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

Just got them in the mail
I love this lamp with the 21700 Samsung 30
Only problem I ordered 4 by mistake (needed 3)
It’s a gun grey 5000k $56 shipped us Paypal no wait
3 day ship listed on eBay
Best light ever considering size weight using them for camping boat and with my dogs
I thank this forum for the great advice and review for this lamp. A true winner
Can u tell I am excited :slight_smile:

U can also try list it here for sale, im sure someone will snag it and dont have to wait for long ship times from china… goodluck

How does this compare to the Fireflies E07?

a little bigger and more bulky… if u want something smaller get the e07… both heats up quite fast on turbo though.

Fireflies doesn’t have USB charging, Astrolux Mini does. But thermal dissipation not well implemented, to say the least. :frowning:

Awesome! MF01 mini is indeed a nice little package.

I got myself one of the 3rd batch heatsinks for the light
From what I read this makes a great improvement
coming next weak
Like a kid in a candy store

I ordered a Ft03 so I could have a thrower. But, Bangood can’t find my order. So, is the mini a thrower like the Ft03? The problem I have is I got a bonus from work so I have to spend it or I have to give it back. Hmmmm. I’m just joking.

The MF01 mini is not a thrower due to limits of the TIR design. It is rated for about 370 meters, while FT03 SST-40 is rated over 800 meters.

The mini has a larger diameter body to use a 26650 cell. The E07 is sized to use a 21700 cell.

New Toys!
Made sure everything works (including aux LED). All is well for now.
Have 2 copper plates (Arrived before flashlights) that I will insert along with MX4 thermal paste and possible thermal pad in other areas.
Seems like button click speed varies between the 2 for activating various functionality. The sleeves work great as I can use 26650, 18650. Have not tried 21700 yet.
The aluminum with battery weighs less than the copper without battery. The copper is one hefty weight flashlight!

Copper w/ XPL-Hi 5000K, Aluminum w/ SST20 4000K

For size comparison with C8+

Thanks!!!

Has anyone successfully been able to change the thermal configuration for the step down? I been reading and watching videos on how to do this. But no matter what I do, nuthin has changed….light steps down from turbo after 10 seconds each and every single time. Any help is appreciated. Thanks all

Ha there! I've been changing them:

  • be sure the light settles to approx. room temperature
  • go to the temperature readout mode (called TempCheck on the diagrams)
  • click quickly 4 times to get into thermal configuration mode
  • the light should flicker, like strobe mode - you only got a few secs to start, but while it's strobing, click the # of times you want to set the temperature to. For example, click 20 times to set 20C. These clicks don't have to be quick - it's just the total # of clicks that count.
  • Once you stop clicking, it will timeout in a few seconds, then the strobe will start again. Now you want to set the max temp for thermal regulation. If you want to max it out, click 40 times (sets 70C as the max temp). Again, it will timeout after you stop clicking, and don't worry if you click more than 40 times - it will still act as if you clicked 40 times to set the max temp to 70C.

You can confirm the current temperature right away, because as soon as the 2nd strobe finishes, the light returns to blinking the current temperature. If you set 20C, it should now blink out 20 or 21 or so. Unfortunately you can't confirm the max temperature setting.

Now if this 70C doesn't work for you, you can do some cheat'n -- . Repeat the steps above, but instead of setting 20C as the current temperature, click only 5 times for 5C. This will effectively raise your max limit to 85C, though your current temperature will be calibrated 15C low. So the good thing about this is the light will start to temp regulate at what it thinks is 70C but is really 85C.

Let's see if that works...

Thanks Tom e but still no luck. I even tried cheatin the thermal u mentioned. I think there’s just a defect with these mf01 mini drivers.

There are kinda question.
In reviews, current in maximum ramp level is around 5A. And in maximum ramp level there are trouble with 7135 overheating.
But regulated current is 2.4A. This is 6th level of ramping, not 7th! So, what s the connection between 7135 overheating and 7th level step downs, if on 7th level NO 7135 used, but something PWM from FET.

??

You are making a wrong assumption here. 7th level uses 7135 chips at 100% duty cycle. Only at max Turbo output do the 7135 chips turn off.

Lets look here

On the 7th level the current is 5А. But 7*7135 can’t provide this. That’s mean, that FET used. Correct?
On the 6th level we got 2.4a, that mean that on 6th level we should have save stepdown too.

Even if we have mixed FET+7135 mode on 7th level, how it is regulated? If we have current down from 7135, FET should increase current from itself to get overall 5A, is not it?