Nice job ima4wlr, I’d add some braid or wire to the tail spring if you have not already, just so that the spring purely provides clamping and not current path. I really liked mine with an xm-l in it, the mt-g2 just provides a huge smooth beam. I like it, just its not a wow light to the uninitiated. Its subtle.
Thank you. Unfortunately, it’s only 5 mode with strobe & SOS. Hoping to find a way to change that, but haven’t so far.
Well put. I remember being a little disappointed about the beam initially, but then I started using it. It smoothly graduates in intensity up to the center point I didn’t realize how a sharp cut off in the hot spot distracted me until this light. Thank you for the complement and the copper braid idea.
Just a heads up but this driver fits in the pill using the torchlite retaining ring, 20mm contact board and torchlite spring. 3 mode with a very usefull low on it too. 
There is also a coupon code mentioned further up in this thread usefull till the end of march.
Ima4Wheelr, I think your solution to extend the pill was better than mine. Very nice and neat install.
Also, due to the 5a driver I used, I was concerned about anealing or burning the +B driver spring, so I left it off, which did give me more room for battery fitment, in addition to removing the tail cap spring plunger too.
Can any of you guys with MT-G2 set ups describe what your lights are like to use in low mode? Let me give so perspective so that you know what I’m wanting to know.
I use low mode a good 90% of the time. There is no area lighting around me as I have no houses in sight and am a quarter mile from the nearest country road. With low mode, I can some what see around me outside of the flashlight’s beam. I feel more integrated with my surroundings and better able to detect motion with my peripheral vision. With my current set up using an xm-l2 touching the bottom of the reflect, low mode is better than any light I have ever had. The useful throw is very far out and the spill really graduates out smoothly into the surrounding darkness. I think I might even prefer it to my floody lights on low.
So if any of you have a chance or have already used your MT-G2 Torchlites on low while moving around in a very dark area, would you please describe what it is like? I suspect that the larger emitter may even make for a better low mode.
The low really is suprisingly low but still usefull, not had chance to get anywhere properly dark with it but its good round the house.
Hi gords. I think the driver you have there is the same one I used here,
I had a problem with it that it dropped down in amps a fair bit after about 5 minutes in operation on high. Hows yours going? It put out something like 6 amps on high. I dont recall whether I mentioned I have a couple of these on order,
http://intl-outdoor.com/boostbuck-318v-triple-xml-circuit-board-p-542.html
I have one of these in use at the moment from another supplier and it also runs at 6 amps with a single LED. This is a waste as theres no difference in light output from medium which is still to high at 5 amps. I aim to put a copper star in this and try and make use of this current. I realise that its to big to fit in your pill but just interested in your thoughts.
I’ll be honest. I’ve not had much chance to do any in depth testing of it yet, it does indeed work out closer to 6a than 5a.
I’ll have a play with the thermometer and meter one evening so I can give a better opinion but I seem to think there was a definite difference between hi and mid.
I assume by drop you mean a temperature related drop around 5 minutes? And that’s what you want me to check for? on the ten minute walk about I did the other evening, I didn’t notice much heat build up, but this host is meant to take an sst-90 @ 9a, six amp seem conservative in comparison.
that driver from intloutdoor looks like the one a few have used, at 17mm tall, its no suprise it wont go in the torchlite pill, the one I linked barely fit and needed an alternative contact board solution.
Hey IMA4Wheeler,
I have the IOS 5a 3-mode driver in my Torchlite with the mtg2 LED. The low is surprising low and actually perfect for me if I needed to use this light during a blackout or something similar. I don’t see the low on this light hurting night vision at all. But what I can do is take a beam shot tonight on low mode, and on high mode and post them together if you think it may help.
If I was close to thinking about actually purchasing any MT-G2’s, I would take you up on that. I’m just curious for knowledge sake at the moment. As it is, I have to rein in my flashlight hobby spending for a while. Trying to keep it in perspective of other things I got going on in life right now. I thank you for the offer. You’re a true gentleman.
No, what I meant is that the output dropped from around 6 amps to guessing now under 3 amps. This was mounted in a large copper pill. It blew up in the end so I didnt have to worry about it. Cheers.
ah, no its run more than ten minutes just playing about. I can try and cook it if you wish though J)
FMcamaroZ28, how are you making out with the mods for your light?
sounds about right to me. I tested this driver w/ 2x cgr18650ch and xml-t6. the emitter was getting 4.3A.
factor in driver efficiency, and operating voltage of the cells and you’re somewhere around 4.2 to 4.7A to emitter
great driver for xml2 on copper.
I’d do the same thing with one of mine if the driver fit properly. Funny thing is, right before you posted those pics I was playing around with the same driver and copper fittings to see how I could make the driver fit lol
Hah I was away on business this week. Time to get back into it.
Got mine together. It pulls 3.24a with the i-o driver. So with two batteries is over 6a right?
However I’m not that impressed. Wasn’t there somewhere that mentioned 2000 lumens? I don’t see it. Maybe I need to pot the driver better.
I appreciate the push to finish it!
Your light is running the exact amps mine is. It’s also my impression that reading is doubled with two cells. But then there are inefficiencies to take into account. So we are talking about 24 gross watts and assuming 80% efficiency, we’re looking at about 19 watts, assuming the cells sag to 3.7 volts.
I also think a lot of us have been spoiled with the illumination of the multi-emitter lights we have. Even a very well driven, top of the line single LED doesn’t seem to impress us as much as you’d think it would. I’d shine the light for a friend and then you may have an unbiased opinion as to the output.
BTW…I also think the mtg2 is slightly wasted on this small reflector. But as you know, I did test the 5a driver with an XM-L2 in the Torchlite, and the mtg2 put out a huge amount of light compared to the XML-2, so it’s still the best it can be.
hop back contacted me today. He’s got an mtg-2 ledl reflector.
he said at 3.6a its damm impressive, I’m thinking I’ve got a spare mtg-2, spare 5a driver and a maglite 3d I’ve been wondering what to do with……
I may have to look into this reflector and a huge hunk of alu J)
It is if you want a thrower, but as a flood light the thing is crazy. There’s just bright light everywhere, if you pick an xml light w/ a similar beam profile, like say hd2011, then the mtg2 makes the xml look utterly ridiculous.
that’s not a very fair comparison either, w/ 2 or 3x the power, and huge difference in size, but for those that like floody lights, this thing is awesome.
I usually use a zoomie to take the dogs out - I can see them wherever they go in the yard without pointing it around, and I’m not lighting up the neighbors rooms like I would w/ most xml reflector lights. Well, now I use the torchlite instead, and it still throws far enough to check something out further away, where normally I’d have to zoom.