Review IMALENT MS08 - 3*21700 - 34,000lm.

May i know what material is the shell made of?

La tua recensione è stupenda! Non solo è completa tecnicamente ma hai anche fatto delle foto esaustive che da sole dicono già tutto.Sono assolutamente d'accordo con te che le maniglie ormai fanno parte della preistoria e che Imalent abbia avuto un'idea geniale e spero di vedere presto altre torcia con questo involucro. Volevo anche fare un passo indietro circa quello che avevo scritto riguardo alle prestazioni dell'MS08 paconfrontata con l'Astrolux EC06 qui su BLF sul topic riguardante l'EC06. Con le batterie con cui viene venduta effettivamente all'avvio MS08 è più debole di EC06 ma ho sostituito le batterie Imalent con 3 Vapcell T42 che sono le batterie che usavo con EC06 e il risultato si è ribaltato questa volta Imalent è risultata all'avvio più luminosa di EC06 quindi è tutta una questione relativa a che tipo di batterie adottiamo.

Your review is great! Not only is it technically complete but you have also taken some exhaustive photos that by themselves already say it all.I absolutely agree with you that the handles are now part of prehistory and that Imalent had a brilliant idea and I hope to see more flashlights soon with this wrapper. I also wanted to take a step back from what I had written about the performance of the MS08 compared to the Astrolux EC06 here on BLF on the EC06 topic. With the batteries it is actually sold with at startup MS08 is weaker than EC06 but I replaced the Imalent batteries with 3 Vapcell T42 which are the batteries I used with EC06 and the result flipped this time Imalent resulted on startup more luminous of EC06 so it's all a question of what type of batteries we use.

Nice review.
I have to wonder about the water rating. Will the fans really survive a complete underwater dunk?
They look an awful lot like a set of small computer cooling fans.
But still, 10K-ish Lumens for a bit then perhaps 7K-4K for an hour on high. Awfully tempting except for the price….
All the Best,
Jeff

You mention comfortable to hold though heavy - is this so with the protective shell on? 4-cell soda can lights generally “clumbersome” for smaller hands and this is 3 cell I know but with protective shell I would think it would be wider than, say, Q8.

It is not ferrous material, it should be a hard plastic type but I’m not sure.

I have medium-sized hands and can hold it quite well.

Just got mine today and it is absolutely Incredible. Even when walking around with it on turbo it only felt slightly warm.

The only thing is that I can’t figure out how to lock the fan from turning on, which it does quite frequently. In fact, i could hear the fan running before I even opened the box when it came today

edit I don’t have a meter but it is far, dar brighter than my ~10,000 to 13,000 lumen Nightwatch NSX3 and 4’s. I haven’t seen anything like it except the MS18

It seems that the supply chains are badly hurt.I have ordered from Banggood one MS08 and one portable radio,and while I had not read in their site that the items are not in stock,they are indeed.
Now I wait,without knowing if and when they ship those. :frowning:
Edit:
I took a notice from BG today,that the radio has shippd.Now,I wait the light, to be shipped as well.

That sucks Theo… Mine came like 5 days after i ordered it.

Can’t wait to fire this thing up tonight. I’ve been trying to find a good way of blocking the fan button from getting activated. I have a lens cap from my binoculars that fits on there perfectly but i’d have to use a rubber band to hold it on. I even though that perhaps I could use a small metal disc since there’s a magnet in the tailcap for the fan charger but it’s not strong enough to hold anything.

Great review. Also see Imalent MS08 review | 34,000 lumen handheld flashlight | 1Lumen.com

You guys are going to love this light… so much power

Just wish I could keep that damned fan from turning on by accident

I add to the review a test, on the temperature, made using a thermal camera. The test was done with and without fans of the protective shell after 10 minutes with the MS08 in Turbo.
The Imalent MS08 can always be held in the hand thanks to the ventilated shell.

Imalent MS08 without ventilation.




Imalent MS08 with fans On.

Sweet pictures! My light is still perfect but one of the magnetic charging wires stopped working. Need to reach out to Imalent to see if they sell them separately. Wish they just used dual usb-c

What does alluvial mean pls? Yes I’ve googled; still scratching my head :-). Thanks for the thorough review.

It means floody (from “water floods”) :wink:
Try ‘alluvium’, I guess it is a more correct term in English.

Yes, we often use this term to mean that it covers a wide angle with the beam of light.

Regarding the 1st picture, because having the shell in place without turning the fan on seems like it actually would hurt ventilation and has the opposite effect of raising temperature, it would be interesting to have a third thermal shot of light on without shield? Your review is already excellent and quite complete, I’m just trying to make it more so :slight_smile: .

Thanks again for the very nice review; it got my attention in this light. Another question pls: I had a Thrunite T2 with Cree 70.2 “neutral white” (vs “cool white” version) and it’s overwhelmingly green; have you noticed any bothersome green tint? Or is it even noticeable at such high brightness?

This was only a 10 minute test but not think you damage the ventilation by keeping the fans off. Think about when the battery runs out and you no longer have ventilation. The maximum temperature reached without the protective case is roughly what you see in the first photo.
Regarding the beam, i didn’t particularly notice a green tint in the beam.

It would be very useful to have a lumen measurement with different batteries… can someone do it? I will get mine in a few days…