No, the 1.4 million lux is only the number calculated back to 1 meter from measuring a collimated hotspot far away. But at a real 1 meter the beam is not yet collimated so you will never measure that 1.4 million lux there. The light is only just on its way from a fairly large surface, the lens, so yes it is blindingly bright but not really different from say a Brinyte B152 with dedomed XP-G2.
It seems W30 CRI model on back order everywhere, same with 6500k as the initial stock has sold quickly. Joyce at HK equipment informed me ACEBeam has back ordered due to LEP modules not arriving as expected for assembly. She told me sheād post beam shots on BLF of the different tint models when stock arrivesā¦hopefully soon. I plan to get the CRI edition, as I prefer the tint, but if the beamn intensity is inferior to the 6500k Iād opt that way. If there is anyone out there with CRI edition, please post some beam shots cheers all!
Heās got some great numbers out of them. Sadly, when I sent mine in it would not accept any boost. It was the first time he couldnāt get any improvement over stock. Thankfully, mine tested at 1.8M cd in stock form, so I canāt be too disappointedā¦ Or at least I shouldnāt be
Thatās not good to hear. I just received my HI CRI at first and it measures only 228 lumens at 1s w/ both stock Acebeam battery and Samsung 40T Lumen output is the same w/ and w/o glass lens, which means the glass lens is very high quality.
Took some photometric measurements:
At beam center
CCT: 16255K
DUV: 0.0045
Ra (CRI): 85.7
R9: 36.9
Rf: 76
Rg: 89
At outer hotspot:
CCT: 2077K
DUV: ā0.0099
Ra (CRI): 85.5
R9: 23.8
Rf: 78
Rg: 104
Adhara, thank you for the feedback. I ended up placing an order with Vinh for a 6500k W30vn copy, awaiting receipt of goods, but sounds like I made the right choice. Atleast sheer output speaking. Been following the candlepower forum thread that AmericanDissent is talking about, so strange that copy wouldnāt boost, 1.8 is a tremendous output but Iām sure disappointing when expecting some increase. I know Vinh talked about inconsistent QC with alignment, but for it to not accept the mod at all is confounding. Iāll chime in when it arrives and let you guys know if the problem was isolated to that copy or not. Have a good one all!
Does 228lumen seem low? I know vinh was talking about only getting 300-350 from 6500k. Both are well under the claimed output. How does the HCRI throw? Look good? Do you like it? Any beam shots?
Not a typo. There is a huge tint shift within the hotspot. There is a ULTRA CW hole at the center. Highest point I measure was actually slightly over 20,000K but the point is very small.
Iām waiting for it to get dark to see how it throws.