This new MF01S uses a FET driver, so output is directly effected by the battery you use. I’m not sure what battery Matt used to measure 11,610, so I will ask him. I think he used protected Acebeam cells. Protected cells always add resistance and measure lower. I’m sure he will measure higher output with unprotected high drain cells. His lumen tube looks well designed and it’s using good calibration sources. I trust his measurements.
The Flashoholics guy doesn’t know much about measuring output and is a total jerk. He made his own light box after crapping all over the PVC tube type and has no calibration source. The output at start up is not even how it’s rated. You need to wait 30 seconds (if possible). I don’t trust his measurements at all regardless if they seem close or not.
Regarding the grit/sand/gravel inside the MF01S box — I also noticed those on mine.
I cleaned up the grit from the foam inside the box. However, when I checked again another time, there’s a few more grit inside — it turns out those “grit” actually come from the “desiccant silica gel” (or something equivalent). The small ‘bag/pouch’ of “silica/grit” were spilling out since the pouch looks to be punctured.
Maybe that could be batteries but I don´t know if there will be so drastic difference between two types of batteries. But maybe yes. I am still waiting for my flashlight so I will see. I read that we could use flat top batteries too right?
But he sure makes interesting flashlight review videos! Probably the most entertaining reviewer on youtube, followed by Matt Smith.
Is he a jerk though? That’s a bummer to hear.
He was bad mouthing Texas_Ace and his lumen tubes. He bought one on Ebay and was disappointed his flashlights didn’t meet their rated specs. We all tried to explain to him this is normal. Factory rating are often exagerated. TA offered a refund for him to not leave negative feedback (it was his wife’s Ebay store which had a perfect rating) and he agreed to that. Once he got his refund he refused to remove the negative feedback. It was a scumbag move. He changed his user name on BLF, but a lot of us know who he is.
I watched and liked a few of his videos before all this happened, but now I just skip his stuff.
Just ordered a green in 4k. Looking forward to having a 4k emitter again. Last one i used was the SSC HiCRI from many years ago. Since then I have gained several 3k lights, but they are becoming too yellow for me.
Banggood did provide some estimated dates at the bottom of the product page itself (see highlighted). Delivery time varies from model to model, please select your preferred configuration to reveal the estimated delivery time. From our experience, shipping date greater than 1-3days of processing time may take longer time to deliver.
Banggood предоставил приблизительные даты в нижней части самой страницы продукта (см. Выделенное). Время доставки зависит от модели, выберите предпочитаемую конфигурацию, чтобы узнать примерное время доставки. Исходя из нашего опыта, доставка может занять более 1-3 дней.
Banggood имеет проблемы с обработкой заказа. Очень часто выставляются товары, которых у них нет в наличии. Затем, по истечении времени обработки, они предлагают подождать пару недель, пока товар не появится, или предлагают вернуть деньги. Они ведут себя очень бесстыдно. Зачем выставлять товар, которого нет? Я уже боюсь что заказать в этом магазине.
My blue one came with the off color tailcap. Like TH558’s and some others.
So I fixed it.
I used Greased Lightning to remove anodizing and spent a couple hours buffing with a Dremel. I couldn’t get to the inner part of the cap so I painted it with some flat black.