Pre production sample [Review] Astrolux MF-01 4x18650 flashlight supplied by Banggood

I believe the production light will only take button-top batteries.

Lexel in the OP said

“The light is build for unprotected batteries, protected or button top unprotected won’t fit, the ones I have with a 2mm brass button fit barely
On the left the one with the brass button and on the right a flat top battery”

Yes, very perfect

Where’s the beamshots?

Post #2.

I try to make another use of the NarsilM firmware driver.
Not working properly still.
After installing the battery, direct light high, and then will not light up again.

7135 using A705NGT-350 SOT-89

Flash firmware on Attiny85
FET 404

85fuses.bat:
REM BOD disabled:
Wp hvc

REM BOD enabled at 1.8V:
Avrdude -p t85 -c usbasp -Ulfuse: w: 0xe2: m -Uhfuse: w: 0xde: m -Uefuse: w: 0xff: m

85M.bat:
Rem 85NarsilM - downloads NarsilM (Tiny85 Multi-channel e-switch UI configurable)
Rem
Avrdude -p t85 -c usbasp -u -Uflash: w: NarsilM.hex: a

All 100%

I'm responding on the NarsilM thread.

+1

NarsilM V1.0,Ramping TEST

Chinese:

I did today a measurement of the beam intensity of this light

measured @5m 2080 Lux cold start

so I get 52000 Lux @1m for the Nichia pre production light

this is just the Luxmeter set to show save max.
starting the light, 3 clicks to highest mode
then move the light a bit to get its peak output

Two big thumbs up! :smiley:

Is there a likeliness that the driver spring might bend when tightening the battery tube, causing a short? Something similar happened with an Acebeam K70 here: http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?436281-Should-I-be-scared-my-Acebeam-K70-might-explode

What do you guys think?

This can not happen with the MF01

I did not show a picture from the driver with the insulator inserted

Basically the platic insulator you see on the carrier here fits inside the insulator on top of the driver the distance between spring and ground is 12.5mm, also there is no ground spring

And the distance between pisitive spring and the ground ring is 12.5mm

Aha, thanks. It’s a plastic ring on the driver side. The picture on the Banggood site showing the three parts, head, battery tube and tailcap, made me worry it might be aluminium.

Ugh… First video of busted MF01

[video:]Faulty astrolux mf01 - YouTube

The EC50 Gen II can hold 1,500 for the duration too, Acebeam really are the daddies.

Can’t wait to see their Nitecore Tip rival.

Well, Lexel pointed out the LED's are 3 sets of 2S3P, so has 3 pairs of wires, 3 separate circuits. So either there's a component failure or maybe loose wire in one of the 3 sets of parts and wires.

Not a loose wire as all 3 banks work at the other 4 levels. I’d look over the driver with a magnifying glass to see if a resistor or some other part was burned or not soldered properly. I don’t know if it uses 7135 current chips, but if it did, it could be a bad one of those on the bank that doesn’t work.

Dunno, I was pretty blinded by the light - I could not make out bumping thru modes. No clue, no description by the poster. Only the lowest mode?

Mine is in the US some where, on the way from west to east...