At least we know the flashlight can do 16000 ANSI lumen for 1hour and 30minutes, as the specifications say. Only when heated (50Celsius) the flashlight will drop to 1800lm output.
The second mode at 8000lm will work nicely for 2hours as it is rated.
This product sure is impressive, must output around 20Klm bulb lumens to be able to do 16Klm ANSI (which must measured at
least after 30seconds out the front). And it will not get hot in 30seconds to able able to get the 16Klm ANSI rating.
I’m more interested in the DN70. They claim 3800 lumens with one 26650. We’ve had a few 3000, 2500, 3200 lumens claims and they all fell short. Some much shorter than others. http://www.imalent.com/Item/Show.asp?m=2&d=198 Something tells me at 115 grams it’s going to over heat quickly on turbo. It’s low-20, medium-300 and high-2500 are getting the most usage. Banggood has them all it now.
This is getting ridiculous, over 10k lumens in the palm of your hand. We need a licence to carry these soon given the insta-flash risk to iris damage. The ministry of flashlight safety association(MFSA) will soon make an announcement regarding the application form at BLF . All current BLF members will be given an automatic exemption of course.
Are wonder if these are real switches or “tactile”, the later would be a deal breaker considering Imalent history of malfunctionning “tactile” switches
Interestingly the DN35 claims 2200 ANSI lumens on turbo, could this be the first driver to really push the XHP-35 HI with 1x26650 ? that would be beyond 10A at the tail with a fresh cell.
Is there any group buy/code in the works for the DN35 ?
Cree numbers are very conservative and usually rated at where the emitter still achieves a decent lm/watts while managing the heat, with proper heat sinking the XHP35 HI can do up to 2,500lm.