imaplent dt70 and dt35, why no one mention anything here

True. I like Thrunite very much, but they are currently not offering the type of lights like the DT70 or DT35. Nitecore does, however they are abusing their position as an established brand and charge $400 for the TM28ā€¦ Totally ugh that is. The Imalents have USB charging and oled display, which I like very muchā€¦ So they do have my attentionā€¦a lotā€¦

Yep Iā€™m much the same, like the look of the imalent dt70, but not at the price it is.
ive got the first version of the imalent ddt40 had it since it first came out, use it most days and itā€™s pretty much my go to light, well thought out and very well constructed and with in torch charging that works, hopefully the dt70 will be as good or better, just waiting for a review or two to come out before I consider it.
Made that mistake of not waiting for the reviews before I bought the DN11, good torch but the touch button doesnā€™t work as well as it does on the ddt40,especially with gloves,but still good value for the price I paid

And I certainly havenā€™t forgotten the HR20 drama: a lot of samples with flickering issues, and things falling apart. Terrible wiring and build qualityā€¦ You just donā€™t know what to getā€¦

O yes, Iā€™d forgotten about the HR20 - donā€™t know how, I bought 3 of them -
Was expecting good things after my experience with the ddt40, but they were a bit of a let down, to say the least.
I know we were pre warned they were new and untested, but even so.
Hopefully imalent will redeem themselves with these latest models, as they can make quality stuff with inovative features

Never understood that statement. All groupbuys of new lights involve new lights we donā€™t know how itā€™s going to performā€¦ Or was it a special batch or something? I thought it was the actual production version but I could be wrongā€¦

With the discount the price drop alot!

I cannot disagree with quality of thrunite, in my opinion is the most top brand but the output of dt35 is stunning :smiley:

That quality issue affects other light of imalent?

Certainly not all, from my limited experience of owning 5, as I said my imalent ddt40 is a great light, Iā€™ve got probably 150 lights from various manufacturers and that is one of my most used lights, Iā€™ve bashed it, dropped it used it underground, had it caked in mud and water and itā€™s carried on working perfectly, would have no hesitation in recommending it, even the holster was very well made.
The DN11 was ok quality wise,but the touch button could have been better as itā€™s very hit and miss, especially with gloves on.
The 3 imalent hr20 though, I was really disappointed with, as hIKARInoob said, they had problems bad wiring, bits falling of etc etc, they didnā€™t even get USB correctly printed, and for me the worst bit was they were ment to be ipx8 rated, mine were no more waterproof than the titanic was unsinkable.
Whatā€™s the point of a headtorch that you canā€™t use outside in the rain.
It probably wonā€™t put me off buying more imalent stuff, - Iā€™m looking at getting the dt70 - but Iā€™ll be sure to wait until there are a good few reviews on here before I buy in future

MASSIVE review of the Imalent DT70
a load of pics, beamshots and teardown!

LEDs have domes cut off.

yes

i think first manufacturer to shave LEDs ;)

I really want to see how dt35 performs, the dt70 seems great, but I think that not so useful because the small amount of mass and cooling fins :frowning:

Donā€™t know why they need to shave their leGsā€¦ā€¦ā€¦ maybe they look sexier with more aerodynamics in use? :stuck_out_tongue: :person_facepalming:

Curious about the lumen output on turbo; on the pictures the output doesnĀ“t seem in the 16000 lumen range!! :cry: ā€¦

A german reviewer rated it at 13000 lumens. Not bad at all. I just wish they would stop overrating their lumens

There is a new video on the DT70 from WeAllJuggleKnives. It seems to be hard to find at the moment. It was a good review, but did not get too technical. IDK, maybe Imalent told him to not publish it yet, so he took it down? Iā€™ll post a link if I can find it again.

Lumen is quite difficult to measure, unlike lux.

It seems weā€™ve had our first malfunctioning DN70 light.

Maybe someone here can give him some ideas to try and fix the issue.

I hope itā€™s a simple fix and not a defect, because I want to buy one. :slight_smile:

Yeah I just saw this one too. Iā€™m afraid I have to avoid all these new Imalent lights; there are too many negatives alreadyā€¦

Here is his response:

ā€œWeAllJuggleKnives

I had to re-edit it because I misquoted one of the stats, but donā€™t worry I am going to repost the review as soon as Banggood gets more of them available (theyā€™re currently sold out, so I figure I should just wait until they have some available).ā€