Texas Ace is the one who worked on the MF01S and advised he’s not signed off on the final lumen output as he still hasn’t received the final prototype.
Astrolux pushed that out ahead of schedule to answer the D18
If I am not mistaken, the Astrolux uses batteries in Series, and the Emisar uses batteries in Parallel.
For that reason alone, I would pick the Emisar over the Astrolux.
I think the Emisar is also much smaller compared to the MF01s.
If I can - why could he not? He can order through digikey 5600pcs per box with a 6 week leadtime….all the same W6 bin that is higher lumen bin than the Cree XP L he carries……
I imagine Hank knows better than probably anyone in China where and how to get what parts he wants….even if other manufacturers are unable or unwilling to do so for various reasons. Just wish he would do it - I would love Emisars D4S and D4 with LH351D….
Does anyone know why sst20 is use instead of cree xml or other? I understand if cri is required, sst20 or nichia 219b is excellent, but for lumen maxness, why not use cree led or luxeon v2? Or maybe I am not understanding something.
I hope someone can have them in hand to do side by side competition test!!