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

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.

Can I disassemble the lens by pushing it from the driver’s side?

Nop! The flashlight has an integrated shelf.
The way to do it is from the top (bezel) as I described.

I have a copper TK16.

Great light. But it did have one problem.

One day, the clip just broke apart and shot off the light. One of the arms on the clip that grips the light literally just snapped off. I wasn’t even carrying the light when this happened. It was sitting on a desk. The light was less than 3 months old at the time.

Apart from the crappy clip quality, it’s a great light.

I asked the question because I thought TK18 and TK16 were of the same construction… I’m really sorry.

If you don’t mind, may I see some images around the TK16 lens?


Here’s an image of the TK18 around the lens and the driver’s side

@Naito:

There's a link in my signature to a thread on how to post pics on BLF.

If you don’t mind I will post it later today as I don’t have the light with me at the moment :wink:

Thank you both.

I managed to take some photos above the MCPCB and you can see that below it it has a shelf.

I also took some others, with and without the glass lens, similar to your photo.

I wasn’t able to take the driver of its place. I guess the wires are very short, so I would have to unsolder the driver to take it out.

It is screwed in with 2 screws too, as show in the review post!

No glass lens >>>> With glass lens

Indeed a nice little light! I didn’t have any issue with the clip so far. I just wish it was deep carry from the tail.
I also would like that changing modes was a bit faster (as Olight), but it is not unbearable :wink:
Definitely one of the best, brightest smaller 16340s in the market! :+1:

Sorry. I can’t seem to get the TIR lens out of the bezel side.Do you have any suggestions?

I was able to disassemble it. Thank you.

Yup! Take the bezel out, take the lens, take the o-ring and then tap with the flashlight in your hand, with the lens down.
If you cannot remove it, try a toothpick or something pointy but not hard to alleviate the TIR on the sides. Then tap again.

It is not glued nor stuck, but the holes in the MCPCB and even the thermal paste below it may be hindering it from coming out.

Try the toothpick gently around the TIR, without much pressure :wink:

If you have a suction cup, you can also attach it to the TIR and try to pull it out!!

See this thread: help removing carclo optics from p60 dropin

Hi guys. Any idea how big the MCPCB is?

Looking at the comparison picture between the TK16 and FW3A it’s hard to judge because the FW3A is taller and sits closer to the camera lens.

I didn’t take it out for a proper diameter measurements, but the one in the TK16 is slightly smaller than the one in the FW3A.
Also, the one in the TK16 is straight on the sides and not round, which makes it slimmer, too. Besides that, there are the screw holes on each side.

If you want to put the TK16 MCPCB into the FW3A you can, but the reverse I am afraid it is not possible :zipper_mouth_face:

Ahhh thank you. I had plans for the Osram triple in another light and wanted to install some very special 3000K SST-20’s in the TK16…