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Good luck with that. Keep in mind this thread is almost 2 years old. Expectations for production are quite low.
With cheap large round proven copper-core generic CPU heat sinks (with fan) being available for several years, I never understood why a flashlight manufacturer didn’t source several to build into high powered flashlights. It would eliminate a huge amount of R&D and greatly reduce the complexity of machine/CNC operations. The net result should be a less expensive light for them to build with much higher profit margins, while still being sold at a reduced price to consumers. Not to mention the light actually being effective at transferring heat efficiently.
I ran it by Acebeam twice with some discussion but it never gained momentum. Maybe Astrolux could pick up the pieces and consider that a viable option.
I actually don’t think it would reduce R&D at all. Heatsinks are a pretty simple concept. The hard part is integrating the parts, figuring out the air flow, sealing the wiring, making it last, making it quiet, getting good performance, keeping the manufacturing costs down to arrive at a certain retail price, etc…
They would almost certainly have to machine their own heat sinks or have them made. You don’t want to design a light to fit around an existing cpu heatsink. That is not logical.
We don’t really know what their stumbling block was. Maybe the reliability was not as good as they wanted or maybe they feel there is not enough market demand for such a light. IDK.
I would be more inclined to buy an expensive light from Astrolux with a fan in it than say Imalent or Acebeam, because all of my Astrolux lights have been bullet proof, and most of my Imalent lights has either caught on fire or stopped working.
How did it catch fire? DX80?
Yeah, DX80, just by picking it up and turning it on.
Interested! Oh baby! Make it better than the Imalents
I sure hope it works! Interested
It seems I am lucky,as all my Imalents,ie DX80,R90C,R90TS,are so far well in their…health. 
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this project is on hold it says so dont hold your breath for now…
Changed my title again because manufacturer surprise us a few prototype images today. Not quite i have in mind but let me see if I am able to help them improve the aesthetic. 
And the images? I think I speak for everyone when I say we want to see those photos of the prototype and we want to see them now please!
Id also like to see the images if you dont mind sharing them. Its nice to see they are jumping back on this project.
Competitors are lurking in BLF. I am only allow to share stuffs when designs are at least 90% completed.
Astrolux maybe comparable to Imalent maybe but definitely nowhere near Acebeam quality and refinement. Acebeam is in a different class in terms of R&D and quality. They are in the same class as Olight, Fenix, and Nitecore.
This upper class system is mostly in peoples minds. Those 4 brands have just as many problems as anyone else. Just because they charge higher prices doesn’t always equate to better quality. The higher prices may simply be due to those companies having more overhead (more offices, employees, advertising, etc…) or having better/longer warranties. They are all still made in China. IDK, maybe they are just a tad better in certain areas, but not that much better. A lot of it is marketing and psychological.
Just my opinion, of course.
I own many Olights and Acebeams and a few Fenix and Nitecore. Their quality is definitely on a different level. Not only is the build quality obviously higher (especially the Olights), everything else in there is far more refined and higher quality control. Just look at the driver efficiency, the Olight Perun can sustain true constant 500 lumens for a whopping 4 hours on a single 18650. No 18650 on the market can match that. That is not to say they are perfect without flaws as that is impossible. Even Apple had all kinds of gates (bend gate, antenna gate, touch gate, battery gate, etc.) and Samsung had exploding Note 7s and Galaxy Fold catastrophic failures. If you just pick up a light like the Olight M2R Pro and play with it, you can see how much more refined it is compared with our typical BLF Emisar, Fireflies, Astrolux, Lumintop, Convoy, Imalent lights. In fact I think Olights’ quality is better than any other brand flashlights in existence whether from China or elsewhere. They are like the Apple of flashlights, highly refined and reliable but doesn’t push cutting edge like Samsung and Huawei.