✌ FREEME - ASTROLUX MF05 SBT90.2 7000lm 3000m+ Thrower Searchlight - $390 (restocked) + Free Charger

They need to bundle it with a pair of binoculars. Lol

No, that was what you needed to have bundled with the MF04, this one needs a telescope. I am certainly too old to take advantage of even further throw than the MF04. So far, if my old eyes can see it, I can get the MF04 beam on it. Four hundred dollars is 2.5 times what I just paid for the MF04. It looks to be a really good light, but 400 dollars? I am also likely to have the same issue with the MF05 as I have experienced with the MF04. I am having a really hard time mounting it to my AR-15, but I keep trying. It is also problematic putting an pocket clip on it. I can also verify the MF04 will not float on water, but I will not bore you with details.

$400 is pretty cheap compared to the Lemax LX70 Superpower at $3,600. :partying_face:

You could mount the AR onto the MF05

Well, either way, I finally remembered my southern roots, and realized the mounting is not really an issue. Everybody in the south knows, or should know, the answer is obviously duct tape. In the south we can fix anything with duct tape.

Question about the Fan

Mine only has 1 speed, namely after clicking 3 times.

1 click doesn't do anything

2 clicks doesn't do anything

is this normal? I think this is weird.. at first, I thought the screw/tailcap wasn't tightened fully, so damaged the anodization by using a iron tool to tighten the tailcap..

The manual doesn't say anything about the instructions of the fan, so I had no idea what was going on!

Warning: If you haven't received yours yet.. be careful with the Fan! It needs 3 clicks to activate and it's hard to tighten the cap with just your fingers

Mine is exact same as yours, except I was able to finger tighten the screw cap. No instructions in the manual, no indication of battery polarity, so I inserted the battery positive first, negative at the screw cap. One click does nothing, two clicks does nothing, three clicks turns the fan on, and then to turn the fan off requires one click-hold.

Edit: ThatCrazyFlashaholic 67 has the same results with triple click on. Also, four clicks to lock/unlock the fan.

See comparison.

Yes, it seems that it almost uses the same driver as the flashlight.. lol

4 clicks is actually battery check

5 clicks is lockout

6 clicks is eternal lockout... (not kidding)

I wish the camera man could take a few steps to the right.

I ordered another to pull apart because they are glued

If anybody is interested in a full review of the Astrolux MF05,

check out my review at 1lumen.com

https://1lumen.com/review/astrolux-mf05/

I'm also busy with a video review, but that might come later.... or never.. who knows

Whoa, what do you intend to do with it?

He has never owned a light that he did not take apart. https://budgetlightforum.com/t/-/62607/7

I'm wondering too - OSRAM W1?

Not sure yet i just want to see what is inside :person_facepalming:

I have the MT90P+ version of this light. My fan handle actually has 4 different modes.
3 clicks turns it on high
double click while on switches to pulse mode,
another double click puts it in random fan power mode
another double click puts it in low mode. cant hear it in low mode… then press and hold to turn off.

Yes, you're correct. I have that in the review as well. Still think it's a little strange.

Still no update on my MF05 since August 8th. Did anyone else choose USA Priority Mail as their shipping method and are experiencing the same issue? I have not received confirmation that mine is in the US yet.

Same here, mine was also USA Priority Mail, no updates since August 7th. Tracking on aftership shows it is actually a China EMS (ePacket), probably would transition to USPS priority once it hits the shores. I’m wondering if they assumed there was a battery in it and sent it to a boat instead of an airplane, aftership shows it being ‘returned’ twice, then sent again, so something (another unrelated package possibly) in the shipping container it was using probably was causing them to not want to load it. All guesses, hoping I hear something soon.