Freeme said it was going to be a different driver than the MF02. I’m not sure how different, though. The MF02 uses a 6v carrier along with a boost driver to feed 12v to the emitter. The MF04 is appearantly a larger headed MF02 so the battery tube and carrier might interchange. It would be a smart thing to do.
They haven’t posted the specifications yet, but I imagine the UI is going to be the typical Astrolux style. It will probably have four brightness levels plus a double click for strobe, etc…
We will gave to wait until they announce the final specs.
There are already offerings for the MF02 in regard to other driver ASO, and it would be nice if they was interchangeable for this one too, which i think they will be.
Weights BLF GT
with batteries 2273 g (8 × 35E)
tail-cap 91 g
one battery holder 64 g (empty)
one battery 48 g (35E)
one battery holder 259 g (with 4 × 35E)
two battery holder 518 g (with 8 × 35E)
battery tube 285 g BLF GT head 1379 g (with screw 1381 g)
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Here is what I found on: Mateminco MT35 Plus
Battery 4*18650 battery Weight 1290g (without battery)
2000 is probably pretty accurate. The xhp35 can only get so bright regardless of how much power you put to it. It’s physically not capable of 3000 lumen “out the front”. Also, the throw of the MF02 is less than 1587m. It’s probably around 1400m.
It is a mystery. They released those specs before the light even came out. And then once it came out and everybody realized it was much lower than those specs, we knew it would be lower obviously, banggood never did change the specs to a more realistic level.