Drivers will be the same regardless. Believe it or not the brass and copper lights are still cheap - easy $200-$500 I would expect from other sources.
Pretty sure the charging circuit is independent of the MCU monitored voltage. Funny - the typical chargers (NiteCore, etc.) are spec'd to +/- 0.05V, which to me is not very accurate. 4.15V is acceptable as a full charge, and by the time you get the cells off the charger, that level could be dropped even further. That's why I love the SkyRC MC3000 chargers - I got two, both set to 4.22V for full charge, and usually is dead-on.
It's a great power pocket light, and love the look, SS bezel, button feels about right. My smaller X9 though kills it in output with 3 XHP50.2 3V LED's. I'd still like to swap in LED's with more power, like the 351D's. Want to check if they fit in the optics, then tweak up the springs and LED wires, FET, etc.
Noob question regarding the trimmers, I see four of them on the light, am I correct in assuming they all change the brightness of the aux leds? If so, why are there four of them when I see only three different colors? Thanks.
From op:
3.9v-4.2v: Green, d1, d2 on
3.3v-3.9v: d1, d2 on
2.9v-3.3v: Red on
<2.9v: All shut down with LVP
Using 4 trimmers to adjust the brightness of AUX LED.
One trimmer per color. There are 4 colors. Each trimmer has the letter next to the matching led color. Like Chatika vas Paus posted:
Low is red
High is green
D1 is blue
D2 is Pink
Received mine yesterday. Green, 5K. Yes it’s a little green in low levels, but not such disturbing in real life (I walked for half an hour yesterday night in the wet fields around the house…) exept in front of an absolutely white wall…
Nice quality, flawless…
Very nice little light, with too many abilities as it is…
The faster hand warmer I have !!!
Thanks freeme, it was an absolutely well worthing waiting…
I received mine (Gun Metal/4000K) on Monday, had a bit of time playing with it and am impressed.
I think the aux leds are a bit busy-looking, but because they serve a function, I’m not bothered. I’ll try tweaking them this weekend.
I’m not a big fan of on-board charging mainly because of the way a rubber cover can let in dirt or moisture. I’ll most likely keep this light away from the harsher elements and use it around the house and property. For backpacking, I’ll use a lighter and smaller light anyway.
It fits my hand nicely and is fine for a jacket pocket. No sharp edges or flaws anywhere. I gave up some lumens to have a warmer tint and I like the tint a lot. It’s still a powerful package and a nice mix of flood and throw. I’ll bet they’ll sell a heap of them.
I had to fish around with my tools to find a small enough screwdriver, but I had no problem adjusting the trimmers once I did. I turned down everything except green and it looks less busy now.
I used the light for a while tonight and I am glad I made the purchase. I was going to hold off on the first run but I see no issues with this light.
I also like the way it can use a 26650, 18650 and 21700 cell. Nice job Astrolux. I’m using a Shockli and I doubt I’ll use anything else, unless some sort of extended use situation comes up. Nice though for folks to have choices.
Anyone else pulled the driver yet? I’m assuming it’s de-solder the AUX and emitters; there didn’t seem to be enough give to bring the board out enough to get at the MCU.
Will also do a reflow at some stage with new emitters
Thanks Freeme! Ordered two more in tan and gray! My green one showed up today and everything if functioning great! My new favorite light. I just got my Acebeam X45 two days ago and its a great flashlight but this MF01 mini is amazing! I love the UI! Ordered three diffuser as well.
Thanks for the info above on the trimmers. I have one last question before I adjust them. To increase the brightness of the aux leds, do I need to turn clockwise or counter clockwise? Maybe the light is more durable than I’m taking it for… I’m just worried I might break it!
The trimmers will move quite easily - you’ll know if it hits a stop. That said, some will spin continuously, but will go from 100% to 0% in a tiny turn(like hitting 12:00 on a watch).