FREEME ✌ ASTROLUX EA01 SST40 (2300lm)/ XHP50.2 (3500lm) TIR 26650/ 26350 Flashlight Group Buy - ALIVE!

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Hi! I’ve not ordered any lights for a while but this looks interesting.
Are there still a code for this?

/Mike

Order placed!

Good picture to compare, thank you! Was thinking of ordering the MF01 Mini, but read there are too many problems with heat sink unfortunately. EA01 will be much better on that for sure.

I ordered my mf01 mini 3 months ago and the heat sink that came in it from BG is brass. I was part of The thread for the custom copper heat sinks here on blf, but ended up no needing one bc astrolux APPEARS To have fixed the problem. I remember others saying their new mf01 mini came with the copper brass as well in that thread. The mf01 mini is another home run light by Astrolux

The MINI is quite good IMO. I think the heatsink issue is fixed in the current ones, I got one a few months ago and it had the brass heatsink (although fitted the wrong way round). But it does get HOT, simply due to what it is.

The EA01 is a far more versatile torch IMO. And due to being a single emitter it pulls a lot less amps on High or Turbo. And thusly a lot less heat to manage.

How can you tell which heatsink you have? I removed my head and there is a white plastic showing.

Copper was only from a custom add-on, ordered and installed by the buyer (you?), so if it's from the factory or BG, must be brass.

OK TY

If you take the head off the battery tube and underneath the head where the positive battery contact is it is surrounded by white plastic then you have the plastic insert. Not brass

Ohhh, my bad. Was think'n the question was between copper or brass, but there was plastic originally, but plastic isn't a heatsink

LOL, it certainly is NOT (cough, cough, Astrolux, cough….)

Zoulas - here is the factory inserted Brass (the ring that has the two screws in it)

Good to see the problem is solved, had it on my shortlist (that is getting longer and longer)

Yeah the revised MINI has a brass insert, you can see it easily when you remove the battery tube. Mine was the wrong way round (needed rotating 180 degrees). I also applied some thermal compound to the touch points under the heatsink.

Has this problem been addressed from astrolux? If I buy one now, will it be plastic still?

As said, I bought one a few months back and it came with a brass heatsink. I’d say problem solved myself. :slight_smile:

I am interested in a coupon for the XHP50.2 version.

Thanks.

Is it an established fact that 21700s batteries are a no-go for this light?

I use the 40t in both of mine no problems so far. I think that warning is just for the mateminco mt04 for some reason.