Gotta buy one of these bad boys, hardly bigger than my K40 and put out like 5 times the amount of light. Any deals going on for this light at the moment?
Imagine if it could be used for diving, OMG! Could extend the turbo timer because the water would keep it nice and cool!
Acebeam? Pretty please?
P.S: for the love of God would someone hurry up and organise a GB for this light!!!
After I bought my FF4 about 2 years ago, I found it difficult to find a better alternative, as its brightness and throw was a hard act to follow. Its only drawback, being an HID, was the lack of low lumen modes, very low “mpg” in battery consumption, etc.
Now comes this K60, approaching HID territory but with the good attributes of a led light, among others….I’m sold.
Very creative and thorough review, not to mention those beautiful beamshots. Thank you very much the !
On the other hand, does anyone face the problem of unable to turn on the K60 after inserting the batteries carrier? Because this is what I face with my ex-K50 and I was very unhappy with this issue. Maybe those who have the K50 know what kind of problem I am talking about.
I agree to your review, the K60 is an awesome light, the only thing I would ask AceBeam to fix is to add a small chamfer to the inside wall of the tailcap where you put your thumb to activate the light (Or just remove it completely!), as indicated in the picture (Great pics BTW!)
Nice review,this is the first Acebeam to make me want to part with some cash. Great beamshots and teardown thanks =the=. I was wondering is the led pcb aluminium or copper?
amd comparison beam shots!I still can’t believe how this thing throws a wall lime a skyray but the wall keep on going and going and going,my son and I took his small sun modded with an xhp50 that was impressive than the k40 more impressive and than the x60 which kit up a hill at over 300 meters and the look on the cows faces when the light hit them I don’t know who was more shocked me or the cows lol!
Does anyone know about the Acebeam x25 with the xpl yet?
No, I don't edit the sky. :) It's always good weather in Finland (or then I just happen to shoot during good weather :))
Editing beamshots would be cheating, so I just convert them from NEF to JPEG (all photos of that set with the same settings - of course), crop if necessary, and resize.
Is there a mouseover comparison K40M vs K60 long distance? This is exactly the comparison I’m interested in.
How did you remove the glue?
I have a K60 with defective driver I could probably repair or get a replacement driver for, but failed at the glued screws.
(The defect: it’s direct drive in all modes but low).
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How did you remove the glue? I have a K60 with defective driver I could probably repair or get a replacement driver for, but failed at the glued screws. (The defect: it's direct drive in all modes but low).
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The answer is heat. Hot air (280°C if I remember correctly) applied directly to the glue makes it soft, after which you can press the screwdriver in.
I’m hoping Light-Wolff will stop back into the forum and answer this question. I’m in the market for either the AceBeam K60 or the Noctigon Meteor M43. I want to see how Acebeam handles this situation. I’m already not happy they’ve black-listed this forum due to the GB we’ve had for their lights. I certainly can understand their side of it, but this forum has been purchasing their products and writing some good reviews about their lights. Not to mention brought to their attention the charging issue with the battery carrier (or maybe forced them to fix it) In any event, no good deed seems to go unpunished.
I'd rather not continue this discussion in the review thread, but as it already started..
1. AceBeam has 24month warranty and K60 is a new light, so: Yes, they will either replace the light (their preferred solution, I guess) or send a new driver.
@Light-Wolff: I can help you to fix your light. PM me if interested. :)
Another thing that came to my mind: I saw that kind of behaviour once - caused by magnets used as spacers in a light with magnetic control wheel. Too strong magnetic field mixed up the sensors.. (Solution was to use magnets as spacers only in the other end of the carrier)
2. I have heard rumors about AceBeam black-listing this forum. Did that really happen?
And my 2c about the battery carrier fix: Things tend to happen (very) slowly when dealing with companies from that country / region. Maybe, just maybe, we forced them to fix it too fast and that was one reason for the wrong / incomplete solution?