Astrolux "MF04" discussion thread

Believe it or not, I don’t own a single Mateminco or Astrolux light even though I follow a lot of their threads. Like right now. I have zero intention of buying the MF04 as I alresdy have a GT, but I’m still curious about it.

I’ve considered buying some other Astrolux lights with the intention of swapping the driver to a Lexel unit and get NarsilM, but I haven’t done it yet.

That’s probably why I don’t know their UI, I never paid attention to it.

Their drivers tend to break anyway. It usually takes them a few redesigns to get it right. It seems the current MF02 drivers are finally working well so I guess the MF04 driver will work well, too.

Yes, The MT35s(MF04) driver works well.

Skylumen is very impress with astrolux or mateminco lights. He said mf02 have a great factory heatsink. His favorite is mateminco Mt18 with the xpl hi… I do believe him because he open and mod lights.

Yes, their machining and finishes are quite good. Notice that Skylumen always changes the Mateminco drivers out to his DriverVN, though. They make good hosts.

Look at the price tag please. :open_mouth:

What about the head diameter,is it bigger than the GT?

Inner diameter

GT:11.99cm

MT35s:12.37cm

The price at Banggood has not been announced yet.

Same for the BLF Group Buy.

It is $xxx on AliExpress. (I don’t want to interfere with any Group Buy prices)

GT:119.9mm

MT35s:123.7mm

Can’t wait for the XHP70.2 conversions.

detailed review- 远射小怪兽 哥斯拉MATEMINCO MT35 PLUS小评_原创_新浪众测

I.need.this. :smiley:

they updated the listing on banggood
Astrolux MF04 219$

I heard the GT is selling for about $250. It’s a price war! Lol.

great! :smiling_imp:

@Kirman: “The MF02 is still by far my favorite light in my collection, but I don’t get why BG feel they needed to stretch the specs so far away from reality.”

Well of course you do, so does anyone here.
It’s called PR.
You boost the data to get more people interested, simple as that, everyone knows how it works.

Doesn’t matter, it’s all down to pricing, build quality. modability and actual throw-performance.
So let’s wait for the first understandable tests.

Cheers,
Nico

Sorry for distracting a bit from the MF04 but does anyone know how far from reality the specs of the MF02 are? I still feel tempted buying both the MF02 and the MF04 but if the difference between them becomes neglectible I would rather stick to the MF02 as it will be more handy in daily use than this “bell”. :wink:

It seems like the MF02 has recently started shipping with a more powerful driver. They seem to be putting out between 2.5A and 3A. With this higher amperage, I don’t think anyone has measured the candela. The earlier lights with less power did about 400kcd. They must be doing higher numbers now.

The MF02 is your best bang for the buck. The smaller reflector gives it a bigger hotspot and less throw distance, but that might be okay for your needs.

Thank you JasonWW! That’s good news indeed. :+1:

MF02 is a true budget thrower. Very practical for its size and weight in my opinion.