Last night I was watching a review of a very nice, but pricey Eagletac with the MTG2 LED. The review directly compared it to an XM-L2 version and I have to say, I really like the MTG2.
Sadly the Eagletac is beyond what I’d pay for a light, so are there any more budget orientated ones sporting the MTG2 yet?
I haven’t seen much. From what I gather the MTG2 is an array of small LEDs with a pretty large surface area.
As such, it isn’t gonna be much of a thrower and the latest Q binned SST-90s seem to have similar output.
Heres the eagletac of their MX25L2 using an older SST-90, vs the newer one L3 with MTG2.
http://eagletac.com/html/mx25l2/specs.html
http://eagletac.com/html/mx25l3/features/details.html
I am just not sure that the MTG2 offers enough improvement to be mass marketed. Heres a good review of a Nitecore one with beamshot comparisons:
http://www.niwalkerlight.com/content/?230.html
Theres also the Crelant 7G10. Not very budget though.
Heres a Solarforce for 66 bucks: http://www.customlites.com/Solarforce-K3-Cree-MTG2-Sol-K3.htm
(the 2400 lumen version is 150)
solarforce K3 mtg2
you can always send it to vinh after you have recovered some more funds to upgrade the driver to 4.5 amps as well 
I purchased a Convoy M1 from Mountain Electronics modded with an MTG2 and 4.5 amp driver. Very nice and the whole thing was less than $60. As expected, the beam is quite floody, but it produces a massive wall of light…. by far my brightest light.
Runtime on max is about 10 minutes on 2xIMR 18350. And due to the risk of using 2 unprotected cells, I doubt I’d use it for more than 6 minutes or so before recharging. If you want more runtime, you’ll need a larger host running on bigger cells.
I like the light, but it’s too large for EDC pocket carry. I plan to mod a smaller light into something similar. Just waiting on my order of DrJones drivers. They finally entered the country so hopefully not too much longer.
Buy a needle and thread and mod your pocket!!!
lmao. :bigsmile:
good one.
Check this one out. $100 or best offer.
- Working voltage: 5.4V--12V DC
- Battery Types Supported: 4 x 18650
2S2P with a LED that needs ~6.2v at 3A... there are better ways to do it.
True but it’s still one of the more affordable MT-G2’s. I just make my own but not everyone will.
One of the most affordable: Crelant 7G5MT also 7G10 is $99 with free shipping, unlike the previously mentioned ebay offer. Those are fair prices considering that the emitter alone is about $20.
I am kinda hoping that Supbeam can come up with mtg2 based K40 for about $100 - fingers crossed 
They did not sure about price or if anyone is trying to arrange a gb yet, but it exists.