“REVIEW”: Acebeam TK16 (AL) – Triple Osram – 1 x CR123A / 16340 - 1300 Lumens [Pic Heavy] - ***BEAMSHOTS ADDED - POST #14***

Thanks for your words Grigio! :blush:
And…despite it seems I have a great setup, I don’t! I use my kitchen/sitting room to take these pictures! I have 2 lamps that I use and that are the single lamps I have that help me on the review.
The coloured paper are actually individual plastic sheets that can be used to cut some food or to sit a dish if you don’t want to use a table towel! The tint comparison beamshots are made over my travelling suitcase in a small room…
So my conditions are good! Maybe due to that I have to “play with the light” and with the conditions themselves to do the best I can!

Thank you for your words :+1:

Yup, they do indeed! And if they create those “funny” artifacts (that other leds do not create because they are larger or domed) they also allow for a lot of throw. The video I linked above shows hows narrow the beam is and later I will try to show that as well :wink:

Hum, this means that the cell maybe have a lower “voltage” than what I actually measured? I am sorry, I may not have understood well what you meant :zipper_mouth_face:

Normally the lights I have with low battery warning have a consistency of warning at almost the same voltage they are supposed to, but this one showed this behaviour. Please explain what you mean :+1:

Heh! Seeing the kitchen table, the placemats and those 2 floor lamps, I’m even more amazed! Keep ’m coming, those candy-colored reviews! :slight_smile:

I have protected Olight 16340 and protected Klarus 16340 they both trip on Turbo on my Osram version.


COMPARISON BETWEEN THE 7 FLASHLIGHT BEAMS



TK16 BEAM


TK16 Turbo: POWER vs ECO


TK16 vs FW3A


TK16 vs The Others
1 – 16m (tree)

2 - 70m (closest tree) & 116 m (farthest tree)

3 – 75m (house)

4 – 45m (closest trees /vineyard) & 100 m (farthest vineyard)

5 – 16 m

Thank you, the comparisons are... Illuminating.

Thanks for your review. I didn’t even know there was an eco and power mode on my TK16 and of course didn’t know it defaulted to ECO mode. Setting it to power mode makes it a much funner light! Thanks for your UI instructions.

Thank you :wink: Hum, I guess this shows how a “pocket thrower” this version with Osram is, right? :wink:
On Turbo (Power) it can be seen illuminating at almost 300 m :open_mouth: Incredible for a triple light!!!
And I did the “vs FW3A” on purpose to show how different the beams look like !!

Ahah, it has, indeed, and they have different Turbo! In Power group mode, the Turbo is stronger (visibly!) and gets even HOTTER than in ECO mode! So beware of the temperature while using it!

I will be using mine on ECO as it will be enough for my daily use! But It is good to have POWER when you need it :smiling_imp:

I forgot to mention that the TK16 stands and can be a little “candle” when using a diffuser such as the one of the Wuben E05 :wink:

EDIT:

While the flashlight is electronically locked, if the head is unscrewed and the contact with the tube/battery is broken, the light will then be unlocked !

Here is the test of 16340 cell: Test/review of Vapcell INR16340 800mAh (White). The discharge chart:

So if you draw 10A from the fully charged cell and read voltage, you will see 3.6V.

I guess I understand what you mean now! I had never understand the graphics that way :zipper_mouth_face:
Still, this is a somehow weird thing! And even less pleasant is to have it draining the battery even lower than 2.8V :expressionless:
I will be careful from now on!

Thanks for the explanation!

I made a lanyard for my Acebeam TK16!
As it is a tailswitch light and the pocket clip is non reversible, I thought of this configuration would be the best to grab the light in a comfortable manner to use it with the tailswitch.
It allows to pick the light up from the pocket by the knot/bead in the tail.
It allows to wrap the fingers with the lanyard in different ways.
The orange thread glows under UV so I can find it in the dark with the RovyVon Aurora A8U without turning ON a “white light”!

There are probably other and better options but I came up with this!

I just tested the TK16 Osram version with these three cells. The new Vapcell 800mah is clearly the king of 16340.

Vapcell 800mah
Output: 1,184 lumens
Tested capacity: 781, 782, 791, 757 mah

Acebeam 550mah
Outpu: 1,190 lumens
Tested capacity: 617 mah

Efest 700mah Red wrapper
Output: 1,112 lumens
Tested capacity: 685 mah

Does anyone tested or calculated the real throw of the Osram LED?
I think it is not 338m.
I think it is more in the 250m.

Are you sure that clip is non reversible? … it looks reversible to me.

Changing the battery with the clip reversed would be awkward though since it would scrape against the head unless you used your fingers to lift it slightly.

I didn’t test or calculate the distance, but my eyes saw it reaching at least 200m, as shown in some photos above. More than that, I am not completely able to say concrete data :zipper_mouth_face:

Well, it can be reversible, but it will a) open the clip and force it more, and b) scratch the head.
While with the tip towards the tail it has a “groove” that allows that clip curve to pass without scratching, towards the head it with have friction with the fins! And it will scratch the anodizing.

I should have explained better this before.
If comparing the clip inversion in this light and in the Olight S1R Baton and the On The Road M3 Pro, in these last lights the clip (that has similar shape) will fit much better and without friction with the host!

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I didn’t test or calculate the distance, but my eyes saw it reaching at least 200m, as shown in some photos above. More than that, I am not completely able to say concrete data.

Which one has more range: Acebeam TK16 XPG3 or Imalent LD10?

Sorry, but I can’t answer that because I don’t have nor the Imalent LD10 nor the Acebeam with XP-G3. I only have the version with Osram Leds.

Sorry I mean the Osram versus the LD10.

May I ask for instructions on how to disassemble the head?

I believe my answer will be a little like the above one, as I don’t have the LD10 to compare. If I had, I would do real comparisons, but I guess the best way to compare them without that is picking the specs:
TK16 3xOsram = 338m
Imalent LD10 = 247m

About taking the bezel out and reaching the lens / TIR / Leds? I just pressed the bezel against the hand or a glove and rotated the flashlight.
It was not glued. Once you have the bezel out, you’ll reach the rest easily.
If you are asking about the driver side, I didn’t dismantle it, but it has a screw that can be taken out eventually.