Mule flashlights vs reflector flashlights (By user request)

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.

[@tomallo99]

1:11 Ahh yes, my favorite, the evil mule 🫏

[@MrSadlerd3]

Good stuff! Thanks for the demonstration!

[@gmorel1916]

Been thinking about picking up a Hank mule as a house/power outage light and this sold me on doing so 👍🏻

[@floyd2386]

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.

[@matthewweinberger7023]

zhu's hybrid mule optics is what youre thinking of, you can also 3d print them

[@floyd2386]

@@matthewweinberger7023 My Prometheus Beta Magnetic also uses one. It seems like a no brainer to me.

[@TheMagicalSock]

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.

[@ZionismFailure]

Is mule an ultimate flooder? Can anything else make a flashlight more floody?

[@DinnerForkTongue]

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.

[@TITANCRONUS]

What’s the leds inside both of them? And what is the color temp please?

[@TITANCRONUS]

Still waiting for your reply?

[@TITANCRONUS]

Can please answer me?

[@geeeeeeeezzzzzzzzzz]

If the mule was de-domed would it then have some sort of central brightness? I imagine a square beam?

[@cheule]

It would be just as floody, because there’s nothing to focus the beam.

[@Hi-how-are-you-today.]

@@cheulecan you review the sk-68 flashlight?