Ah, now I see. It has a lanyard hole in the bigger bottom fin. I think it was a mistake to not have the fin in place. I don’t use lanyards. Especially not with a large light like this. IDK, it just doesn’t appeal to me.
The only reason I’m looking at it is because the UT03 is on hold and might not even come out. The Olight x7r has a crappy UI and costs a lot more, so I don’t want that one. The MF01 has xp-g3 and tir lense. I don’t like either of those. I’d rather have xhp70 and reflector.
It is up to Haikelite to find the right combination of looks to performance that ultimately leads to higher sale numbers.
Just to be clear, the MT03 does not have to look beautiful to sale, it just needs to look acceptable/decent.
The MT01, MT02, SC01 and SC02 all look nice. The MT07S is pretty similar to the MT03, but it looks a lot nicer in my opinion.
Notice the transition in the middle of the head, it has a nice 45° angle to it rather than a 90° step. It has all the fins in place. The fins are a little shorter in certain areas. The button looks very nice. The tail cap has several flats on it which look nicer than the round MT03 tail cap. I think you get my point. It’s the little tweaks and refinements that can make a big difference.
I don’t know Haikelites history. Maybe the MT03 was one of their earlier designs and the MT07S is a newer design? The MT07S is much improved cosmetically in my opinion.
Anyway, if Haikelite is reading these forums maybe they will consider a few changes to the MT03 to make it look nicer. Maybe come out with a MT03S or MT03 III?
Am I the only one here that thinks the looks could be improved or do you think it looks nice right now?
Definitely good looking lights. I mean very good looking lights. It would be interesting to see a review to find out how the new XHP70.2 perform, in terms of output, throw and tint of CW and NW. I think this would help sales for Haikelite as well. :sunglasses: