Hello my dear friends!
I featured the RT series by Imalent already in the Quarry and wanted to add a picture heavy review:
(the description is below the picture and a click gets you to the bigger resulution)
the boxes are identical, only different stickers (RT70 is a early preproduction)
stable packaging
those foam ends do nicely secure the flashlight from bouncing around
turned it upside down we find the acessories…
the holster
i do not like that the light is not really protected here
several ways to attach the holster
the usual O-rings
a quite thin lanyard (too thin in my opinion!)
the magnetic charging cable
attaching really goos with strong magnet – i meassured near to 2 A max
left in the box: the flashlight
enoug foam around to proper secure the light in transport
there they are! RT70 and RT35
twins from the outside
except the writing on the back
but on the serious end you notice the difference! XHP70.2 vs XHP35 HI
nicely centered big boy – good for 5500 Lumen and 903m throw in the RT70
also perfect centered “small” XHP 35 HI for 2350 Lumens and 1338m throw in the RT35
the RT70 reflector (left) has a special design (like 2 shapes) for a better beam
from a bit more distance the LED image washes out…
aand a video for a better understanding:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/vwtU_z6Hl8I?feature=oembed
the bezel is made from aluminium
the lens is of course AR coated
the seal between glass and reflector
i was not able to pop out the reflector, but here is another picture of the nice, smooth surface (and some dust i let in)
the aluminium switch has a nice click using a membrane switch underneath
the three dots are green when the light is on
they turn red when cell voltage goes down to 3.2 Volts
they start flashing red on 3.0 Volts and the light switches off at 2.8 Volts
while charging they are red and green when the cells are full (i charged twice to 4,16 Volts)
the charging port and the nice cooling fins in detail
another view
the holes for the lanyard (4x on the tailcap)
nicely done laser etching on the non removeable tailcap
the batterytube has square cut , lightely greases threads (no squeaks on my samples) and a soft knurling which i like (as long as its dry)
the tube is also the cell carrier and runs them in a 4P configuration
with the cells loaded you see that button top cells are required to make contact to the driver
its recommended to use protected IMR cells
the Imalent cells delivered with the RT70 and RT35 are 30Qs underneath as far as i can tell
this RT70 driver has the preproduction firmware on it so i replaced it for the review
to get a really compact design Imalent placed the driver components “around” the LED shelf in the middle and besides the reflector
as result you get a very handy flashlight
placing the RT35 besides a K70 you realize how short Imalent made the RT series
on the bright end both competitors are very equal…
K70 on the left / RT35 on the right – 150m+ distance
same location, but K60 vs RT70
more comparison shots can be found in the Quarry or
those videos (please excuse my bad english and the misspellings)
https://www.youtube.com/embed/OF6abZdo7pg?feature=oembed
https://www.youtube.com/embed/jS74HAGl6Bw?feature=oembed
difference in spotsize on the ceiling: RT35 left – RT70 right
RT35 nice spot
tried to show the dual reflector design thingie
time for a group picture:
Manker MK39 – acebeam X45 – Imalent RT70 – acebeam K70 – niwalker BK-FA09S
aaand the brigtht side
some unsorted shots if you like:
(Imalent says they are Jungle Searchlights)
c´mon – grow!
another night video i made
to be added:
- some measurements (have problems atm with my power supply)
- what yould you like to see? (no – i do not do runtimes)