I thought I had answered this same question a few days ago, but that was on the Q8 thread. Oops.
Okay, so the Aliexpress store Elfeland is Banggoods store. They do not have any in stock even though they say they do. Dont be fooled. They will take your money and then wait until they get the lights, then ship them out just like Banggood. When they do ship them it will be the newer version just like the Banggood store will ship.
My 30Qs are shrink wrapped, and it’s already a tight fit (not too tight; it’s a nice fit).
I suddenly wonder with all these different flashlights with battery carriers, to what extend you can lego these rods with slightly different lengths to accommodate different cell types…
I wonder if the rubber coating can be removed? You could sand or scrape it off. Put in an a drill and hold sandpaper to it. Get it to bare metal then add the heatshrink. Just a thought.
Oh why not. But I personally don’t think it’s worth the effort; it’s not too big of a deal the way it is now. The way I need to remove the cells is a minor inconvenience, and I’ve already figured out a special “technique” so to speak to do so. It’s really more feedback how this product can easily be improved. And it’s also these little things you don’t read about that I would like to share with the community. It’s a bit of a geek thing of course, hehe.
I checked output with cell voltage of 30Q = 3.67V
Ceiling bounce test compared to M43 shows that MF-01 actually produces less in turbo than M43! Turbo output of M43 is constant as a function of cell voltage until about 3.5V.
MF-01 at V = 3.67V has turbo output of about 6250 lumens. Level 4 (=high) output produces about 3800 lumens.
The old presales price was realy better. For this price I will buy no further MF01 with the other LEDs. I will wait for better price.
And till the german election the Euro is going down. :cry: Before it was on a good point near 1.20USD.
Next month. I was told that new driver is able to generate a few hundred more lumens from it initial test,and flashlight warm slower than earlier batch.