If you are in Turbo at cell levels low enough to already be giving a warning, then chances are you are also kicking it back into turbo past the 55 degree C stop down. (Not saying you are just that there is a good chance of it with most) It will allow you to bypass that feature including any power requirements needed. That I am aware of it will not flash at all in turbo. If the cells are already low enough begin flashing, then you are below any level that should be attempting to hit 15 to 16 thousand lumens.
So when I said it will allow you to keep kicking it into turbo until you either can’t stand the heat or you kill your cells I meant that literally. It was designed to use turbo ay anytime… And if you are getting a blue flash you are between 50 and 9 percent. Why try to go to turbo once that warns you that you could possibly be as low as 9 percent already.. This would mean it is time to stop and charge or change the cells.
The instructions even tell you that it will not ready correctly in turbo.
It's not that bad lol.. It is really simple it just means that when in turbo mode do not depend on the voltage flashes because the light will stay a solid blue while in turbo...
Pushing far enough to go all the way until it actually turns red and steps down to a moonlight mode should only be in a serious situation and you have no other choice. It should not totally kill your cells, if it reaches that point no other mode can be used because the cells are too low.
Ask Terry - the post directly above you. He makes the sales for the US. If he got one, he will sell it to you.
By the way, I have been asked to collect all our information about the two flashlights in another thread outside the GB - so let me sum up the actual situation:
- in the beginning of February the first lights have been sold by retail - the result for the 70 is as expected (a little below spex as usual in the flashlight business, but the babe is a real a$$-kicker), but the one for the 35 is bad - less than 50% of the formerly defined lumen.
In the fact, the first beamshots were really sad:
- a couple of days later we had the possibility to get the first one of the GB-35 in our hands - the results were better, but still no 7.500 lm:
In that time the official output of the 35 was decreased to 7.000 lm. The only problem: the measurement of the GB-version done in an ULLBRICHT sphere is around 4.000 lm…
Actually some of the problems can be pointed down to the batch number:
- the 35 with “21K” at the end is below 50% of the specified lumen. Those lights are actually sold by distributors for much less than the list price with an actualized lumen value.
- the 35 with “28K” is the one from the GB, measured at around 4.000 K
other versions with “24K” seem to be in the market, but no measurements up to now.
While having the 70 on the secure sight regarding lumen - as I said, some 10-15% less is not too bad in the flashlight-business -, the problems keep on coming. Actually the issues mentioned are as follows:
- the 35 has an output far below spex regarding lumen
- no discharge battery protection - in a test it went down to 2,49 V with the light still at Moonlight, so take care with unprotected batteries
no temperature control - a GB-delivery was measured with 100 °C while running shortly below Turbo
So: feel free to discuss all of these points in this thread and let us know what you think.
Guys, I want to echo the sentiments expressed by arficus on this post.
Personally, I feel the mods should have stepped in several times when people are being labelled in a negative way.
I followed the other GB thread very closely since its inception and even expressed interest in this light as I really would love to add a “super” high lumen flashlight to my collection. But in the end, I chose not to proceed as >US$100 is a lot of money (my most expensive flashlight is the US$40 BLF Q8!) for me to fork out for a flashlight that noone has any real exposure to. TBH, I am glad I bailed since I am just an amateur when it comes to flashlights, and although I do have an electronic background and has done some soldering in the past, I am not sure if I am up to the task of taking a flashlight apart to replace driver/other components etc.
Anyway, this is just a post to say that I appreciate the tough questions you ask, and the inputs you provide. At no point, do I feel any of your posts to be offensive or deliberately negative.
You really need to have followed all the related threads to have a proper understanding of what is going on. Thanks a lot for your support! And a happy Easter to you too!
Apart from this thread and the GB thread on the Haikelite MT09R, are you saying there are other threads? I am rather OCD in terms of reading posts, so I do and have been reading every single posts on both threads.
I am tossing up between getting this light or the older Astrolux MF01 as my next light.