The Malkoff Front Porch

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.
md17, thanks so much for the suggestion. I had Lee filters and tried the various minus green versions. 803 was what I used and it's night and day better. Still not 100% perfect but man, 90% better than what it was and I don't feel I lost much output.
 
md17, thanks so much for the suggestion. I had Lee filters and tried the various minus green versions. 803 was what I used and it's night and day better. Still not 100% perfect but man, 90% better than what it was and I don't feel I lost much output.
I actually didn't even know the filter was on it for a couple weeks, being that I bought it used. Then I realized how much of a difference it made. I'm not sure the exact filter number, but it takes it from yellow to rosy. Not a huge difference outside, but makes it much nicer to use on low mode inside.
 
There's a guy on Etsy that makes a shorter deep carry clip for MDC lights. I bought one from him and it's nice. My MDC cr123 light rides nice and low in my pocket now.

is that the same guy that says it takes a month to ship in the states? they might be made to order, if he had stock they'd sell super quick, I like deep carry options
 
Oh, lord...

1800K 14500 3 mode...


Kosen was possessed by a wallet stealing demon for 2025, hahaha.
So glad it's not an MDC AA or I'd have a big struggle. These emitter choices are fantastic. Let us know if you pick it up.
 
So glad it's not an MDC AA or I'd have a big struggle. These emitter choices are fantastic. Let us know if you pick it up.
Supposedly that wallet stealing demon will be inbound soon. And I'm prepared to be possessed.
 
Supposedly that wallet stealing demon will be inbound soon. And I'm prepared to be possessed.
Oh, god...what's in the pipeline?

I think I head amber and deep red, so I might need to bite on those....

That's nice. Way too warm for me though
That's where I am at. That seems really neat, but I don't have anything that warm, and I'm not sure how much I'd use that. The last one was a bit too cool, and this is a bit too warm, but both are tempting...

Thank god I blew most of my fun budget this month on sweet Casio watches (and a Lumens Factory order), hahahahha.
 
A rerun of the 3500k MDC AA is also close. Been waiting!

Regarding the warm 1800k Malkoff, I kept chasing a light that looked like a candle or flame in color temp for the nightstand. I ran across an orange / amber light and it was very "fire-like" but color rendering was terrible/impossible (maybe to be expected). Then I chased high cri into warmer realms. The warmest I have currently is a 2100k (Nicha 519a sm273 de-domed (2700k --> 2140k)). At night, it's funny, it still doesn't look candle warm to me. So I think that's where this 1800k comes in. Really warm and as Kosen says, able to still discern color if going through your sock drawer in the morning when it's still dark. Niche uses for sure. I see pics of people walking in the woods with very warm emitters. Not my personal preference but I find it interesting that some like that.
 
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3500k IMO is very nice both outdoors and indoors. Probably one of my favorite. I'm patiently waiting for a 2xAA 4500-5700k. I'd really like that FFL 5000k in a 2xAA or CR123 voltage
 
A rerun of the 3500k MDC AA is also close. Been waiting!

Regarding the warm 1800k Malkoff, I kept chasing a light that looked like a candle or flame in color temp for the nightstand. I ran across an orange / amber light and it was very "fire-like" but color rendering was terrible/impossible (maybe to be expected). Then I chased high cri into warmer realms. The warmest I have currently is a 2100k 219b if I recall correctly. At night, it's funny, it still doesn't look candle warm to me. So I think that's where this 1800k comes in. Really warm and as Kosen says, able to still discern color if going through your sock drawer in the morning when it's still dark. Niche uses for sure. I see pics of people walking in the woods with very warm emitters. Not my personal preference but I find it interesting that some like that.
Ah, okay. I have the M61 run of the 3500K that was supposed to be 4500K, and it's really pretty. AA MDC??? Jeez...I need to stop coming to this site, haha. I might be a bit obsessed with Malkoff and AA lights, so these are kind of my weakness.


I'd agree on the niche aspect. I tend to try out weird emitters on a Convoy T3 or T5, then I like the Kosen Malkoffs for the stuff I really love. I don't know if I'm that in love with the idea to gamble so much on something so niche.
3500k IMO is very nice both outdoors and indoors. Probably one of my favorite. I'm patiently waiting for a 2xAA 4500-5700k. I'd really like that FFL 5000k in a 2xAA or CR123 voltage
I'm on team 3500K-4000K is perfect everywhere, all the time. I can stretch that to 3000K at night indoors, and 4500K for when I really need to see a lot, but I think 3500-4000K is perfect as an all-arounder.
 
3500k IMO is very nice both outdoors and indoors. Probably one of my favorite. I'm patiently waiting for a 2xAA 4500-5700k. I'd really like that FFL 5000k in a 2xAA or CR123 voltage
I have an MDC 2xAA (originally on a CR123 body) from Illumn when Gene worked with them a lot back around 2016 that's 219b in 4500k. I'll be putting that up for sale when I pick up a warmer Kosen. Not sure if anyone still fancies that old Nichia line = ) or the old Malkoff body styles. Classics. Never thought I'd find Malkoffs in slightly warmer emitters
So I kept them all but it's mint.
 
I have an MDC 2xAA (originally on a CR123 body) from Illumn when Gene worked with them a lot back around 2016 that's 219b in 4500k. I'll be putting that up for sale when I pick up a warmer Kosen. Not sure if anyone still fancies that old Nichia line = ) or the old Malkoff body styles. Classics. Never thought I'd find Malkoffs in slightly warmer emitters
So I kept them all but it's mint.
Nice. I've owned the 219b 4000k MDC before and it was nice. I'm a huge 219b fan. If you can confirm that it's a 4500k 219b I'll buy it off you asap. Can you send me a tint shot of it? Maybe next to another 4000k tint or similar, I'll be able to tell
 
Nice. I've owned the 219b 4000k MDC before and it was nice. I'm a huge 219b fan. If you can confirm that it's a 4500k 219b I'll buy it off you asap. Can you send me a tint shot of it? Maybe next to another 4000k tint or similar, I'll be able to tell
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