ACEBEAM New X75 80,000Lumens Brightest PD Power Bank Flashlight

What’s the highest lumen model available that doesn’t have a proprietary pack? Could there be a concern for safety here, by not risking a muggle using low amp cells in such a high output model.

Imalent has a battery pack also for their beast.

These brands surely don’t want warranty claims at the fault of the user

There is definitely a concern for safety. I'm one of the few people that is seemingly okay with packs in lights, but only if they're designed to offer performance good enough that I won't need to charge it for extended use. Ideally, it should be designed in excess of a light with replaceable cells so the pack never feels like the limiting factor.

When you use a pack in a light, you can include a BMS (battery management system) that monitors the voltage of each cell and is able to shut the light down as soon as even one reaches it's minimum. Cells are never consistent and without a BMS in series lights, the problem will keep getting worse each time you use it because the cell will continuously be drained below it's minimum voltage and this damaged. After charging, this damaged cell is more likely to heat up and possibly even vent inside the light.

A BMS also makes sure that cells aren't overcharged by effectively charging each on individually. Again, this prevents damage or in this case overcharging which in and of itself could be a problem.

Personally, I would like to see Acebeam design a light that used a pack with a BMS, but which had user serviceable cells that could be replaced when they go bad. Even better if you could cheaply buy a second empty one to put your own cells in. I like the idea of swapping entire packs instead of trying to load in 12 batteries in the dark, but first they need to be user serviceable. The fact that they aren't seems to indicate some other motives.

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C'è sicuramente una preoccupazione per la sicurezza. Sono una delle poche persone a cui apparentemente va bene con i pacchi di luci, ma solo se sono progettati per offrire prestazioni sufficientemente buone da non doverlo caricare per un uso prolungato. Idealmente, dovrebbe essere progettato in eccesso rispetto a una luce con celle sostituibili in modo che lo zaino non sembri mai il fattore limitante.

Quando usi un pacco in una luce, puoi includere un BMS (sistema di gestione della batteria) che monitora la tensione di ciascuna cella ed è in grado di spegnere la luce non appena anche una raggiunge il minimo. Le celle non sono mai coerenti e senza un BMS in serie di luci, il problema continuerà a peggiorare ogni volta che lo usi perché la cella verrà continuamente scaricata al di sotto della sua tensione minima e questa verrà danneggiata. Dopo la ricarica, è più probabile che questa cella danneggiata si surriscaldi e possibilmente anche sfoghi all'interno della luce.

Un BMS assicura inoltre che le celle non vengano sovraccaricate caricandole efficacemente singolarmente. Anche in questo caso, questo impedisce danni o in questo caso un sovraccarico che di per sé potrebbe essere un problema.

Personalmente, mi piacerebbe vedere Acebeam progettare una luce che utilizzasse un pacchetto con un BMS, ma che avesse celle riparabili dall'utente che potrebbero essere sostituite quando si guastano. Ancora meglio se potessi acquistare a buon mercato un secondo vuoto in cui inserire le tue celle. Mi piace l'idea di scambiare interi pacchetti invece di provare a caricare 12 batterie al buio, ma prima devono essere riparabili dall'utente. Il fatto che non lo siano sembra indicare altri motivi.

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I certainly agree with you, at most I would have proposed two versions as Manker on the MK38, one with battery pack and one without.

The ONLY and primary reason manufacturers use proprietary battery packs is so that the user is dependent upon them for the rest of the life of that flashlight. It’s all about money.

I’ve been using lithium ion batteries for 12 years. For the last 7 years most of which have been unprotected. I haven’t had one issue . I don’t want to hear about the safety factor for the reason that they’re using battery packs. That’s BS.

I want to choose what batteries I like to use in every one of my flashlights.

I don’t want to pay an outrageous price when it comes time to replace the pack.

Realistically, how long is this pack going to last anyway? If you use the light several times a week and push it hard you’d be lucky to get 2 years out of it. In order to have Peak performance.

So, Acebeam, how much is the replacement pack? I’d say $150 minimum.

the reason is physics

Optimization for max Amps requires minimal resistance.

a 4s pack with removable cells has 10 contact points (4 cells each side + pack to head)

a spot weld 4s pack only has two - pack to head

Less resistance equals less voltage drop equals more power.

In a situation were you want to absolutely torture the cells and extract mental amounts of power a spot weld pack will always have the edge

also less chance for the user to fuck up in a 700w light

You CAN’T argue that the user is Now dependant on them for replacement at an outrageous cost.

Money has absolutely a big part of it. Otherwise they be cheaper right?

+1,

Voltage drop as a result of electrical resistance between the battery and (spring) contact is proportional to current. Over 10 years ago when we only had less than 1000 OTF lumens from a single XM-L T6, current draw would only be about 3 amps max from a single cell if I’m not mistaken ( which is a normal load for classic green Panasonic 3400MAh 18650B cell). Suppose the total electrical resistance between the battery and contact points results in a voltage drop of 0.1V, then that would have little influence to your flashlight’s performance.
However, if you have a modern light that draws ten times as much current from a single cell, so 30A, then that exact same electrical resistance would result in a voltage drop of a whole 1V. So even a fairly full cell with 4.0V, the driver would only “get” 3.0V under max load. Which basically means that low voltage protection is about to kick in.
Clean clean clean clean the contacts constantly to avoid this problem. One solution to bypass this problem is to solder the batteries, hence resulting in a battery pack.

I wonder when we might begin to see 4680 batteries in these types of lights, so thereby eliminating the issue with multi-cell lights and the dangers of using unmatched cells, etc. Anyone have any ideas on when that will be? Have not heard much on the new cells.

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Totally forgot to mention this but it's probably even more important to Acebeam than safety. They don't want people buying the light and only getting 50,000 lumens because the contacts aren't good. I've heard of people gaining 10k lumens in lights just by cleaning contacts or shifting around cells. That's not to say it isn't possible to design a carrier with good enough contacts. But like you said, spot welding is just easier. And in theory if they use thicker copper strips, direct contact should be hard to beat. That doesn't in any way mean that the easiest solution is the best. I'm just disappointed that they (seemingly) used it to include the absolute bare minimum number of cells.

More cells, especially 21700 make the light a lot bigger. I guess the idea is to have a small-ish (for the output) light with crazy performance. It will thermal throttle anyways, so why have more batteries.

Why can’t you respond to that? I know why! Because it’s true and people only respond to what they want to respond to.

you did not respond to anything I wrote, you just wanted to restate what you stated before.

Acebeam does not want Joe avagere to start mixing batteries on a 700W light, period. If you can’t stomach the costs, don’t buy a 700W light.

Should or shouldn’t aside…

Is it even possible to make a user replaceable battery carrier that can pull full 40-50 amps from each of the 4 cells? And how fast will it blow up if something came into short?

Proprietary batteries take our hobby back in time. Rayovac was making flashlights in the 60s and 70s that used AA/C/D STANDARD batteries. Why on earth, 50 years later would you want to change a good design?

On the other hand, power tool makers do not dare allow users to replace their own cells. Proprietary does make sense here as tools are abused, dropped, and left in the sun.

I Did respond. Look at post number 41. My response was based on cost not your theory.

The cost of the light has nothing to do with it. It’s the cost to replace the battery pack and how we are at the manufacturer’s Mercy to do that. I thought that was clear.

By the way I have Three lights all modified. One is $600 and Two are over $400. One of which is modified Acebeam X65 MINI… no battery pack and no step down! :wink:

Maybe someone should post a survey on battery pack or no battery pack. I would bet the overwhelming majority chooses to use their own batteries and does not want a battery pack for many reasons I mentioned.

The question remains, can 80k lumens be achieved using a battery carrier with the added resistance? You’d require some fairly beefy springs as well.

Sold a Convoy 4X18A and had a customer insert all 4pcs 18650 30Q in reverse with the button top adapter. Completely destroyed the flashlight along with the cells. He did this even with clear instructions and then lied about how it arrived in this condition. Had another customer do the same thing, at least this guy was honest. I imagine this could be quite an issue doing the same for a model that draws much more current.

As a flashlight store, I get nervous selling models to newbies where it takes more than one cell.

Misusing/abusing a product is never an adequate reason to redesign the product. You will destroy your car if you drive 100mph then throw it in reverse. Manufactures are really not obligated to design a product around foolish people.

If you literally dont know how to put batteries in a flashlight, you really should not own one.

Unfortunately, you can’t choose who you sell to or know their level of knowledge. What you must still do is provide a warranty and user error isn’t always something you can prove if they’re dishonest.

I do have a battery safety guide at least, so many people have no idea because very few stores will care to say anything or even know themselves.

I purchased your flashlight and the brightness is terrible, I’d like it replaced or money refunded. What battery are you using, send me a photo. Oh, it’s a BRC 5800mAh lol.

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