Information posted in the German forum indicates that the first batch went to the Far Eastern market, and there is a few days delay with releasing the second batch, to fix unspecified issue.
I think that the first reviews will appear in Chinese forums.
BTW, I have quietly been following this thread and read with amusement all the dis’ing going on about this light because it won’t run on its maximum brightness for an indefinite amount of time. All I can say is
SO WHAT!
In my opinion it is completely unreasonable to expect otherwise.
Who here has a car that is capable of running full throttle for an extended amount of time.
Who here would need it too if it could. Nice to have it though……
I don’t think people are dis’ing it. Just wondering what the performance will really be like. 32,000 lumens will produce an incredible amount of heat. I’m curious how they’re going to deal with that.
Yes, even 32,000 lumens for 10 seconds will look very impressive. Use it in a house, and it will make any room look uncomfortably bright.
It is not dissing from my part.
Anxiously awaiting real use reports.
And well yeah I think most car buyers would not get a car if it was known that after 2 minutes at 150mph the engine would throttle itself down to 30mph.
Despite most never will drive it at 150mph. It is kind of logical to want a lot of lumens for as long as possible right? (A click for lumens is something else then racing at 150mph )
Specs are amazing. 7000 lumens continuously. Even if it turns out to be only 5000 lumens continuously, I’d be happy. Now we wait again for test results…
Thermal roof is set at only 50 degrees C, which is fairly low compared to what some other companies do. It’s possible that Imalent uses a huge fan aimed at the vent slots of the light for cooling. Combined with the passive internal cooling fins with a huge amount of surface, I’d say the figures are possible. Now one can argue that this kind of testing does not comply with ANSI. But then again, a lot of lights Imalent released (at least recently) don’t comply with ANSI output rating anyway…