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I saw that couple of weeks ago. We will wait for jdh00, to share with us his findings.

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Coupon please.

Ordered one of the Amazon lights.

WTH?!? Wow.

It’s identical. The difference is only in the inscription on the tube …

It also doesn’t say what emitter your buying. I’d be pretty upset to get the wrong tint.

Also, SM World has only sold 3 items in the last 3 months. 21 items in the last 12 months. I wonder if they are a real company or what exactly.

I’m not familiar with Amazon. Would they handle warranty issues or would SM World handle it?

Regarding the MF-01 “clone,” as I mentioned in another thread, the amazon seller has also had unbranded Astrolux S41 & S42 lights listed for sale in the past month or two at more realistic prices. There are a handful of reviews on the listings. Yesterday one of the listings has a note from Amazon that they’d flagged the product to investigate reports that their stock wasn’t as described in the listing. That note is no longer there.

From the look of things, we’ll soon have multiple reports on what’s actually being shipped here.

I'd like to add some useful information regarding this "clone" on Amazon. I asked the seller a question if it is based on the Astrolux MF-01 and what emitter type was used on it. I received the following response.

911-L1 uses XPG3 LEDs. Its cool white. In an effort to design a better flashlights, our engineers studied many high power flashlights available; however, our design is not based on a particular flashlight. We hope you enjoy your 911-L1. If you like this product, I would appreciate very much if you would grant us a positive review.

Have a wonderful Sunday. Thank you.

Sincerely,

Mary

Customer Support

Maybe it’s an unbranded Mateminco MT18 built for the 911 company?

At least we know it’s CW xpg3.

Time for CSI.

It is indeed identical to the XP-G3 MF01, other than the branding. See here for pictures: https://imgur.com/a/doRA2 I’m struggling with removing the bezel on this one—I’ll take another crack at it later.

I noticed that it’s now $66 on Amazon.

Looking through the frosted TIR how many wires do you see? Two or six?

Does the head use torx screws?

It’s v2. Two wires on the MCPCB and torx head fasteners on the driver retaining ring.

Interesting…

I’ll second that the Amazon “MF01” SEEMS to be identical to a Astrolux MF01. I was lucky to get it for 49.99, ordered last night, free same day shipping, got it today. So I got my original MF01 under the original group buy (XPG3) so it is the first version of it. I compared the lux (ceiling bounce test with Samsung S8) with the Amazon MF01 and these were the rough comparisons:

Original Astrolux MF01
Turbo ~3.6k lux
Mode 4 ~ 2.0k lux

Amazon “MF01”
Turbo ~3.3k lux
Mode 4 ~1.0k lux

Moonlight was also a little brighter on the Amazon “MF01”. Other modes seem to be the same.

Sorry, this is all I could add, hope it helps.

How long does it stay in Turbo before it steps down? I noticed both my Nicha and Cree V2 versions step down in under a minute. It’s kinda lame if you ask me. No sure if I need to take them appart and replace the thermal material with some Arctic Cooling MX-4?

You will be “lucky” only if it is good quality.
If it is junk, you will be out $50 and be “unlucky”.

Now that you have it, do you consider yourself lucky or unlucky?

I agree. Do you? :slight_smile:

I could have bought it at $47, but chose not to. I would install a new Narsil based driver regardless. What worried me was the rest of the light. What if it used low grade crappy emitters (fake xpg3) or had an aluminum mcpcb? I would not feel so lucky then.

I’m not a big risk taker. Lol

Exactly. If this light indeed takes shortcuts, I imagine that $49.00 would easily cost you more than getting a legit one. You would be spending money on medication needed for the headache you’ve endured. lol.