Malkoff MD60

[HotWire]

I just got my MD60 yesterday. It is a sweet addition to my collection of Surefire mods. The LED pumps out the lumens and is placed in exactly the right spot on the lens. It has a good combination of throw and spill. The tint is warmish and gives good color rendition. I give it an A+++. Yay!

 

[Kif]

I just got my MD60 yesterday. It is a sweet addition to my collection of Surefire mods. The LED pumps out the lumens and is placed in exactly the right spot on the lens. It has a good combination of throw and spill. The tint is warmish and gives good color rendition. I give it an A+++. Yay!

I thought it is cool white, not warm.
How's the tint, 6500k or 4500k?

 

[HotWire]

I would call it "warm." It is not warm like the IMR M-6 that it replaced. I can't give you k numbers. It is not bluish, but it does not have the tint of HDS high CRI. It's a nice color.

 

[Kif]

I was surprised it has tint like M61W not M61.
I was waiting to get MD60'W' version, but I guess its time to get one

 

[Gene43]

I think something about the SureFire reflector makes them appear warmer. I am using the same cool white LED as in the Hound Dog, but it appears warmer in the SureFire reflector.

 

[pjandyho]

So Gene, will there be a neutral white or warm version coming up? I love my M6 incand and I want a warm tint drop-in to maintain the consistency.

 

[AR_Shorty]

Well here's my new MD60 build. I do have a Z49 coming to replace the current tailcap. The MD60 fits perfectly in the KT1, however there is a small gap when screwing the body on to the collar of the head. It appears that the base of the LED tower bottoms out on the body where it steps down to hug the batteries - and I can't tighten it further to close the gap. This last photo shows this gap. Not a big deal to me and I can always add a GITD o-ring someday to fill the gap.

The beam is awesome! The LED is centered in the reflector perfectly to produce a very tight and focused hot spot and it still has some spill to go along with it. This baby throws like champion. :devil:

 

[880arm]

AR thanks for the pics. It's great to see how these things look in the wild.

Hopefully mine will ship tomorrow and I'm planning on trying it in a C3/KT-1 HA combo.

 

[kelmo]

...there is a small gap when screwing the body on to the collar of the head...

That just makes a couple of cooling fins!

 

[Filip]

Hello,

Can some happy owner of MD60 tell me please what the beam of this drop-in is like compared to other M4, M6 lamps (either stock or Lumens Factory, e.g. HO-M6R)? Or compared to Hound Dog (XML)? Or compared to any well-known thrower? I can read the numbers but they don't tell enough. Beamshots would be best but I don't dare hope...

Thank you

 

[HotWire]

You will be pleased with the Malkoff MD60. I have a Wildcat, but it's not here at home right now. I put the MD60 in my M3T with a sw01 tailcap. The light previously had an IMR M6 from Lumens Factory. I have no way to measure it, but it is a bright, pleasing light with a fairly long runtime. It lights up a large spot in my backyard and the spill illuminates the rest. Most of my favorite lights are incandescent, but this is a sweet light with good throw. Gene gets an A+++ for his work.

(Update) Gene Malkoff just sent me a spacer for the MD60. I was having connectivity problems and the spacer fixed that right away. Be sure to ask for a spacer when you order you MD60. Some Surefire lights might need it.

(Update 2) I just put the IMR M6 back in with 3 AW IMR 16340 freshly charged cells. The IMR M6 has the beautiful bright color rendition and the MD60 with 2 AW17500 cells is about as bright but appears to throw a little farther. I have no way to measure how bright they are. Both are very powerful lights.

 

[Filip]

Thank you, HotWire. You really don't help me to spare though .

(Edited: Does IMR M6 throwes further and has significantly larger hotspot? I believe it should with twice the lumens.)

 

[BigusLightus]

A few minutes ago there were two left. Now there is only one.

 

[DimeRazorback]

"Connection Problems" on his site

 

[Flashlightboy]

I received my MD60 for my M3T yesterday and played with it for a short while.

Let me just say that it gives new life to my light and it makes me very pleased to be able to use the light again like it was designed.

The MN 15/16 bulbs are all egg shaped. The MD60 doesn't have that problem at all. There is a slight green tint that's noticeable up close but this isn't an up close kind of light. At distance you just see what you are illuminating.

it is a pencil beam with nice spill. I shined it on a large cypress tree last night that was 200+ feet away and it had no problem at all, not just brightening up the tree but actually letting you see what was in it. There was ambient moon and street light so in total darkness this would be even better.

If you are asking is this worth $119 the answer is a resounding yes. Surefire doesn't offer or make upgrades available for the M3T and it was turning into an unused light until Gene did his thing. So not only does the light have a new life, what Gene came up with works extremely well.

For distance spotting out to 200 feet this is a great upgrade. If you needed it to shoot rabbits at night it will throw well beyond the range of a scoped .22. If you're on the fence about buying one, you will be happy once it arrives.

 

[Lodogg2221]

Will this work on a standard M3?


Edit:
Nevermind...found the answer on Malkoffs site!
Now I just need to find an MD10 for my M3....

 

[NotRegulated]

The MD60 sounds like a nice LED upgrade. I am particularly interested in how it's beam profile compares to the Lumensfactory P7 LED head. Is it a narrower beam profile with a longer throw?

 

[ganymede]

Hi! I just got a M4, I am interested to know the pros and cons of LED tower such as the MD60 vs. Hotwire bi-pin mod such as FM Bi-pin socket + WA 1111. Anyone?

 

[ganymede]

Hi! I just got a M4, I am interested to know the pros and cons of LED tower such as the MD60 vs. Hotwire bi-pin mod such as FM Bi-pin socket + WA 1111. Anyone?

Anyone? :wave:

 

[Justin Case]

The Malkoff web site says that the MD60 draws 0.8A at 9V in. I assume that the 9V in is a nominal voltage for 3x123A without a load. Under an 0.8A load, I'd estimate that the voltage might be about 8V for 3x123A. If you run a WA1111 incan with 2xLi-ion at a nominal 7.4V, the current draw will be around 3.8A. So right off, the MD60 will get much longer run time than the WA1111 for the same power source.

For output, the Malkoff web site claims 450 OTF lumens. A WA1111 at 7.4V might deliver about 850 bulb lumens. Multiply that by say 0.5 to 0.8 to get OTF lumens and you get about the same as to about 50% more than the MD60.

My guess is that you may get a brighter hot spot with the 1111 vs MD60.