Olight X9 @ 25k Lumen

This is probably the most high tech flashlight out there and definitely premium quality. But given the X70 has 15k lumens more and active cooling, I would still prefer the X70 at maybe $200 more. 25k lumens is just not all that amazing anymore.

Found a good youtube review on this light.

And another one.

Sale is now ” live “. The problem will be battery pack. Also there will be step downs in output. No way you can run that for 3-5 plus without burning your hands, etc….

hm i would perhaps but that discount is only for the USA so nope :frowning: way to treat customers who been looking forward this and they just do a discount for US people… how fair is that? not everyone lives in USA…. without worldwide audience they wouldnt be where they are today.

Of course Olight quality is top,but I see that my DX80 with 32K is perfect, if you understand that I payed only €194.00 for it.Not any problem with it. :slight_smile:

Here that as well… I tried to get them to ship one to me at the discounted price… no go…. but ended up buying it anyway… kinda late for me…

Yes. Any big lights will drop lumen from turn on. ( turbo mode )… i know because i have 25000 lumen light…

There are no heat dissipation problems with this light at all! I did a comparison between the DX80 and x9r and the heatsinking ability of the Olight is incredible… I felt no heat whatsoever on the handle or up above the DX80 is a whole different story

wow good to hear, they have been saying that it should run suprisingly cool on highest even after those 3 min and this without active cooling.

This is what worries me. Where is the heat going? I guess we will find out as more reviews are done.

JasonWW do u think it can be a problem that the light would somehow keep too much heat inside then it lets out? U sound worried hehe… all i know they took forever design that light without the fan but like u said they cant go above laws of physics lol…

someone should send u a review unit!

It’s quite possible it’s throttling down instead of holding full power or maybe it’s producing well less than the rated specs. This is usually the case when a light does not get hot.

Being Olight, I hope this is not the case. They may just have a lot of heatsink mass so it takes longer to get hot and then the thermal sensors reduce output early to prevent the exterior from getting too hot.

They might be able to increase the turbo run time by raising the thermal limit. Get an extra 30 seconds before stepping down. Some folks might want that.

Anyway, we’ll just have to wait for some reviews to see what it’s doing.

So i asume u wont be buying one then?

I have zero use for it.

Sometimes, you just gotta say no to the hype impulse.

The X9R failed a simple water submersion test.

A couple minutes under water and the entire light was filled with water.

How is that possible? They showed a video where they submerge the light in their testing video of the light ? :frowning: I hope it was more like the tailcap wasnt fully tight or the flap for the charging hole…

I’m really surprised, I clearly remember seeing an immersion test tank in the same lab as their integrating sphere when Marshall from Going Gear visited them…
I don’t see them slapping an IPXX sticker on a 600 bucks light without testing it before :zipper_mouth_face:

I could put mine in the bathtub and try but i sure as hell not gonna do that with a 600$light… yea exactly @X3

Did it?

There is a very big difference between going “dead” and just turning off. It’s okay acceptable by the vast majority of users for the light to turn off after a drop as long as it can be turned back on. Can you please tell us if the light was damaged or if it could be turned back on?

How is it OK if the light turns off after a small drop?

If the X9R was dropped or banged during a police raid, rescue operation or caving expedition and went dead (or turned off), lives could be put at risk.

A small drop caused it to go “black”. To me, that means it failed.