Moddoolar triple wasp cooling head flashlight (NOT BUDGET)

LED Flashlights – General Info 18650 Flashlights
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I’ve been watching very closely this light since it was announced last year, but the price is just insane at more than $400 fully customized.


http://www.oveready.com/moddoolar/moddoolar-pocket-black/prod_223.html

The head cooling system is so unique and well machined, it almost looks futuristic. This light sells to well that everytime a new stock comes it’s gone in matter of minutes. :open_mouth: I’m not buying one, although sometimes I want something more “exclusive” despite the dozens modded budget lights I have.

I wonder if anybody here owns one, or what do you think of the design, function and price. I asked for detailed specs and other technical stuff in cpf when it was released and got flamed by members who don’t even know why a spring bypass is needed.

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$300.00 bucks for the base-model wow.

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I wonder how the thermal performance compares to conventional flashlight designs.

Here’s a typo. :smiley:

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I had a nichia one earlier this year. thing still gets hot pretty fast. it would be nice if it had some copper to slow down the ouch factor. I felt like the design was more of a wow factor than thermal performance but I never tested it.

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So they design and manufacture a light with complex CNC machine work and decide that even though the light as a whole is not particular special at anything, but because they designed it to be difficult to manufacture than it MUST be worth $350+? I don’t think so.

I wouldn’t pay that much for a Rube Goldberg designed flashlight just to cover their poor planning on a complex design. Especially for a light that small. If this thing were 3 or 4x18650 sized with a 60mm head… different story.

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Thanks for the info. I agree with Jason that the light seems like a Rube Goldberg machine and lacks significant thermal mass.

Of course, those who have cash to splash and have purchased the light will defend its design to their death.

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I will say that the driver does seem to be pretty cool in this iteration. Lux-RC/Serge is who makes the driver - you used to be able to buy just the engine/LEDs (old version) from him for about $50. but I think delivery times could lag when buying direct. not sure how much they are now. There are some cool features in there that I haven’t seen anywhere else in one package, but yes somewhat of a price premium here.

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It's a design for WOW more than any cooling advantage. Yes, holes and thin walls can allow air to take heat away, but the tiny size and the watts being put out don't equate to super special cooling just because of the design. It's great looking, but it's only so expensive because it's machined in the USA. If the CNC work were done in China, it would be a $50 or less light. I really want to support my own country, but I can't, when we have gotten so.... I know, don't go there.

Anyhow, nice but Way Too Expensive for what it is.

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oveready makes really nice stuff - Ive owned a few of their custom lights/engines - they are very expensive though

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The most impressive feature for me is the way to program it, the LED and driver share the same PCB (like zebralight & dqg), there is a light sensor and you point the flashlight to your computer screen and it receives the modes via flashes by a dedicated software.

What I don’t like about it is the lack of flat regulation and that it needs 2 cells to achieve the rated 30w 3400lm output. Single cell is only 2000lm.

Would be nice to see a review from a BLFer’s perspective.

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I couldn’t agree more! And no, we won’t go there… we all know.