Mine shipped on May 8th.
still processing (ordered 05/01/2015) 
I’m ready to pull the trigger on one of these, but which one should I get?
Only decent light I have is a Acebeam K40M and a Skyray 8 (if you consider the Skyray as decent).
I love the acebeams. I like this light because of the brightness and the smaller form factor. Would like to have a bit more flood than the acebeams without losing much throw. For reference I don’t mind paying up for the XP-L’s but my guess is that they are going to add more flood and the throw may not be as good as the XP-G2 1D.
Let me know what you guys think. Will probably order one today based on your recommendation.
Led & Tint OTF Lumens Peak Beam Intensity Kelvin
CW S4 2B 6900lm 33,600cd 5700K
NW S2 1D D-D* 6300lm 70,000cd 5000K
NW S3 3D 6600lm 32,000cd 4885K
NW 219BT 92CRI 4000lm 20,000cd 4790K
NW XP-L D-D* 8000lm 44,000cd 4440K
I would personally recommend the S2 1D dedomed version, it has good throw, also flood.
But the M43 is not ready for order now as we are still processing some of the old orders.
The sales should be resumed in a week time, but I’m not sure how much time the stock will last.
As we will close the sales any time when current stock is out.
And the assembling time for this little beast is quite long, every detail should be taken care of….
Thanks.
Hank
Patiently waiting for more stock lol
Hello Hank
Is it possible to get the meteor with another UI ?
Better ramping.
One click .On.
Hold the clicky .Ramp from low to high.
Doubleclick and hold .Ramp down to low.
One click. out.
Lockout is ok.
Do not need any flashmodi or something.
Or hidden after 4 fast clicks.
The meteor is a dream for flashaholics.
But the UI is for me not really well.
The steps are to strong or to less for using in a ” normal” situation
Regards Xandre
+1
I would love to see a much simpler UI. Simple as in click one = low, click two = medium, click three = high, and no strobe.
Also why not allow pre/back orders? I dont follow the forum regularly so checking back to see if I can order something isn’t a good option for me. I don’t mind going ahead and placing the order and if it shows up 3-5 weeks, that will be fine. I think most consumers would be in this boat.
Ramping for a flashlight like this
would be the best possability.
The flashlight do what you want.
No more going in another step which you don’t want.
Than you are real free.
And my two penns about optik.
Stainless Steel bezel or in Noctigon red.
Regards Xandre
I love this flashlight exactly the way it is. Please do not change it.
shipped! 
thoughts:
many years ago a pastor in town was going to start a church. Before he did, he went door to door to door asking the people what their priorities would be for a church. Then they built the church and operated it according to the poll results…
Just wondering out loud what Hank had in mind for the M43. Was it a light he wanted? Was it a light he thought the masses wanted? Is 300 all he plans to produce? Sufficient profit?
by the way, I’m like that previous poster and like the light as it is
I think someone at fonarevka answered about the ramping thing already, saying it would be too hard since the light uses like three different power circuits or power algorithms or something and it wouldn’t change between them smoothly. Something like that anyway. I recall something about ramping not being feasible, but then I wonder how it manages to do the “soft start” thing and smooth changes between levels.
As for ramping though, a pretty simple UI can work well. Click once to turn the light on or off at the last-used level. Hold while on to ramp, release and hold again within a second to turn around and ramp the other way, or if it was released for more than a second it can keep ramping in the same direction next time. Add in a couple shortcuts like double-click from off to get to turbo, or hold from off to get directly to moon. A light with this much range would probably look pretty smooth during ramping using 128 to 256 brightness steps with a total ramp time of maybe 3 seconds from one end to the other. And with battery status on the switch LED, I think that’s all it would need.
I nominate TK for President!
Thanks,
-Chuck
Yeah Baby! Mine is marked shipped on Hank’s site as well!
Remember, this is a boost converter. It doesn't use PWM dimming like what you're used to seeing and it most likely changes modes by changing the feedback network, meaning that it has a finite number of modes. This is how all of the big multi-mode boost drivers I've seem work, so it isn't as simple as just programming PWM values into the controller. The soft start and smoothness between modes are just part of a big booster's nature. You see the same effect on the TK75.
Ah, okay. Thanks! I’ve never used one of those before so I didn’t know about that. 
Aren’t button top cells required?
well - you are right…
are these better for the Meteor? http://www.banggood.com/AceBeam-MRC18650H-250A-LG-18650HE2-20A-2500mAh-Rechargeable-Battery-p-948496.html
I sure can get a code for them also…
Wait, is this a limited run?