To 10k LM and beyond: Acebeam X65 & X60M review

Manufacturers have done it. That’s just a cost of launching a new light, and giving away lights for lots of publicity from a good review by a respected reviewer to a targeted audience is smart business and much better returns than buying traditional Internet advertising. Dealers, not so much, which makes sense.

I think a thorough and quality review, like yours on the two largest flashlight forums, may generate quite a bit more than $500 of profit in extra sales for Acebeam, but perhaps not for the finnish dealer alone.

Thanks for another great review, of an impressive flashlight.

maukka, see that 55cd per lumen constant?

Thank you for a fantastic review. Well done!

Thank you for the review, I always liked the X65, would have bought one in a heartbeat but I totally refuse a proprietary battery pack that I cannot select the 18650’s I want to use. :expressionless:

I notice 2 holes in the front of the X65 battery pack, is that a threaded ring? Can you access the battery compartment of the X65? Maybe there is hope after all… :wink:

I don’t have the X65 anymore as it was a loaner, but maybe someone can answer.

I am using unprotected button top in my acebeam x60. Its modded with xml2 PDT dedome. I got it for $200 excellent condition. 18650 are very tight fit… will the spring ok in the long term?? Thanks

As a “someone”, I can try… :slight_smile:

The pack is glued, but can be opened by any experienced modder. At least the battery pack of the first ones produced did contain 8 x NCRB, tightly wrapped, welded and glued together with some boards. Not easy to disassemble / swap cells, but the original cells are good (and in my sample they were even properly matched).

Thank you so much for the reply the :beer:

NCR18650B? Ok, so how many amps are going through each cell? Anyone knows?

Runtime at turbo is a little bit more than an hour… So a wild guess would be a little bit less than 1C.

Not ideal for an NCR-B, would love to see a GA pack instead.

Not an expert. I think 4.6 to 5 amps.

Yes but here’s the thing. You’re looking at the turbo output of 6000 lumens with a runtime a bit over an hour right? That’s how you get the a bit less than 1C rate. But turbo max is about double the light output. This means discharge rate is closer to about 2C, 6 or 7 amps? NCR18650B is rated at 5A or not?

Hi Maukka.
Do you know if they have fixed the following?

- Difficult to access max output (to be fixed)

  • Switch could have a more precise feel to it

Very nice review, once again. And once again, I WANT! :stuck_out_tongue:

Edit: Oops! Looked up the MSRP, No Can Do! :confounded: This reminds me why I build my own 12,000 lumen lights. :stuck_out_tongue:

I have one of those x60vn in XML2 dedome… I have no problem using turbo mode… I think acebeam fixed that in 2016.

Acebeam is one of those lights that you put on the wishlist and stays on the wishlist. for me anyway :smiley:

Yes, it is true. Unless I do not hit jackpot lottery.

Hey Maukka, now that you have a better sphere to measure lumens, have you ran the X65 to see if your lumen measurements were accurate?

Is it still 10,500 lm at 30 seconds?

The X65 was just a loaner so I don’t have access to it anymore.