Thread: All things Maxtoch..

None at present..

Consignment arriving today - will have a heap of mounts etc away asap...

20 new HO1Rs there.

Went for a walk on the weekend, 2hrs in the dark in the morning, Ho1R on 3, couple hrs in the dark coming back, an hr on 3 then gave it full power for the next hr to the truck. Best walking light I've used, tons of life, plenty of power, great colour on the ground. Carted along the M1 Archer too, outstanding wee light, it really is a pocket rocket of a thing!

No data at all on new LR lamp - it is in QC testing evidently!!!

Yes that little HO1R is a wee cracker of a headlamp. Very reliable little unit

Went into an outdoors shop last week and took couple of Maxtochs and a lux meter to compare them with shop's Led Lensers....

Couldn't do proper lux test as distance too short and it was daytime, but could still compare outputs of the lights on wall at about 5 meters. Shopkeeper had a brand new Led Lenser P.7.2 - same size as the little M1 Archer - so we compared them!! Only relevant point with the numbers is the comparative performance...

On my meter the Led Lenser P 7.2 on turbo boost mode read 70. The M1 Archer read 220. And the 2X read 600!! Wee Archer more than triple the output, plus five times the lumens or amount of light. And the 2X was 860% more . This is the difference between older 2010 type tech and new special performance hunter lights. We then tested 2X on low beam - 80! More than the Led Lenser's 70 on high. This is what real hunter lights can do...

A quick thought ... one of the most popular Maxtochs is the little HO1R headlamp, but Maxtoch advise they may take this one out of production as they don't make much from them. This would be a shame as this is an excellent wee lamp and the most reliable of all the Maxtochs - just one failed in 5-6 years.

If you are thinking of an HO1R, good idea to grab one now as this present batch I have may be the last. Note Maxtoch are keeping some at factory to cover warranty replacement. Grabbed a couple now myself..

No news on new LR lamp - still in QC ? Fair enough - if it has a glitch it needs to be well and truly ironed out before it gets here!!

Originally Posted by mudgripz

A quick thought ... one of the most popular Maxtochs is the little HO1R headlamp, but Maxtoch advise they may take this one out of production as they don't make much from them. This would be a shame as this is an excellent wee lamp and the most reliable of all the Maxtochs - just one failed in 5-6 years.

If you are thinking of an HO1R, good idea to grab one now as this present batch I have may be the last. Note Maxtoch are keeping some at factory to cover warranty replacement. Grabbed a couple now myself..

No news on new LR lamp - still in QC ? Fair enough - if it has a glitch it needs to be well and truly ironed out before it gets here!!

Had a H01R for several years now. Only issue was a month or so ago in Borneo one of the two I had let water into it. All that happened was the red light wouldn't turn off while the water was in it. Opened it up and dried as best I could in the jungle and put some baby oil on the o-rings (I think they were a bit dry and not sealing adequately hence the leak). All good to go after that.
Be a shame for them to stop making them.

@mudgripz I am keen to order a Archer so that I have something smaller than the M24. Should I get the Archer M1 or Archer M2?

Originally Posted by mudgripz

There is an M2 available but not for hunters. Detuned some with fancy switch modes... M1 is for us.

Here you go @noboots

Get the M1 id say

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Thanks. I will get ordering.

Yeah the M1 is the shizzle for a single battery torch

Just got back from 4 days down south. M1 Archer is a little ripper. So bloody handy being so compact, don’t notice at all hanging ya belt.
Perfect torch mountable light, need to dull down barrel and suppressor as was getting bad glare though. A lot of lads very impressed!!

That's great Scott - sit the light well back from scope bell and you should have no glare issue. We don't get this problem.

If suppressor is gloss, wrap a wee bit of matt camo tape around it. Easy to solve - as you've probably found

Gadgetman has sent me one of these to try torches to try. I had it out last night and I was on the phone to my uncle. His house is half a K away from mine and I was waving it around. He was very impressed as was I.

We will buy some.

Have the M1 Archer. For its size a bloody good torch. Just not sure if I can justify/have the need for the bigger one/s.


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