Olight charges a lot. Their X7R 12,000 lumen light has a list price of $279 compared to Astrolux’s MF-01 12,000 lumen light that has a $110 list price.
They claim to be a higher end brand. Same for Acebeam, Nitecore, Fenix and others.
Acebeams big 12,000 lumen searchlight, the X65, is listed at $574.
I think the early Olight X9 was going to be about $600 to $700 back when it was first introduced.
I don’t think Astrolux is targeting Olight’s X9. They can easily beat their higher prices.
The MF03 is probably targeting the Imalent DX80 since both are not fan cooled.
Then their MF05 can compete against the Acebeam X70. I’m sure they can beat it’s price, but the X70 might release soon, so they are a ways behind. This might be why they released info on it way before they have any real designs.
Don’t forget that we bought MF-01 with a coupon at a low enough price,while Olight does not permit this policy.The same as the other first rate companies.So,Astrolux is going to be a must for us in a budget.
He said they have scrapped the idea of using a fan. It’s just a regular finned style light now. They added some fancy electronics that show the brightness and battery level through the use of leds on either side of the button.
One thing about Olight is that all their lights have a 5 year warranty, so obviously a lot of money and effort has gone into QC. Does that warrant their hefty price tags? I guess that depends a lot on the intended use - for emergency services, military etc., having a tool that will work when it’s most needed can make the difference between life and death.
Great list. Surprised that there are already a couple of lights with active cooling. I knew about the luxrc FBI light. But the others where new. Too bad olight dropped the fan on there x9 model.
Is there any more information available about the ms2010 light?
I’m working on a design that uses active cooling. It brings a lot of challenges, especially if you want it to keep it compact.
No, it’s an old model that used to be sold on Aliexpress, but it’s long gone now.
(Are you trolling me again? I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt)
No, active cooling is still superior to passive. That should be obvious. Olight had other reasons for scraping it. It’s very complicated for one thing, plus with their 5 year warranty they probably realized that if they had to replace that fan more than once or twice they would lose more money than they wanted. Reliability is much higher without it. That would be my main guess for why they dropped it.
Expensive @ $600. However, on Battery Junction and PowerTac’s own site, High is listed as 10,500 lumens for 1.7Hrs! I suppose there’s still some sort of stepdown, as I’d think that even with a fan it would be hard to keep cool enough on a 90F+ summer night. As some have mentioned before, the primary customers of this light would most likely be SAR teams. PowerTac X10000