I would love to see experts’ views about comparing this new Lumintop GT98 with Acebeam X75. The latter seems much more powerful, though a little bit older.
I suspect the price of the GT98 will be around US$400.
I have enough saving for buy only one of these big flashlights as a year-end present for myself. Which one to go for?
Ho un X75 e proietta davvero troppa luce e troppo vicino per diventare quasi abbagliante questo determina una perdita di definizione dei dettagli a distanza quindi il suo lancio è solo teorico ma vedo lo stesso problema nel video postato anche in GT98 che pur essendo un lanciatore di troppa luce sotto i piedi per cui si perde definizione da lontano, ho un GT94X e questo, seppur sicuramente meno luminoso, si lancia molto più in là (e lo si vede bene dal video) non solo perché ha riflettori più grandi con solo quattro SBT90. 2 ma soprattutto perché non getta tutta la sua luce sotto i tuoi piedi e quindi i dettagli a distanza sono più nitidi. Per risolvere il problema della carenza nel lancio di X75 ho provveduto all'acquisto di un Amutorch DM80 che va davvero lontano (1400m) e ha poche perdite nelle vicinanze e li unisco tramite il filo che hanno entrambi per un attacco per treppiede. Ho ottenuto circa 100.000 lumen con il lancio aumentato di circa il 50% ma soprattutto molto più equilibrio nella saturazione del bianco tra brevi medie e lunghe distanze. Al contrario, per compensare la fuoriuscita a breve distanza del GT94X e aumentare i lumen, ho provveduto, utilizzando lo stesso filo che ha per il supporto del manico, ad unirlo con un Sofirn Q8 Plus da oltre 20.000 lumen con le apposite batterie , ottenendo così un'emissione di quasi 50.000 lumen e quasi 3 km di lancio. Mi diverto così...
Just got the GT99 today. It takes 32 x 21700’s and has 144 SBT90.2 LEDs. I turned it on and within 1.5 seconds I had to drop it as it became too hot to hold.
Tonight I am going to point it towards China. Will post beam shots tomorrow.
Has anyone here ordered one of these yet? Neal says he is currently shipping them, I was about to pull the trigger on a GT94X right before the GT98 appeared on Neals. Got till Jan 3rd, end of sale date, to buy one of the two. Can’t decide lol.
Lumintop strikes again, but unfortunately strikes out. The A1 is still the best implementation of multiple sbt 90.2 out there as far as usability and practicality, and even then it has a pretty narrow and limited usefulness. You can get one of those for about $800. This thing…Nevermind it costs $1000. Would be cool to test though.
At $1,000 I agree, but its only marked at $1,000 because its part of his Christmas Sale. Code: Christmas and it goes down to $650. It also includes 8x P42A’s. I also agree it would be cool to test lol, think imma order one. Edit: Or maybe a GT94Xvn?
It says it has NarsilM so you can disable the thermal control, but that may be a bad idea considering how much power this would draw. I found that out testing a Fenix LR80R that malfunctioned and didn’t step down on Turbo. Things melted.
Yeah. And seeing how Marco bashed the GT94X for dismal output after stepdown, I’m not holding my breath. But from the video above (#17) at turn on it does look mighty impressive. Big focused hotspot with significantly wider and brighter spill than his GT94.
The guy says it has Anduril 2.0 though. :shrug:
He set the thermal limit at 70°C.
So, is this light basically dead in the water since it can’t really maintain any meaningful lumens or has someone figured out what is going on with it? I have the GT4 and GT94, and they don’t seem to have an issue maintaining very good light for long times.
Is it at least comparable to either of the 4 or 94 originals?