Astrolux MF03 - new pictures + video

Only 100 kcd to 140kcd? Even with shallow little smo reflectors I doubt you would ever hit 30k lumen and 250kcd. You need to greatly increase the head diameter to get bigger reflectors in there.

To keep the current head diameter, maybe use 7 little aspheric lenses like Led Lenser used in their X21R.2 beliw. Maybe even custom TIR lenses?

I really have no ideas for getting 16k lumen and 600kcd. That seems too difficult. Maybe a really big head like on the BLF GT, or bigger, with lots of medium sized reflectors?

I just realized the Imalent DX80 has 8 emitters, not 7. So I rewrote post 92 above. The numbers are more accurate now.

If someone posts rude things, you can always mark it as rude. I don’t know how they do things at CPF, but here we all try to get along. This should be a positive and inviting forum.

Anything is possible… modified fenix rc40 with the 6 * xhp 70.2 hit 27,000 lumen and 265k lux…

Wow, there you go. I see the RC40 has a 108mm head diameter in order to get some decent sized reflectors in there.

I don’t know what the head diameter of the MF03 is, but it looks pretty close in size.

265k is over 1,000 meters.

For comparison, my L6 hits 830 meters with about 8,500 lumen.

So for the modded RC40 to go only 200 meters more, but with about 3 times the output, it means the hotspot must be bigger than on my L6. That’s pretty awesome. It must have a ton more flood light as well. That is a light I think would sell better than what the MF03 seems to currently be.

I cant wait for more news about it……

I love top flooders, I hope it beat the dx80 in quality and output :heart_eyes:

I’m okay with similar output, but I do hope it’s better quality.
We know it won’t use a battery pack, so that’s a plus (in my opinion).

In Maukka review, Acebeam X65 hits 587kcd with 10k lumens.
It is using 5*XHP35 HI.

“X65 Review”: To 10k LM and beyond: Acebeam X65 & X60M review

I don’t mind it use battery pack for this kind of high power configuration. Without battery pack, it might be safe for experienced users, but it is not safe for inexperienced users.

I was looking at some reflector based throwers and I see the Acebeam X65vn that Skylumen sells has 5 xhp35, produces 11,000 lumen and does 640 lux or 1600 meters throw. It’s $550, though.

Official Acebeam specs are 12k lumen, 423kcd and 1300 meters throw.

I see he also has an RC40 modded with 70.2. This must be the one Newlumen mentioned. I bet it’s over $500 as well. Probably over $800 since it has a custom finish on it.

I wonder if a big head, 5 or 6 xhp35, reflector light is the way to go? Do a $200 copy of the Acebeam X65. Over 5k lumen for over an hour. No battery pack, just 8 individual cells. I wonder how that would sell?

Maybe Astrolux can make an MF04 based on this same MF03 body design. Just change the head design a little and change the driver. Idk, maybe the X65 design is too last year or maybe it would conflict with the MF03.

for me battey pack is terrible too, I love the freedom to get the battery that I want :smiley:

16A per emitter is awfully inefficient, but totally worth it for all that output as long as it has more reasonable modes beneath it. I’d love to see a driver that could handle all that power.

A 3 volt driver, like in the Q8, would need to handle 256 amps. That’s not gonna happen. If you ran it at 12v then you’d be at 64 amps. It would not surprise me if the next big mega light used 12 cells and ran them all in series to get the voltage up and the amperage down.

They would probably use multiple drivers built on a single pcb or even a stacked pcb. One mcu could control it, but you’d need multiple fets or coils, etc… Similar to how the MF01 used 3 or 4 drivers combined.

One important thing is to keep the amps down so you don’t fry the electrical traces on the pcb. They can only be built so thick.

+1

Interesting

Hi,

- Please kept me informed about this MF03 (7*XHP-70.2 + 1* XHP-35 Hi).

- This is the best idea, combining flood with throw.

- Any chances to make the head diameter bigger, say, 120mm (reflector 110mm), like BLF GT, better then Thrunite TN-40 and 42, better then Acebeam X65 ?

- What is the reflector diameter of the XHP-35 Hi, and each of the XHP-70.2 ?

- How long can the light stay in The TURBO mode ? Only few minutes like others, or any breaktrhough in the heat dissipation tech that it can stay in turbo mode for at least, 40 minutes or so ? Can the HIGH mode be 70% from the TURBO mode ? Can the step be 100% (40 minutes), 70% (100 minutes), 50%, etc ? (Olight X9 never exist, using small fan alone might not be a good idea, but a combination of water-cooled pipe and small side fan like Acer laptop might be a breakthrough).

- Hopefully it can make over 27000 lm and over 1700m throw.

  • Can the flashlight be flexible, giving choices to users of using 8 x 18650 or 12 x 18650?

Many thanks,
Peter Huang Wijono
peterhuangwijono@yahoo.com

Again without active cooling? All these big lights are allready boring.

Did you really think a bargain light company like Mateminco would come out with such an advanced design?

To have active cooling in a flashlight, the company would have to open an entire new division of the company just to focus on that.

Small companies that make bargain lights just can’t afford to do that. Maybe bigger companies like Olight can do it eventually and without too much expense. All that new research and development costs money, though.

So when we do finally see an active cooled flashlight make it to production (and not just slapped on haphazardly light the Ra light) I’m sure it will be expensive. Like when the very first curved TV came out or the first 4k tv came out. This new technology carries a price premium. Over time though other companies can study and copy their competitors and come out with their own active cooling system. Eventually you will see the prices come down and more lights will use it.

Active cooling is like bleeding edge technology. Olight tried and failed at it with their X9 Marauder. I think they are going to try again with a new light coming out soon. I forget the name of it.

We all agree this is the best looking, right?