My nichia just arrived. Very nice tint and beam.
It’s pretty bright. I’m yet to test at night.
My first thoughts:
The box is really nice make it feel premium when opening.
The light feels heavy and but very solid built. Dedinerly heavier than a imalent Dt70 or niwalker mm15mb.
The battery carrier feels so well built and sturdy, heavy too.
Really liking it. Might even have to order another later on.
Now I’ll have to test a bit more at night and see if it all is working well. But we’ll with it.
Definitely feels like twice the price we paid.
Hopefully astrolux can keep up this quality from now on. Haven’t had much luck on the S41ss and S42.
Left / right 219C middle XP-G3
I have S42(XP-G3 or 219C).
S41(XP-G3 or 219B) imalent Dt70 was previously owned.
Here it seems that the reputation of S41 S42 is bad, why?
That picture shows the NW version of the dqg. I’ve got the CW version and it has a hint of yellow in it. So I’m trying to compare CW DQG 7X with CW MF-01. If anyone has this combination please let me know how they compare.
The initial batch of S41 were, due to bad design, prone to shorts at the mounting screws for the LED board. Shorting a Li-Ion is no fun… Later batches have been quite OK.
The initial batch of S42 had a battery tube that was too short for basically all 18350:s on the market. The S42 is still plagued by a couple of bad design choices: like a horrible UI and a driver with cheap components that makes the light underperform badly.
Just got POUCH #3 from your link in the mail today. Fits the Q8 perfectly, the head of the MF01 is a bit of a tighter squeeze, but still gets through. I think the pouch is a perfect size for both lights.
Just to follow up, I removed all 4 plastic rings off the + ends and re-soldered the brass button tops. All is good now, discharge is even on the 4 30Qs. My ceiling bounce test also registered a 15% increase in output.
I took some thermal images of this light. I don’t know how to post photos here but I posted on my Thermal gallery on Instagram.
I ran the light for 2 mins to see how hot it gets. Its about 56 Degrees C before it steps down. But the handle is never very hot, only the head of the light gets hot.