I do NOT consider that STORM OF RA a flashlight,at least not one that you can carry easily in one hand. certainly not one you can esily bring on a walk,especially the trail.
My TK75vn QUADD SST40 SD has 2000 more lumens and 270 yards Less throw. You can operate it with one hand and it is more reasonable to use as a flashlight on the hiking trails or where ever.
I think a lot of you guys completely missed the point of the discussion I was trying to get started. I simply threw the Storm of Ra into this thread, because someone mentioned building a thrower with XHP70.2. I wanted to show that it is possible to build a flashlight that throws far with an XHP70.2 in it. I know the Storm of Ra’s build quality is the best, but it is a working light that has bigger throw than the former throw king, the TN42.
I think maybe we can incorporate some of what those guys did with the Storm of Ra, into the MF03?
I don’t know about all of you but I would love to have a flashlight that can output great lumens, has active cooling and throws far. If I have to pay more for quality, I really don’t mind, as long as the built quality, specs, and most importantly, the performance is there.
Did anyone say 2-mile long distance throw with 8000 lumens in the beam? I can always dream.
This is 2 completely different types of light. The Storm is an aspheric thrower, while the MF03 is a multi emitter flooder. Plus the MF03 is already past the design phase and they are already testing prototypes. Anything useful from the Storm will have to wait for a different flashlight design.
Are they working with any of the BLF driver wizards for this one? It’d be nice to get a great firmware UI to go with that dual button physical UI, and it’d be one less thing they could screw up.
Wow, that changes things. I guess the xhp35 uses a deep reflector in the middle of the head to give the light some throw and the 70.2 are all around the edge? That sounds pretty strange.