TomK85
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Love to hear what you will receive as I am planning to buy the same
The Malkoff Front Porch
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How does the new body style compare to the old regarding clip retention? While the old clip is slightly inconvenient hitting the head, it holds on for dear life. How's the new one ?
The new one also hangs on for dear life, so much so that I loosened mine but that's my personal preference. I like the tiniest bit of daylight between the body and the clip.
I snagged an old Reflector Style 18650 Hound Dog Neutral off eBay earlier this week. It is a beast. I used to have a Makai, and I forgot how impressive the MCR-38 reflector can be. I am running it on a 21700 body. The low is amazing, and high is an absolute cannon.
I wrote to Gene, and he let me know it's a 4000k XP-L LED, linear driver, 3.7-6V, and driven between 2.4 and 2.8A. This light is all the power and run time I wished the Makai offered, but in a slightly less shiny package.
I wrote to Gene, and he let me know it's a 4000k XP-L LED, linear driver, 3.7-6V, and driven between 2.4 and 2.8A. This light is all the power and run time I wished the Makai offered, but in a slightly less shiny package.
thermal guy
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Yes the old Reflector Style especially in neutral is a great light.
HRace
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Thanks Jfowler: it's one of my favorites but I had never caught that the reflector was one of Dons! And also had never heard the emitter revealed. Honestly the LED is my least favorite part of the light but the rest is so good it's worth it. Thanks the info. Great purchase off eBay!
I have a M61L 219b from Illumn and it states a current draw of 250mAh @ 6V for this particular run. How do I calculate the runtime on a single li-ion cell (i.e., how long will a 950mAh 3.7V protected RCR123A Keeppower or 3500mAh 18650 last)?
Wow. 3.8 hours is pretty crazy runtime based on the calculator you sent. I imagine the calculated runtime would include taper after falling out of regulation?
Edit: Do I need to adjust the current draw when using this calculator since I'm using a 3.7V cell vs 2x Cr123? So 500mAh at 3V?
Edit: Do I need to adjust the current draw when using this calculator since I'm using a 3.7V cell vs 2x Cr123? So 500mAh at 3V?
I believe so. I did a test on a 800 mah 16340 using a Malkoff head on high and the results were pretty accurate.
Okay, my guess is that the 219b drop-in is closer to the 100-120 min then. Thanks guns!
Yeah that was the 519a from Kosen. It's nice Gene states the current draw so we can calculate
No, it's just whatever the mah draw is. So whatever mah the CR123 is that's what you would use. Surefires are 1500mah
You would get around 2 hours and 20 minutes using a CR123 in a M31L 219b at 125 lumens
Schokokeks
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If you ask Gene, he does the same capacity and draw calculation, but then multiplies the result by 0.8 for a more "real world answer."
Another great way to figure that out is to find INFRNL's runtime thread, find a similar unit, and see what the runtime is for a similar battery, then adjust capacity up or down.
You just want to find a single or double Li-ion configuration. He has a bunch of tests on the Illumn units.
I bought one of those from here a while back. It's my favorite large size Malkoff. It came with a Lee minus green filter on it and gives it a slight pink color and it makes it next to perfect. I actually saw that one posted on eBay. Nice find.
HRace
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Thanks for the Lee filter suggestion. I have those on hand. Was hesitant to apply them to a higher output light but may go for it to make it more pleasant.
It's so good. The feel, the clip- especially now it doesn't rest on the head, retention is perfect, overall aesthetic is superb. Much better than previous models
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I knew it would look great with an MDC head on it versus the VME. I bet the feel in the hand is perfect.
New Keeppower protected 16340 950mah are the same size as unprotected Vapcell 850mah 16340. Perfect for CR123 Malkoff lights with almost as high as capacity as running a 14500
