Imalent DX80 32000 lumen monster

Got my DX80 today. I got free DHL express shipping from gearbest, and man it was fast. It shipped on Monday and even with the holiday, I received it yesterday (Friday). I ordered the EU version, but as someone else mentioned on this thread, they included a EU to US adapter in the package with the DX80, so I can still use the EU charger. They apparently saw it was the EU model, but was shipping to US and threw in the adapter. It was just loose in the padded envelope along with the DX80 box. Very cool that gearbest is doing that.

I haven’t had a chance to play with it yet, been out in all the black friday fun. I should have some time to finally check it out this weekend.

I’m curious why you would order EU version if your in the US.

It wasn’t $379! The best coupon/deal was on the EU version from Gearbest, and I had read in this and other forums that people had been receiving the US converter with the EU version from Gearbest. Banggood had a pretty good price for VIP4 members last week, but they don’t even offer the different versions. They just say in the description that they will include the appropriate charger for your country. I wonder if they are doing the same thing as Gearbest and just including the appropriate converter plug for your country. Plus, from following this thread, I knew that even without the converter plug, lots of people had been using laptop chargers when the first batch of US chargers had melted. And I have several old laptop chargers that are the exact voltage/amperage required by the DX80. So I knew no matter what, I would have something to charge it with. But mainly, I’m cheap! I NEVER PAY FULL PRICE. :money_mouth_face:

BG offers the converter plug for the EU deliveries.

Today I received my Imalent.
It doesn’t turn on.
I plugged the charger in but the LCD doesn’t light up, which it apparently should when loading.

Have you removed the plastic transparent disc between the battery tube and the head?

Brilliant!
It doesn’t work either now though.
With the plastic the light flashed fast for few seconds when turned on, now it doesn’t.

A friend of mine just received his DX80 and even though it had the black plug, the charger died.
So that charger issue is still not resolved.

Can you measure battery voltage from the center of the pack to the tube?

Light turns on now but oled screen never turns on.
I have no tools for measuring.

does the OLED screed turn on when the light is on?
If it does, but NOT when you charge it, the charger is dead.
If it NEVER turns on then that is a more serious problem.

It display never turns on and to be honest, i don’t think the light is that bright lol.

Too bad you don’t have a voltmeter.
I suppose it could be the battery is drained and the charger is shot. Knowing the sitting voltage of the pack would be good right now.

But if the display doesn’t turn on (ever) and the light works fine otherwise (i just expeceted 32K to be brighter i guess) it must be the display right?

But if the display doesn’t turn on (ever) and the light works fine otherwise (i just expeceted 32K to be brighter i guess) it must be the display right?

Yes it could be just the display and everything else works fine, even the charger. That’s why it would be so useful to have a voltmeter.
Maybe a friend has one?

I don’t know anyone who has one.

Where did you get the light? Contact DOA ASAP I’d say. Even if you have a Voltmeter, you’r probably not going to fix it anyway.

Solar charging the DX80

So i grabbed a couple of these GBTiger 40w panels for about $60 during the 11.11 sales on Ali. They were for another project, but I noticed that they put out 19volts (the same as the DX80 Charger) It came with a connector that fit in the charge point of the 80 and I carefully plugged it in. It was full sun and the torch started to charge as if it was on the mains.

I shaded the panel with my hand and the display started to flash while it was still charging (i assume it is a low voltage warning) and didnt stop until the panel was disconnected and then reconnected, then went back to normal.

Another time, I put the panel on the dash and drove on a sunny day for 3 hours. Going under clouds and trees though out the trip. The torch would either charge, flash and charge or disconnect and restart when the power was all gone and came back again.

The best option is to find a sunny 3-4 hour window to stop the torch from charging on and off and then you can capture the sun for use later that night. Here is a photo of the panel directly powering the torch.

Hey that’s pretty sweet man! I’m not familiar with solar panels, but would it make sense if it had a standardised USB output instead of 19V? Now it’s convenient because of the DX80, but generally 19V is less compatible or not?

It has a USB outlet as well. But to be honest unless your away from power for more then a week or carry lots of usb items, solar panels for usb charging is bit of false economy. You can carry about 10 18650’s for the same weight as a 15w solar panel and they can charge 24 hours a day sun or no sun. They are more just a bit of fun. I like this 40w one as it folds down to a satchel and fits in the glove box, but still has usable output (more then just 5v)

I will step down the 19v to 12v using Mppt to power a small camp fridge, this set up will only work on the right days.