The Malkoff M61!

Hey Gene speedy recovery from all us folks on CPF forum. As a side note I just received my Malkoff MD2 from One Source Tactical, complete with with batteries. Neat flashlight.

Best wishes to Gene for a speedy recovery!


I was able to land a M61 from another member and I am glad that the beam profile is very similar to my Haiku XP-G. Very versatile in close to medium range uses.
As someone else pointed out, you don't get that tunnel vision effect when using this light. No 'follow the bouncing ball' effect either. Just good illumination from beam edge to beam edge. The XP-G in Don's reflector is the most useful beam profile I have seen since joining this board.

Output on high with primaries is very bright. If my Haiku comes in around 185 lumens, then I would GUESS that the M61 is pushing Gene's advertised 260ish at the very least. Ceiling bounce shows me that the M61 is easily the brighter of the two lights. I cannot discern a difference in output with an AW 18650 2600 vs. primaries on high. On LOW, using the two-stage ring, the 18650 definitely has the lower output. I would say 5-10 lumens on low vs. 20ish with primaries.

As for tint, my example is white at full output. When using the two-stage ring, the tint goes grey/green. Color shift is something I expect for a resitored low level (as opposed to PWM to control output) so it is not something that I would consider to be an issue. Personally, if a beam has to have a tint associated with it, I would pick pink/purple as the least obtrusive to my perception. Green, while not as aesthetically nice as vanilla/cream is still MUCH preffered over blue.

Again, no tint on HIGH, but a color shift on LOW with the two-stage ring.

Maybe I'll head down to the beach tonight to see how it does there.

Best wishes for a speedy recovery Gene.

Alberta-Blue :cool:

Get well soon Gene!!! :thumbsup:

Those appendectomies can be very tiring and draining, my good buddy had to have his removed last year after a few days of being very ill.

Gene, get well soon my friend ! :)

Get well soon Gene, I NEED to buy MANY more of your wonderful toys, I mean devices!

My .02 FWIW YMMV

Best Wishes for a speedy recovery, Gene!

Gene, get well soon and God bless.

Regarding the MD2 from One Source Tactical....just had mine delivered and all I can say is wow! This was a hell of deal to say the least. MD2 with M61 for $93 shipped. Soon as I get the Malkoff pocket clip I'll be set. Construction on the MD2 is quite impressive to say the least.

Well I got a package delivered from One Source Tactical just now. Opened it up and found that I indeed got a screaming deal on a Black MD2 light with the NEW M61 dropin. All for $93.49 delivered. :D

I also installed the pocket clip I ordered from Malkoff. Now I just need it to get dark!

737mech said:

Well I got a package delivered from One Source Tactical just now. Opened it up and found that I indeed got a screaming deal on a Black MD2 light with the NEW M61 dropin. All for $93.49 delivered. :D

I also installed the pocket clip I ordered from Malkoff. Now I just need it to get dark!

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That is a good deal. Just got my M61 and have been testing it. Wonderful beam. Excellent cross between an M60 and M60 flood.

So I was observing that the brightness appears to be the same whether on one 18650 with a full charge or 2XRCR123 rechargeables. However on low of course with the 2 mode switch, its much brighter using 2XRCR123's than the 1X18650. Much more comparable in overall brightness on low to the M60 on low with 2XRCR123s. A video will be in the making.

Woods Walker said:

Any news when Gene is going to make a M61L cuz I want one for my plastic G2Z.

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would be great if the M61L was optimized for runtime and kept at the same brightness level. what could we expect, 5-6 hours?

Re: The Malkoff M61! (3.4V vs. 3V)

etc said:

If there is ever a M61L or M61LL, then you can use AA cells.

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Not the same thing as an M61; I want mucho lumens.

Re: The Malkoff M61! (3.4V vs. 3V)

Paul_in_Maryland said:

Not the same thing as an M61; I want mucho lumens.

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I was going to agree, but just as there were some uses for the M60L and M60LL, I suppose there could be a use for the M61L, based on the greater efficiency of the new emitter?

Woods Walker said:

Any news when Gene is going to make a M61L cuz I want one for my plastic G2Z.

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I emailed Gene a couple weeks back about this topic. He does plan on offering M61L's. When asked when they'd be available, he said he had no idea but it may be a month or two.

dwminer said:

Hey Gene speedy recovery from all us folks on CPF forum. As a side note I just received my Malkoff MD2 from One Source Tactical, complete with with batteries. Neat flashlight.

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+1 on the speedy recovery.

Hey, what are the dimensions of the MD2? It does not list length or width on the Malkoff web site.

thanks

total lenght =12,9 cm.
diameter head 3,0 cm.
diamer body 2,45 cm.
The mesurement isn't 100% exact, mesured with a ruler.
Its the most compact and pocketfriendly 18650 light i own:twothumbs

+1 on the speedy recovery.
I guess it's safe to assume that M61's won't be available for awhile...months?

Bored, took these with my Blackberry

M60 on Left, M61 on right





M61 on Lt/ M60 on Rt

Thanks for the pics...there isn't anything wrong with that M60 beam. I don't see a straight M60 on the Malkoff website, they all have letters after them.

M60 is sold out and probably gone for good. So will all the M60 variants, probably. M61 is replacing it, for better or for worse (I say better).

Some dealers may have stock of the Malkoff M60, but I dunno.