Astrolux MF09

Hi guys, just wanted to share my (lazy, after-work) first impressions and photos of the light.

This is my first “soda can” style flashlight, and honestly, I thought this format would be way too big and impractical. It turns out it’s far more manageable than I ever expected. I have medium to slightly-towards-large hands, and it fits really well in hand.

The light feels solid and well built. My only minor nitpick would be the free-spinning metal button. Once you press it down slightly before clicking, it works fine – but if anyone has a solution for getting it to sit more securely with the rubber button underneath, PLEASE DO SHARE ! ! !

The photos at the end are taken on Turbo. The second-to-last shot is on MAX ramp, and the last one is on MIN ramp. I do wish it could ramp seamlessly from moonlight to ramp and then all the way up through the higher modes. Anduril would have been nice too — not essential, but a cool addition.

That said, realistically, this probably won’t see much use in the 50–150 lm range anyway, and the minimum ramp isn’t excessively high.

Tint doesn't appear that much green to me, dare I say.. pleasant? It's not the typical 6500K eye sore blue cold white, it's seems like a neutral SBT90.2 at 5700K, dunno.

The built-in fans (RGB lights is a nice touch even if I'm generally not a fan of it) are a great addition for heat dissipation, maintaining around 8,000 lumens for nearly 10 minutes — which is pretty crazy.

I’ll link a video in the comments that briefly showcases the light’s performance at short to mid range.