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I will notify the members in the list (with new code) once sale resume.

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Still open.

Thanks for sharing Bruno28. One question, how come it doesn't capture its SS bezel temperature?

ah thanks for the heads up.

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.

Because it is too shiny, it reflects other things.
If you want the temperature from that, put a bit of coloured tape over it

Most of the non-contact temperature meters I have used don’t deal with shiny metal very well. It looks like his camera doesn’t either.

If you put a piece of masking tape on the bezel it will read properly.

Are you expecting the price for the second round of the group buy to change?

spring bypass is it worth doing on this light? anyone done that?

Interested in the 219c version.

Lexel did it on his review light. I can’t remember if he measured an improvement or not. Worth checking out.

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).

it was documented that spring bypasses can gain almost an extra amp on turbo

Make sure to do all 5 springs. I’m guessing it’s the one on the driver that benefits most.

I’m not even sure he bypassed the 4 battery springs. Hmmm?

Hmm he did the current testing without the battery carrier actually. The driver spring would definitely yield the largest gain. I wish I could test differences, but I don’t have the equipment.

No, he used the carrier. He just modded it so that all the power went through an additional loop of wire so he could use his Uni-T UT210E amp meter. It’s the same model lots of blf’ers use, including myself. It’s only about $25 to $30. Having one really helps you to understand current flow and how it relates to output. If you like doing mods and stuff, you should consider getting one. It’s also a DMM in case you don’t already have one.

Beam shot of the MF-01 (Nichia version). Love the tint.

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Thanks for sharing Bruno28. One question, how come it doesn’t capture its SS bezel temperature?

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You’re welcome.

Metal surfaces that are shiny can’t get the proper thermal reading. Infra red is reflected from other objects around and then the camera captures this.
The same happens with glass and mirrors.

As some have pointed out, the best way to get accurate reading on shinny surfaces is to use a black electrical tape, so the heat from the source will heat the tape and be able to read the temperature correctly.
The red hot areas on the bezel is actually a reflection of myself.

With some additional fins I think still compact enough.

Maybe they could extend the height of the head by adding one more fin. That should add about 6mm which could be added to the shelf thickness. The extra mass would help reduce led temps, at least for a while.

Please put me on the second list for a Nichia. Thanks.

Hi.
My 219C arrived today.
Works as promised, no problems.
Very nice light.
Thanks freeme

i might do spring bypass.

Ceiling bounce test shows 30% more Lux compared to my MT03 hmmm looking good both using freshly charged 30Q.