I am with you there AlexGT. No battery packs for me either. Though I can see their appeal. For people who only have one flashlight (or very few) for example, and don’t use them very often. They like to just keep them plugged in, and ready to go at a moments notice. Years can go by, and their battery pack will have seen very few charging cycles.
For you and I. We like to change it up. We use our flashlights much more often, and can use the latest and greatest cells at any time. Say 6 years from now, we can easily pop-in a brand new set.
Just like Arnold Schwarzenegger says: “No problemo” :cowboy_hat_face:
Not sure on this, for me the colour LEDs are a waste as don’t want or need them. Would prefer xhp35HI’s, be them In a reflector or optics (narrow focus). As for battery packs, presuming it’s an 8x18650 light, sometimes carriers are not user friendly . When I use the tk75 with added run time kit(4+4 ), it’s a pita swapping out in day light….never mind in the field. Carriers do have advantages at times, plug in and charge wins for me in this case….subjective I know.
Don’t worry, pure flood with weak throw will underwhelm quickly, unless you dont have any other monster light, those larger XHP50 dies barely got anything to collect them.
And then there’s also the universal law: lumens sell
Vinh’s lights sell, so obviously there is a market for lights with stupid high lumen values. I think Acebeam is doing something interesting by offering lights of this category as a main stream company.
I am sure this flashlight will have it’s driver removed and fit in the 17mm direct drive from RMM/MTN wrapped in kapton tape to make it higher-end, because Vinh light baby.
I meant to say lights with under 25Kcd (guessing 20Kcd?) are underwhelming lights when they produce 25Klm, it is that much more floodier/spreadier/underwhelming for the amount of lumens.
Hey how are you doing man, nice to see you back. :partying_face:
Yeah I know what you mean. You need to have the right environment to benefit such output. Dense forest with super tall trees in a ~10 to 20 meter range will make the light shine. In an open environment you will be blinded by the spill in front of you while a large part of the lumens will be tossed in air making it useless.
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