✌ FREEME- ASTROLUX MF01 Mini 7*SST20 CRI95 26650 ANDÚRIL Flashlight Group Buy - $45.99

Perhaps the decision to go with 26650 was based on the wish not to directly compete with the Fireflies E07 (another guess). In any case it worked out for the best… for me. :smiley:

Tally-ho: You had better instincts about the optic than I. Good job!

Lexel: Are you able to tell us the approximate beam angle of the new 7x TIR?

Or any additional information on anything? :innocent:

Interested

Interested

Interested.

Interested.

Now April is over. Are there any new information or a new timeline?

Interested

Interested!

Internested depending on price

Interested!

I know the GB isn’t ready… but how about some specs?

I’m curious to see if/how much this light will differ from the E07

Also, any idea on the group buy price range?

this is the slowest group buy i think:) and it looks so interesting

Astrolux prematurely announced both their new lights the MF01 mini and MF01S the same or next day as the D18 release. Trying to steal thunder and not lose out because everybody bought a D18 already.

lol then there’s hank: New light available… NOW! ships in 2 weeks. BAM, done!

No GB’s though but Hank’s got to be the worlds most accommodating mfg ever

I am very interested in the ASTROLUX MF01 Mini. I think it will beat the Fireflies E07 in performance and general quality.Astrolux have also been around longer and as far as I know they have good reputation regarding quality etc…I trust this brand…

My questions.

1. Will there be a CU version ? in that case will it be announced before the group buy ?
2. If not when will it be available ?

I think most people here honestly will wait for CU version.
It would suck to buy regular version and then see CU version come out later so CU version should be available from day one as premium option.

I applause the usb charing I hope it will be fast charging, I use it when I work as security guard so I am going in and out of the car so I have many opptertunities to charge it in the car.
if it is fast charging like Acebeam EC65 I will buy a Anker Powerdrive 2 usb charger for the car (24 watt)

The D18 is not even in the same category, so they dont compete atleast with the MF01 Mini.
D18 is way bigger in size… Emisar really need to put out an alternative to Fireflies E07,… I think in the next comming months we will see a stream of E07 alternatives so its best to sit still in the boat now…but it’s safe to say that E07 is the most influential flashlight of the year… and we will see many copy cats… Fireflies still deserves respect for being first… I hope FF will build up there reputation when they have proved there manufacturing is in order… most of it is probably fixed it but people have the right ot be skeptical but it is safe to say that FF have cheeped out on the quality control…

I think he is referring to this release: ✌ FREEME - ASTROLUX MF01S 15000lm Flashlight Group Buy - ENDED, in regards to the D18 comparison. He’s right about the delays, I was holding out but got anxious and ordered the D18 2 weeks ago. Not sure when we will see either of these offerings.

The day the D18 was released it was ready for shipping in 2 weeks. Astrolux was caught off guard so to attempt to salvage lost sales potential they shotgun released the MF01S the same day despite it being almost half a year from production. They then decided to release the MF01 mini that same day also, again being months away from production.

The D4S is a competitor to the E07 as will this MF01 mini be
The D18 is just a better, smaller version of the nearly identical MF01S

The D18 was announced March 14 and was ready to ship in 2 weeks
The two MF01 variants were announced March 14 but the GB for the MF01 mini was scheduled for April & the MF01S GB was scheduled for May

Now here we are May 3 and the GB for the MF01 mini Hasn’t even begun._.

The MF01 mini probably wont ship until June possibly even July._ the MF01S could easily take until July or August._.

It’s just seriously annoying they announced a Pre-Buy 3 and 4 months early (Minimum!)

Ya. What Matt said. I got anxious again and pulled the trigger on a D4S. Mostly because I prefer the aesthetics and it seems to have a better reputation. And Magnets.

Copper would be cool but theyve never done more than edc’s with a copper main body, the bezels and batt tubes were stainless steel. Id still love that also but it hasn’t ever launched on a med/big light before so i wouldn’t hold my breath.

I cant see it having much if any additional output given it and the E07 both use a single cell set-up & FF is already driving the leds hard. The 26650 runtimes however should be a big improvement