG2(2500+ lm)

Dang. That thing is nice. I’d love to have modding skills…
Is that off 1 x 18650?

edit: saw its 2 _

It looks like the light from the MTG2 is brighter than the building lights would be. That’s awesome. I laughed out loud when I scrolled down those pictures. I would really like to see outside shots of flood versus zoom on your little light cannon.

+1

Would also really love to see lux numbers on zoom if it could be representative (given the led design) of something with similar real-world throw.

Thanks for the basement shot!

I’m just curious to see how far it will reach.

that is a very nice build. yea i had tom E mod by sk98 as well, but just with xml2 and that was already bright.
and yes , this lil thing is a full moon on flood mode!

Just got my order of SK98s with solid pills… i must say, this host is quite mode friendly (as long as you can squeeze in the parts)

But i realised when fully zoomed out it gets hot FAST (maybe because the extra black surface inside asorbs the heat?)

Was up a building facing a large empty plot of land, it is completely dark, using my mt-g2, and with that crazy flood, it literally light up the whole land, zoomed in it becomes a searchlight with a circular spot of light… will try to get pictures of it soon

Just made a triple nichia with carclo optics, might do a new thread soon on that too