Acebeam UC15 - brightest dedicated keychain light yet!

Quite pricey, considering it has no batteries.

Tried the “BEST OFFER” thing at $40 and they came back with $46 so guessing you could get it for around that, maybe a little less.
Probably would have bought at $40 but still on the fence. Wounder how enloops would work.

I’ll try some tonight

Too big for a keychain light IMO. Expensive too.

Definitely not worth it.

:THUMBS-UP: NOT

My thoughts exactly

Weighs twice as much as the Tip

Why not just get the great (IMHO) Acebeam M10 with 14500 for same practical brightness
At less cost?……

If only they could make a high quality TIP, all my requirements would be met (except for the cool factor lights).
I will likely get one of these if the price comes down.

I guess they wanted to do a compact light capable to be used during the “zombie apocalypse”, with AAAs all over TV remote controls all over the place :smiling_imp:
I made myself the same question you did will, but at least this seems an innovative light due to the possibility to use 2 cells in a compact version, and that may have longer runtimes it some Ni-MH cells are used!

As some people said here, it is too much expensive, though :expressionless:

do you know if 10440 flattop cells will work? Hard to find button tops.

even at 40$ i cant spend that much since i dont have those type of cells anyways so kinda expensive keychain light, imo useless unless built in battery think they missed that a keychain is supposed to be easy not forcing u to struggle with batteries install and that… then u might aswell for that price buy a real proper flashlight.

1000 lumens is a bit overkill anyways, even 500 would be bright as heck if it had built in battery, even my manker lad at 300lumens max lights up pretty good in total darkness.

Saypat - best with button top cell. Flattop performance is flaky because of clearance issue with the driver mounting screws :-(ask me how I know).

10440 is for extreme output but remember the UC15 does take AAA for up to 250 lumens which is still plenty. The parallel battery format means it could run 2x runtime vs a single AAA light (depending on driver efficiency of course.)

Granted this light is on the expensive side (especially as a BLF topic) and frankly a little large and heavy for a keychain but the three types of LED options and replaceable batteries may fit some users needs. It’s not for everyone but I say yay to more choices.

FWIW, my favorite continues to be the TIP. Speaking of which, I remember when the TIPs, LADs etc. w/built-in’s where first introduced some people took issue with the fact that their batteries weren’t (easily) replaceable which meant they were “disposable” after several years. Oh, and I also have a 10 yr old Fenix L0P single AAA light on my keychain so I like traditional as well.

Solder blob a 10440. Will work as good if not better than a button top.

It is expensive, but I don’t see the batteries as a problem. It would make for a good dangler I think. Thanks for the review!

That’s a lil too big for a keychain light IMO.

I’m done buying key chain lights until they start putting a lock out on them. No one can seem to get this right. Who cares about 140 or 240 or 340 lumens. It’s all pretty close as far as use cases go, they need to start making better UI to differentiate as well as using good tint/cri.

Good review, but as some have said, to big and to much $$$$$

Agree. It seems like rocket science to put in a decent lockout function.
Only my Tube as a decent one until it breaks.
Nitecore’s attempt to remedy the TIP was to include a pocket clip that can be reversed to cover the buttons. The only other protection is the 30 sec shutoff.
One my favorite lights. Been lucky so far.

+_**Also it would been better if it had built in battery seems a hazzle for that price u must struggle with batteries put in and out charge…
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agreed

Very expensive.