I have tried this with thermal pads already, it actually seemed to make the problem worse as it overheated even faster then normal. Yes they are a bit higher thermal resistance then metal but still plenty to eliminate heat from the driver itself interfering with anything.
Although I doubt that is an issue since the self reported temperature from the firmware is within ~2-5c of the real temperature, and it is usually 2-5c lower then the real temp, not higher.
Indeed, the shelf is a lot thicker this time around.
That’s a really interesting test, especially with the thermal pads involved. I wonder how it would behave with newer code, because it has changed a lot since then.
The Samsung INR18650-30Qx2 I have been ordering through BLF Banggood offer (page20) says flat top unprotected but the BG page says protected but the length are short, so that is just a fault right?
I’m pretty excited about this one, great grouping of features with the AUX LED and Anduril. I think the SST20 should manage to output a very postive runtime.
I’m not concerned that the MF01S isn’t the brightest or smallest soda can on the block. I already own an Acebeam X80 with 12x CREE XHP50.2,2x CREE XPE2-R2 630nm, 2x CREE XPE2-B4 475nm, 2x CREE XPE2-G3 530nm, 1x Nichia 233A 365nm. I’ve also got 4 ROT66 with SST-20, XPL-HI, and 219b emitter groups. IMO it’s really about features in this classification.