Acebeam X70 - 40000 lm - 8*18650 - Active fan cooling

I paid $216.95 with code for DX80 only!

I just recieved information that the light may be released in the next 2 months. This is my response to a question about preorder.
“Hi, Mr Patrick, X70 is currently in the process of being improved and could go on sale after at least two months. I suggest you try our new X80 series like X80-GT”

2 more months? Bummer. I thought it was ready to go any day now.

Some of those new X80 versions are crazy. Who needs all that massive UV light?

I guess you can use it for disinfection/sterilization over a large area. Kill bed bugs maybe?

wow still, i think they try to improve the battery or performance of the light then now that the x9r is out then relate to the runtimes on that and that their light will do almost 15000 more lumens so they better do a good runtime because who wants a light for that price if its not even 1 hourmax?

2 months… I think that’s wishful thinking… they are obviously struggling with the fans… Eg… just like the X9R they eventually ditched the fan…

Yes, but it’s also the most likely explanation. Especially considering the fans are the most complicated part to get working reliably.

My next most likely guess would be due to the high output. 40k lumen is a lot of power. The DX80 had to go through several revisions.

On another note…

Last week he told me Acebeam will no longer be making upgrades to the X65. They are instead concentrating their efforts on the X70.

My EC50 Gen II is one of my favorite lights. Been using it often over the last year. UI is great, build quality very good. Considerably better than the average chinese flashlight. Also have the EC35 which is very good too.

What upgrades did they make for the X65?

While comparing a friends older X65 to ours (from the latest run), we noticed some differences. This sparked an interest to see what other changes
were made that weren’t easily visible. This list was complied from a series of emails over a period of 2-3 weeks with both Acebeam and my dealer.

- Battery indicator light was moved from the switch to a stand alone indicator light forward of the switch.

- Improved switch. Earlier switches were soft with little feedback. The latest switches are firm and positive.

- Updated reflector design for improved beam quality and less artifacts.

- Updated battery pack. The newest battery packs have been improved for better performance.

- The screws inside the head used to be Phillips. They are now Tamper-pruf screws.

- Improved UI. The double click timing to access Turbo and Turbo Max has been updated.

- Improved tailcap to ensure the lanyard ring rotates freely after a drop or impact.

- Improved centering ring to ensure the LED’s are perfectly centered at the factory.

- Improved anodizing.

Nice thanks for the useful summary! Seems pretty significant.

And how can we know if a X65 is one of the new or from older deliveries? Can we ask for the Serial number?But which is the first S/N of the new deliveries?

It didn’t happen all at once, but instead was a series of small changes and upgrades over the course of its production.

I asked that question and the answer was to simply ask the dealer if their supply is recent from Acebeam.

I think its more struggling how get decent battery life from 8 x 18650 batteries thats gonna power 40k lumens and 3 fans also… thats the problem i think. Not the fans alone why would those be a problem ?

The fans need to be water proof, rust proof, dust proof, etc… for 5 years (that’s Acebeam’s usual warranty period). Maybe in their testing the fans can’t last more than a couple years.

We saw where Olight designed the X9 fan to be in a removable cartridge for easy cleaning and replacement.

Maybe Acebeam is having issues with that? Who knows. :slight_smile:

If you think about how many electronics are using fans I’m wondering if that’s really a problem.

Really? Name one electronic device using fans that also goes under water?

That sounds ominous. I hope they are not giving up on the fan cooling like Olight did.

Hopefully they get it all resolved! I have my wallet ready!