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.
If instagram gives you Web page links to the images, you can click the little orangish sunset button along the top of where you type. A window pops up. Paste the image address in there. Maybe choose 95% size, then OK. It will add the photo to your message.
As far as I can tell, this 2nd wave is for folks like me that got a code for the first round but by the time I got it and tried to use it, the first batch of lights was sold out and the light was on back order. Just waiting for the 2nd wave code (via PM) so I can buy one this time around
got my light today. phew finally. what a beautiful light makes my MT03 look plain this make me want another one. :Good quality overall and i do agree the box look nice definitely beat the box provided by Haikelite by some distance hahah….I think this flashlight deserves its full price.
it only has slight brightness variation on the emitters and that is only on low. i am not complaining it is barely there at least on my unit. Notice the top 6 emitters only just. The cons is now is exactly Noon nothing can beat the sun. cant wait for the dark.
Yes Astrolux tend to use copper for the head of their flashlights but a MF-01 with a copper head will be much heavier and this will also increase the price significantly. Not worth the price if they don’t push the high and turbo modes to higher current (with higher gauge wires to the LED banks).