I believe there’s also an Olight R50 Pro with a XHP 70 in the works (saw from CPF).
All these lights look very interesting to me. I only have one “thrower” but am interested in these after seeing the first Olight R50 reviews/impressions coming out.
One thing I notice is it seems like the Klarus G20 has a shorter throw (by spec) though…
The Klarus G20 seems to have a very attractive feature set. The UI is well thought-out. A charger built-in. Lots of battery capacity.
This might be a good light for camping and trekking at night.
Please explain your statement of 10s, is there a review/test showing a drop after 10s?
I see it has “Intelligent Temperature Control” So it will “automatically adjust the output of the flashlight based on current temperature registered in the flashlight to avoid overheating”
So this starts dimming after 10s? Do you know aprox. what it steps down to after 10s?
It’s not budget, but it’s the lowest price single cell pocketable xhp70 production light I know of.
(And the price is even less after BLF discount code of course)
I’m also skeptical about the runtime at that lumen output. If the Nitecore TM03 has a runtime of 45min at 1300lumens, there’s no way the Klarus can output 3000 for 45mins. I don’t think there’s a boost driver that would be efficient enough to reach that level and if it did, the amount of current it would use just to maintain 6v would drain even the highest mAh rated batteries very quickly. I’ll wait to see some reviews before I jump on this one.
After 45 min on turbo it will be melted.
What do you expect of this small light without cooling fins? I am pretty sure it will go into regulation very fast.
The proprietary battery means it is a battery that is specially made for and specifically dedicated to this flashlight, a normal 18650 battery will not operate the light properly.
Haha, of course I was never expecting it to run 45 min. on turbo, I thought about not including that spec. in my reply so someone didn’t think I was. I only included it to inform of the Mfg. spec.
My main question was regarding sp5it’s reference to 10 seconds, although now I’m sure he was merely being sarcastic of the short turbo runtime.
I fully understand (as everyone should) all of these small pocketable xhp70 lights are designed for only short bursts of turbo.
Guys, I suppose that UI and thermal management are similar to G30, this means that you turn on turbo mode and it will reduce current very slightly while light is getting hot, no steps at all.
Maybe not perfect, but I’m liking the mode levels better on the Acebeam EC50:
And the Acebeam EC50 has NW 5000k option , a big plus for me that isn’t an option for the other two pocket-able size xhp70 flashlights.
The size of the Acebeam is about the same as an Eagle Eye / BLF X6 but slightly longer (+10mm)
So it’s larger than the Klarus.
It’s compact size is what attracted me to the Klarus.