Acebeam K70 Review and Comparison (500+kcd!). The stock king of throw. I think.

Hey guys. I’ve gotten a lot of great, impressive lights this year…From the Nitecore TM16GT, to the Zebralight SC600w MkIII HI, and the Kronos copper/ss lights- it’s been an awesome year for Wow Lights. This happens to be another jaw dropping entry- that probably quite a few of you already have. Bestlight.io wanted to send me this for a Youtube review and test… and I was happy to oblige. While it’s all in the video, I do have to say- I was a little blown away by the throw being much higher than spec’ed. My first thought, it that I was wrong- but it looks like some other people have gotten similar ratings. Anyway, enjoy the review- and thanks for watching!

My favorite high power light… Find an old lens from an overhead projector, you can light matches with the K70 and a convex lens…

A really nice light and ofcourse review …. I wish i get one some day.

The bazooka jokes were good enough to get me on the floor :smiley: .

:beer:

Now we just need a $50 Convoy alternative :wink:

^This.

Simon please!

It literally looks like a light saber in some of the shots. It’s so cool.

I don’t think anyone calls them that anymore do they? I still like the term. Thanks!

I don’t see why this can’t happen. It NEEDS to happen!

Big reflector… HI emitter… driven hard- it can’t be that hard.

A big Convoy super thrower would probably have to be $90+ realistically (at least K70 sized). Would be pretty dang cool to see though. :slight_smile:

Great job with the review. Entertaining as always. I’ve got a K70 too and it truely is a beast of a light.

Even a $100 would be a good buy for a convoy like this. I always wished Noctigon would have come out with a big thrower too- but I guess that’s just wishful thinking. Thanks!

Hello mhanlen , I’m posting to tell you that IMO , this is a pretty good , informative review :+1:

Another great review mhanlen :+1: , I always enjoy to watch your videos.

Great light great review! As usual.

Thanks guys!

Some months ago , some Chinese shops were selling the K70 for a VERY good price (35/40% off the original price) but unfortunately Acebeam stopped selling flashlights to them…

Nice! I mean… you can get the TM16GT a lot less than this- better if you need a bit more flood. So it’d be nice if it was a bit cheaper. Yeah Acebeam I remember is pretty strong with the MAP.

Great review, my favorite thrower. The thing about the K70 is it throws a lot of light a long way, no wimpy beam.

Nope none, whatsoever. It’s great at what it does.

Nice review, I think your video provides a realistic representation of the output, some other reviews have made it way overexposed for a greater wow-effect.

Would you call Chinese sites reputable? If so there are discount codes available to purchase this light almost 30% off MSRP of $199…

Quite informative, and in terms of filmmaking, probably the best flashlight review I’ve ever seen! That took a lot of time and effort.

Any chance you could post a beam shot at exactly one kilometer? I’ve been out of the loop for awhile, but I’d really like to see a production light that can throw that far…

If anything my videos usually go for underwhelming. The beamshot sections are always the best place in the video to see the most accurate representation of the light. Sometimes I have to tweak the night use shots a bit- and sometimes the light is a bit to bright. I have to balance it for seeing the surrounding area and the beam. Otherwise it looks like a disembodied beam of light moving aimlessly through the darkness. The big thing is though… always set your camera to manual.

Night video basics. Open the aperture as wide as it will go. I use 1.4 lenses mostly. Set you shutter speed to double your frame rate or as fast as your frame rate. I either use 1/24 or 1/48 because I shoot in 24 frames a second. ISO is set to 800 or 1600. That’s as simple as it is.

Unfortunately I don’t have access to that wide open of an area- or it would have made it into the video. Perhaps maybe start a new thread specifically requesting a beamshot at 1km for this light? I would have to expect it to be a long exposure, because FL1 standards don’t really measure up to real world beam distance. Sure a little light may hit it, but barely or not enough to reflect back. For example the 70kcd L6 in this review is rated at 529 meters or 1735 feet. It barely puts much light the camera can see on those trees at 750 feet. I will say, when I was doing those long distance shots, my eyes couldn’t really see much light on those trees either.

It's why I cut the FL1 range in half, it makes 0.25lux into 1lux at that distance which is reasonable to see.