I will ask, out of curiosity, what is wrong with the imalent? I’ve never had any lamps from this producer, that’s why I’m even more interested.
The minor thing was that the supplied charger will fail. Every one of them whether black tip or yellow tip. You will need to purchase a laptop charger from eBay or Amazon to replace it. The major thing was that my DX80, after a couple of uses, and me treating it well as a shelf queen (no abuse; not even drop or bump against any object; even the lens was smudge-free) it ceased to turn on. The battery pack was fully charged because I swapped it out with another DX80 (I used to be a big Imalent fan; even to the point of going on YouTube and liking every Imalent review video) and it was not the battery pack nor connection. It was obviously the electronics in the head. This is not anything I could do to fix it. I venture that even a seasoned modder would have a time figuring out after getting the head open due to the electronics.
Long story short: I got an RMA from Shellen at Imalent and carefully boxed it up and shipped it with a local Chinese courier (located on Valley Blvd. and Del Mar Ave. in San Gabriel Valley, California), that my wife and I have used multiple times without fail (I am Chinese myself). Imalent claims to NEVER have received my RMA package.
$300 lost. Imalent? No more Imalent for me. Anything resembling an Imalent (electronic click instead of a depressed button) is out for me too. I lost well over $300 for nothing. “Thanks” to Imalent.
After such experiences, I am not surprised. I would be very disappointed myself. On the basis of various opinions, I have removed a few companies from the shopping list. Such a forum is a treasure.
wow excellent review! must be the best one i seen in a long time here and very nice photos also wow!
Wow! A really useful & detailed review with lots of useful information & visuals. Hope you get the opportunity to review other upcoming flashlights too.
I have the Rofis MR70 since a month. Very happy with it. I use it while biking at night. The UI is great. I use the triple-click strobe occasionally for a couple of seconds too. So much brighter than a car headlight even!
The Lumintop ODF30 is similar. The cheaper cousin. It is priced well if compared to its more premium & feature rich cousin.
I note that the thermal/timed output runtimes of both are quite similar at Turbo & High.
I love this picture heavy review. Actually, flashlight review should be picture base. The picture with test images gives the clear idea about that flashlight. Lumintop has produced some quality tactical flashlights http://totalguide.org/best-tactical-flashlight. The 3500 lumens means higher brightness. I am thinking to get this one.
Very nice review Lock. :+1:
Can you explain how you measured the lumens?
I have a JoshK sphere and all my lumen measurements were about 13% less than rated.
Also, have you tried to look at the driver or switch? They seem to be glued.
Yes, I have some doubts here as well.
I recently got hold of the Rofis MR70 and the brightness factor doesn’t seem to be much different considering the near total flood the beam throws out.
The Lumintop ODF30 seems to be more brighter in the centre due to formation of a hot spot making the beam a bit throwier but sacrificing some useful floodiness… most perceptible at its high & mod nodes, rather than turbo.
Waow! Great review and great photography in the wild.
Right now i’m in the Mercantour parc on the other side of the Alps.
It must have been cold!?
I like this light a lot, although it seems to be very very floody - almost pure flood?
Could you show a white wall beamshot?
Thanks again! :+1:
PS; i found a coupon here: GearBEST's Sale . Rovyvon A5 $15.99 . Convoy S21 $15.99 (expired right now…)
Since my last post I recieved my TA Lumen tube and TA recieved some measured lights from Maukka (he has a professional integrating sphere with calibrated reference lights). So we should use a 0.68 correction factor on these tubes.
I measured my ODF30 a bit earlier using a 0.7 correction factor, but that’s still very close.
Brightness levels are roughly:
Turbo 3150
High 1500
Med 500
Low 140
Eco 5
What I’m most interested in is the turbo run time before it starts to ramp down. I got about a 1m 37s before it starts to ramp down. It’s pretty hot to hold at this point. So I’m not really sure how lock is getting two and a half minutes. Maybe yours just getting a lot hotter than mine before stepping down?
Maybe it’s battery related? I see that the black KeepPower 5200mah has quite a bit more voltage sag than the Liitokala 5000mah cyan that I’m measuring with. Maybe this increased voltage sag means it’s delivering less amperage to the emitter so it heats up a little slower?
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I just received an ODF30. Really compact light! It’s somehow like a mini Convoy L6.
I still have to take it out for a night walk… but with summer solstice approaching night is coming quite late these days.
I wish it would be a more neutral white though.
anybody else problems with mode switching?
Mine sometimes hangs.. so it doesn't change modes.. I push the button and nothing happens, and after 2 or more clicks it changes modes.
Is the switch lined up with the rubber button? Does it click every time?
If so, maybe the switch is not making good contact internally?
Some of Lumintops GT Minis have this switch problem. They might be using the exact same switch for both models.
Yes, one of mine, seems to be a common problem with that light.
I just checked my faulty one and it clicked but did not turn on. Is there a better switch that you know of? Is does other weird things such as going on turbo when turning on and then not switching out of modes etc. Seems like its a combination of things, maybe switch and driver? I want to put a NW 70.2 in there so maybe I could swap the driver if I can figure it all out.
Oh boy... That is really annoying... good to know that I'm not alone. They asked me to send it back, but that would cost me $30 for registered post... not going to do that. Also, the parts are glued, so I can't even reach the driver (plus switch)
It 'clicks' every time, it just doesn't change modes.
I took off the rubber switch button and used a piece of plastic to change modes, and after about 20 clicks it hasn't skipped a mode... so hmmm maybe something going on with the rubber boot
I have the ODF30C and still the same problems. I not sure if taking off the rubber button is going to work long term as mine still clicks when it is stubborn but still won't turn on or off or switch modes when it is playing up.
Thought everything was glued as I can't even separate the tube from the head, let alone the bezel.
Exactly. The battery tube is impossible to remove from the head..
So klrman you are saying that the ODF30C has the exact same problem?
I am able to remove the bezel though
Yes, it has been written about before, exactly same problem. Seems Lumintop carried over the same switch.
Have to try the bezel again tonight thanks, and then maybe heat the tube a little as well. Hope I don't over heat it and mess up
the driver.
You need a vice with padding to hold the battery tube. A heat gun to warm up the glue and a rubber strap wrench to get some good leverage on the head to twist it loose.
Sorry about the auto-corrected response earlier. I fixed it.