Malkoff Junkies: Assemble! M361 WARM P60 drop-in

[greatscoot]

thank you nimdabew

It's still going to take a while to get here in Brazil, but it has already arrived in my North American account today.
it sounded super anxious!

Nice, I feel like I should have acquired more than I did.

 

[bykfixer]

Where did you find the solitaire spectrum for $17?

ZBattery has them for $18. I thought it was $17, but they're $17.99.

 

[thermal guy]

$300 on an HDS? Why?

$17 got me a nice tint in a Maglite Solitaire Spectrum Series in warm flavor.
$80 got me a sweet module for my E by Tana.
$80+/- got me a sweet module from Malkoff.
$177 total and 3 nice lights.

I'm a huge HDS fan but. Yep they are very close if not over the line for bang for your buck.ill buy more no doubt they are great lights but things sure have changed there. Sorry off track

 

[Buck91]

Ah finally arrived (my fault I was slow with payment). Looks and functions great. Interestingly with the Seraph host I needed to either use a spring base or an o ring in front to keep everything snug. After using some copper tape for thermal transfer I slid a spare p60 spring on and it's working great. Tint is perfect!

 

[Nimitz68]

I received my N219C 3000K M361 drop-in this afternoon. It is installed in my Malkoff MD2 host with crenelated bezel and tricap. I initially installed it with a hi/lo ring but experienced some unusual behavior. When I first loosened the head it cycled through the three low outputs beautifully, but then would remain at I believe the highest of the three low outputs. I would have to tighten the head, which then gave me the highest of the three high outputs (instead of the lowest), and then loosen the head to get the three low outputs again. Then the cycle would repeat itself.

As a result, I removed the hi/lo ring and installed the stock ring. The output is beautiful, and the three levels will work just fine. My M361N is set up in an MD2 with a hi/lo ring and has worked perfectly since I received it.

nimdabew, thank you again for coordinating and doing all the footwork on this. It is much appreciated.

 

[InvisibleFrodo]

Does anyone here know how the high low ring works? I've been wondering a long time if it is just running a resistor or what it's doing?
With a resistor I would expect the output would drop, but the runtime would stay the same. Does low mode actually extend runtime? I've never seen this discussed anywhere...

 

[archimedes]

Yes, it is a resistor. No, the runtime is extended, since only part of the energy is lost as heat.

 

[Johnnyh]

Just got this (4k) installed in the MD2. Lovin' it! Thanks again for putting this together. Great job!

 

[thermal guy]

I received my N219C 3000K M361 drop-in this afternoon. It is installed in my Malkoff MD2 host with crenelated bezel and tricap. I initially installed it with a hi/lo ring but experienced some unusual behavior. When I first loosened the head it cycled through the three low outputs beautifully, but then would remain at I believe the highest of the three low outputs. I would have to tighten the head, which then gave me the highest of the three high outputs (instead of the lowest), and then loosen the head to get the three low outputs again. Then the cycle would repeat itself.

As a result, I removed the hi/lo ring and installed the stock ring. The output is beautiful, and the three levels will work just fine. My M361N is set up in an MD2 with a hi/lo ring and has worked perfectly since I received it.

nimdabew, thank you again for coordinating and doing all the footwork on this. It is much appreciated.

I'm in the same boat my friend. With the hi/lo ring my highs were pretty stable but the lows were all over the place. What I found is when I was on the lows and it acted up I'd switch to high use it then when I would go back to the lows they would work. But that's not what I really want to do so I just went back to standard ring. 3 levels is fine for me. I also put one in an elzetta bravo with the high/low cap and it works much much better but still on occasion have to do the go Back to high thing but I'm keeping it in the elzetta. That is one sweet setup.

 

[thermal guy]

Does anyone here know how the high low ring works? I've been wondering a long time if it is just running a resistor or what it's doing?
With a resistor I would expect the output would drop, but the runtime would stay the same. Does low mode actually extend runtime? I've never seen this discussed anywhere...

When I get tired of playing with it I'm going to do a run test on low with the hi/lo ring in and a 3500 mah cell. I'm betting it goes for at least a week. I tested my standard m361 on low, standard ring with a 2500 mah cell and got 46 hours if I remember right.

 

[thermal guy]

Got bored so tried my hand at some tint shots.
Left to right "now that pictures are loaded I guess it's bottom to top😄"

M61NL
M361 219 3000
Standard M61
M61W

 

[greatscoot]

I received my N219C 3000K M361 drop-in this afternoon. It is installed in my Malkoff MD2 host with crenelated bezel and tricap. I initially installed it with a hi/lo ring but experienced some unusual behavior. When I first loosened the head it cycled through the three low outputs beautifully, but then would remain at I believe the highest of the three low outputs. I would have to tighten the head, which then gave me the highest of the three high outputs (instead of the lowest), and then loosen the head to get the three low outputs again. Then the cycle would repeat itself.

As a result, I removed the hi/lo ring and installed the stock ring. The output is beautiful, and the three levels will work just fine. My M361N is set up in an MD2 with a hi/lo ring and has worked perfectly since I received it.

nimdabew, thank you again for coordinating and doing all the footwork on this. It is much appreciated.

I experienced this too with the hi/lo ring.

 

[bykfixer]

Now to find some darkness in the big city......

 

[lion504]

1200-1500 deg spread between emitters, sans greens or blues. Pretty happy with this.

 

[thermal guy]

Now to find some darkness in the big city......

I'm in the sticks. Plenty of darkness here. Even more when I forget to pay the bills😂

 

[nimdabew]

Has anyone not received their drop-ins?

 

[bykfixer]

I'm in the sticks. Plenty of darkness here. Even more when I forget to pay the bills😂

To show how lit up the place is, this is a shady spot.

Time for a tail stander pick.

No fill light needed.

 

[thermal guy]

Wow. I'd die there. You don't even need flashlights there!!! Something must be done.

 

[bigburly912]

Wow. I'd die there. You don't even need flashlights there!!! Something must be done.

I work for one of the largest electrical distributors in the country, there's a chance he's my customer........... just sayin'

 

[thermal guy]

Lmao 😂😂😂😂😂 flip that switch