The Malkoff Front Porch

[greatscoot]

Here's a place to hang out, swap stories, post pics and discuss all things Malkoff. Talk about your collection, what do you have coming, what is your grail?

I'll start out with a few pics of my somewhat eclectic collection.

[aginthelaw]

Gathered these over the last month...
ImageUploadedByCandlepowerforums1567982975.337570.jpg

[thermal guy]

Hey! The front porch.I like that name. Nice

[daffy]

Just ordered my first M61 MD2

Will this light live up to the rep. this forums have given the brand?

Time will tell

[neutralwhite]

I have an M61T and it didn't take long at all, for time to tell just how good it was!.
I am waiting on a V3 219B drop-In from illumn to swap over from the cool white.

Just ordered my first M61 MD2

Will this light live up to the rep. this forums have given the brand?

Time will tell

[thermal guy]

Just ordered my first M61 MD2

Will this light live up to the rep. this forums have given the brand?

Time will tell

You know it is what it is. A tough no nonsense reliable light.Great build quality, Very versatile due to the fact that it takes all of 60 seconds to go from cool to neutral to warm. And outputs from 20-30 lumens or so to well over 5-6 hundred.And then of corse there’s that customer service that literally is the best that I and many others have seen. YA I think you will be happy with it. What Dropin did you get with it?

[Johnnyh]

Hey you guys hanging out on the porch....Just got my MD4 body and 22.3 head that will hold the M91BN when it gets made. Meanwhile, I pulled an M61N out of an Elzetta Bravo that I had it in and want to put it in the 22.3 head to play with it until the 91 arrives. This is OK, voltage-wise, for two 4.2v 18650s? Don’t wanna fry the M61N. Also, the 22.3 head contained a lens and one gasket and I’m assuming the gasket goes in first, between the lens and the head...right?

[peter yetman]

Correct.
P

[calipsoii]

I hesitated on the Illumn N219 MDC 1xAA and now it's out of stock. Regret not purchasing one, but the reviews said it had somewhat obnoxious PWM so I avoided it. Maybe one will show up on the secondary market someday...

[Johnnyh]

Correct.
P

Thanks Peter. The Porch is a great idea! Glad I stopped by!

[thermal guy]

Hey you guys hanging out on the porch....Just got my MD4 body and 22.3 head that will hold the M91BN when it gets made. Meanwhile, I pulled an M61N out of an Elzetta Bravo that I had it in and want to put it in the 22.3 head to play with it until the 91 arrives. This is OK, voltage-wise, for two 4.2v 18650s? Don’t wanna fry the M61N. Also, the 22.3 head contained a lens and one gasket and I’m assuming the gasket goes in first, between the lens and the head...right?

It will run just fine on 2X18650’s. Long runtime as well

[Johnnyh]

It will run just fine on 2X18650’s. Long runtime as well

Great! Charging up a new pair of Keepower I ordered with the light right now. I have a few 18650’s but use them only in single cell lights and always read to only use li-ions in series as matching pairs. Not sure if this holds true with protected batteries but better safe than sorry.

[5001craig]

I hesitated on the Illumn N219 MDC 1xAA and now it's out of stock. Regret not purchasing one, but the reviews said it had somewhat obnoxious PWM so I avoided it. Maybe one will show up on the secondary market someday...

I'm REALLY looking forward to receiving my Illumn 219. I'm not overly affected by PWM (at least I haven't been thus far). I'll report back what I see.

[5001craig]

And let me just say thanks to the Moderators for letting this sub-forum happen. And also for their patience with us (me) Junkies. Thumbs-up!

[daffy]

You know it is what it is. A tough no nonsense reliable light.Great build quality, Very versatile due to the fact that it takes all of 60 seconds to go from cool to neutral to warm. And outputs from 20-30 lumens or so to well over 5-6 hundred.And then of corse there’s that customer service that literally is the best that I and many others have seen. YA I think you will be happy with it. What Dropin did you get with it?

Not sure just ordered from the site as a complete unit, ordered yesterday and shipped today just awesome.
And Gene answered my emails very promptly!!
Off to a gr8 start

[greatscoot]

I've started to read through all the threads in here from the bottom up.

[peter yetman]

Great! Charging up a new pair of Keepower I ordered with the light right now. I have a few 18650’s but use them only in single cell lights and always read to only use li-ions in series as matching pairs. Not sure if this holds true with protected batteries but better safe than sorry.

Mostly, if you order from a good supplier as a pair they will match well enough.
Also protected cells are a lot safer to use in series and the PCB will kick in if one cell discharges quicker than the other.
If you have an analysing chatger you can check whether they match.
P

[Johnnyh]

Here she is...MD4 with the M61N...took it out last night...almost forgot how nice the beam is...Ive become somewhat of a high CRI freak but i'll have to say this one holds it's own. Very pleasurable tint and renders colors well. Hope I don't get too spoiled by the long runtime...might not want to put the M91BN in it...naw...but I might just have to look at another host for this M61N...

[peter yetman]

That looks nice, much as i like the MD2 for its practicality. I always love picking up one of my MD4s just for the feel and balance.
P

[thermal guy]

Here she is...MD4 with the M61N...took it out last night...almost forgot how nice the beam is...Ive become somewhat of a high CRI freak but i'll have to say this one holds it's own. Very pleasurable tint and renders colors well. Hope I don't get too spoiled by the long runtime...might not want to put the M91BN in it...naw...but I might just have to look at another host for this M61N...

Well you will get 2 hours of run with that MD4 and a couple of 18650’s. Forgot about running it off of 3 or 4 primaries. Ouch! .

[Johnnyh]

Yes, it feels ( and is) very substantial in hand...it’s the biggest light I own by far...not so easy to EDC but a fantastic light to keep by the door and around the house or walking at night.

[Johnnyh]

Well you will get 2 hours of run with that MD4 and a couple of 18650’s. Forgot about running it off of 3 or 4 primaries. Ouch! .

2 hours...I figured I’d be getting more out of the M61N but that’s just me guessing...or do you mean when it gets the M91BN?
I’ve got a bunch of CR123’s I got on sale but I wont burn through them with this...I save those as reserves for the HDS and the SHTF situation. God forbid...

[RWT1405]

OK thermal guy, I've got a cigar lit and a second one here ready for ya.

The moonshine is out too!

Pull up a chair.

[greatscoot]

Yes, it feels ( and is) very substantial in hand...it’s the biggest light I own by far...not so easy to EDC but a fantastic light to keep by the door and around the house or walking at night.

I may have to get an MD4 now, I was going to go with an MD3, but that looks really nice.

[thermal guy]

2 hours...I figured I’d be getting more out of the M61N but that’s just me guessing...or do you mean when it gets the M91BN?
I’ve got a bunch of CR123’s I got on sale but I wont burn through them with this...I save those as reserves for the HDS and the SHTF situation. God forbid...

Ya off of the 91. Hell with that rig and a m61N she will run quite a bit longer then that. 5-6 hours before it dims.

[thermal guy]

OK thermal guy, I've got a cigar lit and a second one here ready for ya.

The moonshine is out too!

Pull up a chair.

Well I’m more partial to a nice big jack and coke but........

[CREEXHP70LED]

Thermal your sig pic is blurry, what happened there? LOL

Have I been drinking myself?

[Cerealand]

It used to show his HDS collections.

[CREEXHP70LED]

It used to show his HDS collections.

Yes I saw it before, just wondering why it's tripping now. LOL

[greatscoot]

Ya off of the 91. Hell with that rig and a m61N she will run quite a bit longer then that. 5-6 hours before it dims.

Imagine MD4 run time with an LL or LLL.