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$95 on a flashlight and then $50 to have it done with custom cerakote. To be fair, it's a badass flashlight. Consequently, that led to the purchase of a few other flashlights with similar features but much cheaper and without the custom coatings.
See the attached image for more details and feel free to ask me any questions :P
I hope this isn't blatantly obvious, and I have a guess, but which is the expensive one? I really like the lit up buttons
Edit: I feel it is the large one due to the similar textures on the others. Mind explaining a bit what makes the light special? Super bright, fun colors? I enjoy them, I just have never looked into the hobby
The expensive one is the white-ish one all the way on the left! That one is made of titanium (with the exception of the copper head). All the other lights are made of aluminum. Also, the cerakote coating is special because it changes color with heat! At rest it's a dark navy blue, but as it gets warmer it turns into the greyish white you see in the picture :)
The special thing about each of these lights is that they're almost semi-custom made, you get to pick certain things such as the color and material of the body, the actual length of the battery tube for different types of cells, and most specifically the type of LED that gets put inside. They also use an open-source and insanely complicated user interface called Anduril 2.0.
The fancy colors you see the lights putting out in the image are just auxiliary LEDs that look pretty. You can change what color they're producing or even have em do a little light show if you set them to do that.
There's one guy who actually makes them, his name is Hank Wang. You can find his store at intl-outdoor.com. Considering the amount of customization that goes into these lights and the quality of the LEDs themselves, the value of them is actually rather amazing.
In this image you can see how the beams vary in color temperature across these lights.
All of this is super neat, thank you for sharing! I enjoy knowing about them, but I wouldn't have any practical use
Hah! I use my mf01s every night when I go to bed. I turn on candle mode, give it a timer, and drift to sleep. It's an incredibly expensive night light but I love it
I originally came from Olights, I was a big fan of them. I never understood how people could complain about them until I finally had a flashlight with great CRI and tint. Also, the fact that these things use Anduril is incredible. After learning how to use Anduril 2.0, I hardly want to use any other flashlight!
Needless to say, I'm done with Olight. I'm actually looking to sell them away lol