okay just be careful, its imalent after all…
A review of this light was posted by Unix5566 about 24 hours ago in the German forum. I have not yet received the two that I ordered, but that is ok, I ordered as soon as I could when this light was announced. The 21700 battery is removable, and the battery has a USB-C port for charging, which makes the battery longer, so normal unprotected 21700 cells are not long enough to make contact inside the flashlight. Also, the Imalent USB-C rechargeable battery has some type of a special configuration at the top end, so I will be looking to ordering extra Imalent batteries for this light.
Mode spacing looks good, and double click from On or Off for Turbo is something that I like. The reviewer states that the flashlight is very compact for its max output, which is the main idea for me. Normal modes are available for normal runtime and normal heat generation. Briefly, for a second or two or few, to brightly illuminate a large area, is what I will use this light for. I can then throttle back to normal mode after a few second scan of the large area.
Thanks to Unix5566 for his review!
By the way, for more than a few weeks, I have noticed that user Imalent has been conspicuous on this forum by his absence. For about two months, he has been very active on another location, but not here. Then, today, I noticed that he is Banned at that other location. :huh?:
Oh, mine is almost here, in Germany now 
When you get it, can you tell us about the battery? Please let us know if a solder blob top battery or spring top battery will work in the flashlight.
Please also post about your impressions.
Can’t buy it …. no moonlight mode 
I’ve taken a few looks at the battery from different sources. It’s single contacts on each end. The top of the battery appears to have a plastic reverse polarity shield. In this video you can see the tail cap has a long tail spring IMALENT MS03 Open box review - YouTube Hopefully this will allow other standard length batteries to fit.
texas shooter said: “...it’s single contacts at each end. ...”
That’s good news, thanks for noting that and reporting that. That means that normal unprotected batteries with solder blob or a spring soldered onto the anode will probably work.
I’ll keep you posted, hopefully it will arrive today, otherwise it will be tuesday at early due to a national holiday monday.
I believe no battery modification will be needed. With the positive ends shield being so deep. The lights anode contact is going to have to extend out some.
That would be great if normal unprotected cells can be easily made to work in the light.
A review was posted in the German forum: m.youtube.com/watch?v=lANIdO5gq9I
Thanks to elakazam for posting the link, thanks to Charles BridgTec for your valuable review.
Imalent 21700 batteries are very long compared to regular 21700 batteries.
Ok, just got it.
A 40T does not work due to its length (or lack off actually)
A normal cell will work but it needs a magnet or so, since you will need a giant blob of solder, since the unprotected cell rattles in the tube.
Nice light, does not look like 13k lumens, floods more than a KR4, gets hot quick.
The screen printing is sloppy, the threads are very thin.
Thank you for your valuable pics and observations. I’m going to ask my favorite modder to provide me with a few soldered spring top unprotected 40T cells. I hope to get mine soon. Thanks again!
they did it on purpose so that standard highdrain cells doesnt work… i hate that…. olight does it too.
Turbo is super bright, but it plummets almost immediately
expected. its kinda waste of lumens only… regulated is what 2500 ?
10Klm or the advertised 13Klm, it does not matter, if there are more lumens more plummeting. Same host but more amount of dissipated heat produced by the LEDs.
But then again, someone might say they want to use only the 5000lm function, the 10k is not compulsory which of course is just fine. Problem is if something has the same host and only claims 5000lm and might handle that just fine no one gets excited as much as Utopian claims excite.
Well worded Hikelite.
Will do some lumen measurements soon, if it didn’t had the dreadful proprietary cell, now i constantly need to charge it after doing a small test
yeah i bet its annoying when u can use standard 40t cells or whatever… i hate this kind of forced design.
It is actually quite convenient and standardized, saves a ton of trouble if a charging function is in such high demand.
The conflict comes at the moment when the manufacturer has fundamental issues understanding how to deliver what it wants or it could be that it is their deliberate choice to claim something then make it in such way it can’t deliver.