The term “mule” was coined by custom flashlight granddaddy Don McLeish. It means a flashlight that has no optic at all, and provides a super even beam.
Thanks as always, Cheule. I prefer to use a high quality diffuser, like the ones offered by Spicy3D, with my mule. Helps keep me from blinding myself when I use it as a lamp.
![Acebeam Terminator M1 Ultimate combo flood and throw! [unedited]](/img/1.gif)
1:11 Ahh yes, my favorite, the evil mule 🫏
What’s the leds inside both of them? And what is the color temp please?
Good stuff! Thanks for the demonstration!
Been thinking about picking up a Hank mule as a house/power outage light and this sold me on doing so 👍🏻
Is mule an ultimate flooder? Can anything else make a flashlight more floody?
No. Nothing is floodier than a mule, not even a TIR. Except a fully exposed LED like a Mini M@g-lite in candle mode.
I wonder how much light gets wasted inside of the light and how much a white reflector would help with wasted light without altering the mule beam.
zhu's hybrid mule optics is what youre thinking of, you can also 3d print them
@@matthewweinberger7023 My Prometheus Beta Magnetic also uses one. It seems like a no brainer to me.
Thanks as always, Cheule. I prefer to use a high quality diffuser, like the ones offered by Spicy3D, with my mule. Helps keep me from blinding myself when I use it as a lamp.
If the mule was de-domed would it then have some sort of central brightness? I imagine a square beam?
It would be just as floody, because there’s nothing to focus the beam.
@@cheulecan you review the sk-68 flashlight?