Best and brightest Search&Rescue LED Flashlight with Max 25000lms

I edited the above post: the Q8 even weighs more than the X80, 404g vs 330g (both without batteries)

I shall put my house on the market soon and live in this lol

Dang. 330 grams is really light weight. The Imalent DDT70 was “accused” of being light weight, and that thing weighs 427 grams… Not too long ago people were complaining that powerful lights stepped down after only 5 minutes or so. Today we’re at the 1 minute mark…
Regarding this 1 minute value and the whole weight thing, I can only imagine that the X80 gets significantly hotter than what’s good for you. Just with the X45 where a temperature close to 100 degrees C was observed, this is one way of obtaining longer time before stepdown.

The XHP50s are under driven so that will create less heat plus they are XHP50.2 so even more efficient at lower amperage. I wonder if 22000 lumens is total output or if that is just for the XHP50s

But the lightweightness hugely adds to the portability of this light. If you are willing to accept that everything above 2000 lumen is a limited time burst option, you do not have to carry around the enormous chunk of aluminium that buys you the extra two minutes on turbo ( and makes your cooldown slower as wel).

Absolutely. There is no such thing as a wrong design here; Acebeam knows what they’re doing, and it’s indeed about choices and knowing what the light is going to do.

Will there be a neutral white version?

12*CREE XHP50.2
damn, Vinh54 has to do some modding to this light :open_mouth:

That does look pretty awesome :+1:

ugh i’m so close to buying another acebeam flashlight, and i’d like for it to have ridiculous lumens like this but…

the RGBUV leds are a total miss i don’t get that at all.

purchasing their lights is obnoxious: they won’t do a group buy. they do list on amazon in US! buuut then they removed the last mega light (X45) from amazon after about 2 weeks. and probably this like is gonna be $500 and at that point…. boy it better be right. this RGBUV stuff needs to go at that price point.

honestly if it is that much (another problem with them - hard to find out how much the damn thing even costs) then i’d pass anyway.

keep it at $250, don’t put any weird useless leds on it, make it bright as hell, and make it where i know how much it is without begging someone to tell me, and easily accessible.

I was wondering how low can GB price for this light. Below $200?

Very cool ~

X80 and arriving soon DX80....hmmmm.....

Agree.

I have a suggestion for Acebeam:

Instead of the RGBUV led array in the center put a single XHP35 thrower in there, (or any single emitter/reflector for dedicated throw). Of course leave the awesome 12x CREE XHP50.2 around it.

And make them work independently or together.

Then you will have the perfect flashlight with the best of both worlds: a wall of light flooder with a built in thrower… and EVERYONE will want one! :wink:

Impressive flashlight! :smiley:

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Like this: :wink:
!http://www.acebeam.com/content/images/thumbs/0054601_x70.jpeg !:X70 Brightest Flashlight|AceBeam® Official Store | Flashlights, Tactical Lights

They have already shown additional versions of this light with just UV LEds in the center and with a high-cri COB LED in the center and red LEDs on the outside.

They need one with all white LEDs,12 on the outside (as is) for high power flood, plus a single LED/reflector XHP35 in the center for high power thrower.
I think that’s what the X70 has (the photo I posted above)

It’s always choose between a flooder or a thrower or settle for a compromise between the two. But it looks like they’re doing it with the X70 :+1:

Acebeam seems to feel their product justifies the exuberant price. I like their line-up, but lower price=more sales=more profit.
I don’t feel Acebeam to be superior to other vendors.

My last experience with Acebeam direct left a “they’re no different than any other Chinese vendor” mindset.
No further comment………