So glad that I picked Nichia, it looks awesome! In the very beginning I was leaning toward the XP-G3 because it’s brighter. And that is what most of new flashlight people are looking for. However, after sticking around BLF and found that a lot of people would rather pick high CRI over high lumens according to my observation.
So this is what I do… I have one big lumen light (HaikeLite MT03 in CW) and have one high CRI light (Astrolux MF01 in Nichia) just to balanced things out…
Plus, the holiday season is coming… if I really like this MF01 then I certainly will be looking for another one in XP-G3 and see if there are any specials going on during those holidays (Christmas, New Years/ Chinese New Years etc.)
seems as though this may be a heavier flashlight (with cells installed) when compared to other comparable sized “pop-can” style lights that are currently on the market, yes ? just curious, thanks.
btw : would there happen to be any other sellers besides banggood (within the states) possibly carrying this model ?
FreeMagenta, do you have a MF-01 with 6 wires to the MCPCB or a revised MF-01 with 2 wires. I don’t understand why you are saying that they changed the low mode since the MF-01 reviewed here is the old one.
Thanks giorgoskok for the review. I agree with others about the heavy pics (15 Mpixels each it seems)…
I gather this is a first batch light and i noticed a couple differences from my second batch unit on the driver side.
- For some reason, on mine, the three screws around the brass ring are not properly counter-sunk and two of them do slightly protrude above the ring plane. Not sure whether the screws have bigger heads or the chamfer is narrower then on batch one.
- Mine has a double spring at the positive contact. Overall it is very stiff and i’m worried about the stress on the driver PCB each time i have to screw the body hard to make contact.
- Unless my estimates are way off, my second batch Nichia version barely reaches 8K lumen - on freshly charged BT 30Qs.
I do love the pure wall of light it produces for sure - especially in such a compact format. That satin black finish is a pleasure to handle too. However, the UI feels uninspired and the mode spacing is terrible IMO. I admit i’ve been recently spoiled by the D4 and the Q8…
Those screws sticking up could have a big impact and yes it does have dual springs now and i agree mode spacing is terrible. I don’t get why a lot of these companies can’t give their lights a configuration menu.
I’d like to see these tests done on the XP-G3 version of this light. Wouldn’t the XP-G3 version hold Turbo and High longer due to less heat? Honestly if that is the case, I’d opt for the XP-G3’s longer higher output duration.
Perhaps it’s similar to Haikelite MT03 IIRC? There is a timer, and after a period it checks temperature. And depending on temperature it steps down or not. So it’s both timed and temperature controlled. An example of a light that uses timed step down solely is Manker MK34 which always steps down from turbo after 25 seconds.
I am pretty sure that in v2 there is no timed stepdown in High mode (tested it with fully charged 30Qs - ENEDED - #2094 by FreeMagenta ) Not sure about Turbo, though yuhsin91123 tried it - and looks like it is purely timed, always @ 1:30 ENEDED - #1860 by yuhsin91123 . The High mode has temperature protection, but surely no timer.