review: Maxtoch Xsword L2K LEP flashlight (2021 edition) reaching over 3km

Maxtoch are very popular in New Zealand, but I’ve heard the tail switches are failing on many of them, it’s the most common failure

It does come with an additional switch :sunglasses:

Confirms my comment on their switches being an issue then

Thank you for your support
I replaced the switch, but I forgot to insert the spacer due to a mistake.
As a result, the screw and the tip of the tube were in contact and deformed
Currently consulting with the manufacturer, thank you again

I received my L2k and it compares well against my Astrolux wp2.
I am no techie but L2k throws further. The wp2 starts to darken fairly quickly. The heat after 5 minutes is cooler with L2k.
just for laughs I put LF61 filter diffuser on both lights. L2k is brighter.
I look forward to seeing a comparison with the L2K & L3K just to see if there is much difference if any.

Remove the tail cap and remove the battery minus and body
I shorted it directly with metal, but the light did not turn on
My L2K doesn’t seem to be a bad switch
I consulted with the manufacturer and sent it back once for inspection.
I hope you will be back in good health

My 1,600m beamshot of the L3K

Really impressive shot there,the color seems more unified than L2K. They make some really neat lights,mine is just incredible in pitch dark,thanks for sharing.

In the city onto building it’s great, but on a farm it’s quite bad, that would be LEPs in general though.

I tried shinning it on the hill I’m standing on from that house and it was terrible, couldn’t see the hill. It was most certainly reaching, but due to the beam being so thin you just couldn’t identify any surroundings to know where abouts everything was. Even at 1,300m on a closer hill I couldn’t see anything. Tried again with 10x binoculars and still nothing. Pulled out the BLF GT90 and it’s lighting up everywhere with ease.

I’ll sell this once I’m done for the reduced reviewers price I purchased everything for.

Fun for in the city, but for me on the farm it’s not so much fun.

Vinh tested his first sample of an L3K at only 1.5mcd, while all L2K at around 2.5mcd. :frowning:

I’m yet to measure at 20m, but at 9m I got 1.9 mcd

First Jetbeam, now Maxtoch…great. is this the new trend then? Releasing “upgraded” products which perform worse than their predecessors. I’ll wait for 1lumen review but this isn’t looking good.

Is it possible his has a fault? Does he have the L2K to compare numbers with 1Lumen?

I got 1.9 mcd, I’ll do another test tomorrow at 20m and report back

My video review is almost finished, should be up by tomorrow night of the L3K. It’s taken me many, many hours to pull this one off.

If it does not let you see in the dark, it’s not a flashlight. It may be something else, but not a flashlight. The LEP is a direct contradiction of light in general. It really has more characteristics of a laser than a flashlight. I think the image presented makes that very clear.

Yesterday evening i was playing a bit with the L2K and WT90.
The L2K throws way farther, but the beam of the WT90 is fantastic! It might not reach 2,5km but the beam is a lot bigger and way more useful as it lights up a lot more with very limited spill

Absolutely, I would never buy an LEP, I just grabbed one for a review and getting a reviewer’s discount it was a great opportunity to try an LEP.

Immediately regretted it after seeing just how difficult it was to capture the beam on camera. Flashaholics channel on youtube only uses reflective buildings, but on a farm it’s so much more difficult.

Since there’s zero light pollution the camera can’t use auto focus, so I need to do everything manually.

I find building footage quite deceiving for the viewer as it’s an entirely different story with real world use

I find beam angles below 3° to be rapidly declining in usefulness, especially for distances <1/2 their max range. Even then, often times a light with less peak intensity but wider spot provides better visibility. I’ve never tried an LEP, but I do have 1mm² Osram aspheric and fresnel throwers that are quite useful for urban environments or areas with light/reflective objects in the foreground. My thinking on this LEP tech is that it’s best suited to short focal length optics <40mm Ø. Cd/lm is just too high otherwise. Maybe they’d be great through binoculars?

Review is uploading, should be finished in 4 hours….slow rural broadband

Youtube corrupted my file on completion. I’ve had to start again, damn it.