Richie, any luck with the lux readings?
Hi 2100,
Yes, using my LX1010B Luxmeter, at 10 meters or 32.8 feet, I get a rock solid 1,100 lux on High mode. Meter setting was on 2000 also.
I don’t think this is particularly great, but the beam is very tight and consentrated on this light. It should also be noted this measurement was from my gold version as the red one is disassembled for modding. But the internal lead acid battery on it was fully charged. Let me know what you think. Thanks.
@Richie, so that means it does 110kcd because 1.1*10^2=110. Nice.
Thank you Scaru. I guess I need to brush up on this more. I’ve gotten so used to these high power multi-emitter lights I have that throw huge walls of light, this is the first one I really have that would be considered a thrower. So it isn’t designed to emit a great deal of spill so I figured that reading was poor. Thanks for clarifying this for me.
110kcd for $50 bucks sounds nice, but the battery need to be modded into li-ion though.
110KLux with this Setup……wow!
Which 19.5cm reflector do you mean?
Hi Bibihang,
Although this gold one still uses the lead acid battery, the other one I already upgraded to Redilast 18650 3100mAh cells and works great. You may have missed my post on it here:
Double wow!! :bigsmile: :bigsmile:
Hi Richie!
Yeah actually I did see your mod already, but I don’t know how did you charge your cells without taking the cells out everytime when you want to recharge it? Do you fix a charging board inside?
Hi Bibihang, at this point I have the light dismantled in order to try upgrading it with a more powerful driver which will also require additional cooling. So I haven’t had a chance to figure out a better way to recharge the 18650 cells while still in the light. As soon as I make some headway, I’ll be sure to post about it. 
110k cd is quite nice for 50 bucks! I believe the LX1010B reads a wee bit more optimistic, we can safely put it as 100k cd. 
It could have been driven better as you can see from both the pure spill + ceiling bounce with the light meter, the difference is unmistakable (though you said you measured 3A + at the LED, not sure what happened there). If you do mod it, i think 150k cd is doable.
I think i’ll pull the trigger and get that 19.5cm diameter light, and see what happens. 71 bucks shipped to here in SG.
Andi, whatever you end up trying, please take a few interior shots so we can see the install. I’m really into giving my mtg2 LED a try in this reflector to see how the beam is. I’m still working on a few ideas to deal with the extra heat involved using a 3.5a driver and the mtg2. I’ll keep you all posted as I progress with it.
WOW nice tight beam! Is this like a best budget thrower but a really huge one?
Well, it’s a well made light and throws well, but moderately driven. So heat it’s a problem and the lead acid 4v battery is 7500mAh, so you get very long run times. One of mine I’m in the process of upgrading the XML to an MT-G2, and a more powerful driver. It’s going to take a while to get all the parts. But when complete, I’ll post about it.
I noticed they’ve sold 9 of these lights since I’ve posted about it. Has anyone from this forum purchased one and received it?
Mine don´t pass the customs. :_(
Sorry to hear that. I’d like to know why they refused it. Maybe they thought it had Li-ion cells in it or that an X-ray showed it had the battery installed.
Man, I hate hearing about stories like that! |( … and it isnt my package. I hope this works out for you Andi.