So I received the EC60 from Acebeam today And I have to say I’m impressed with it as a mid-ranged thrower light with noticeably more lumens than any of the XP-L throwers and noticeably more throw than any of the single cell XHP-50 or XHP-70 lights that have been coming out recently. In my opinion it is this throw and output combination that make the EC60 special as just about every manufacturer has a 26650 or 2x 18650 light out these days. All of these get between 2,000 to 3,000 lumens and all have a rated range of about 300 meters. The EC60 doubles this range @ 600 meters of throw and is still in the range of 2,000 to 3,000 lumens, given it is a 2,000 lumen light.
As I already Own an Olight R50 seeker (XHP-50), Nitecore EC4s (XHP-50), Shadow JM35 (XHP-50), Eagletac MX25l3 (MT-G2), Klarus G30 (MT-G2) which are all single emitter 26650 or 2x/3x 18650 lights, it was easy to single out the EC60 as unique among the pack given none of these other lights fall in the range of 600 meters.
The Tint of the EC60 leaves something to be desired in my opinion. It is a cool white, low CRI which, again in my own opinion, was noticeably unpleasing from the very first time I turned the light on. However, the EC60 did meet or surpass my expectations in regards to other dynamics of the light. The charger works well and it had no trouble charging the included 5,000MAh Acebeam 26650, nor a Keeppower 5,200MAh or a Liitokala 5,000 MAh. The charge indicator is not very bright but you can easily pick up the light or look at it close and see if it indicates red for still charging or green for charging completed. The EC60 in no way distracts from across the room, or any distance, with a blinking or overly bright charge indicator which I liked.
The thermal step down didn’t seem to work as I did a test running the light on turbo with a timer to see how long until it would step down. After 03:30 of the light sitting there, I still didn’t notice any stepdown from turbo so I turned the light off. The EC60 was scalding hot and couldn’t be held at that point and I was worried I may have damaged the LED mounting, some circuitry, or the thermal path with excessive heat but the EC60 was just fine and suffered no apparent damage after it cooled down. I may not have been using the Acebeam “customized” 26650 but rather the unprotected Keeppower when running this test but I’m not sure it’s possible for this to make a difference in regards to thermal stepdown.
The spelling was wrong. My EC60 has the Acebeam logo with the spelling Aecbeam. I actually like that it makes this particular sample a bit more unique as Acebeam has likely noticed that their name is misspelled and fixed it by now. Possible it just will identify this as the early, pre-reworked and not improved version of the EC60 too. Time might tell if later samples of this light have subtle improvements or not. I assume they’ll at least change the spelling.
All told I definitely like the EC60, however as other members have already commented, if this had a neutral white XHP35 emitter it would be greatly improved in my own opinion.
Here is my YouTube EC60 video with lots of beam shots. Thanks for looking and any conversation/input is appreciated.
Updated Neutral White; Was at skylumen.com and I see Vinh already has this light for sale. Pricing is very close to Acebeam stock pricing so it looks to be an amazing offer. Neutral white version listed at just over 100k lux.
I have been thinking of buying this flashlight, I like the 26650 battery and the XHP35 HI led, but the tint is really a deal breaker for me. Let’s just hope NW version will be available.
Yes, I’ve tried Liitokala 5000 and Keeppower 5200 too. They charge just fine. I think they supply a little more output too as I was messing around with testing, but can’t remember for sure. I’ll try the lightbox and post results if someone doesn’t beet me to it.
Also the EC60 charger gets close to 2A output with the right USB source which is great for 26650s. By comparison my Klarus G20 is only .5A. The R50 is 1.A which is ok. EC60 is only one that charges to full 4.2V
Yes it charges fine, my measurement is 4,16-4,17V , so is great.
But like I said to the other forum, with factory battery it just can not provide enough current for Turbo mode, I don’t see any difference between High and Turbo with factory battery.
With fresh IMR there is an improvement, but is not 2000lm, more like ~1500.
I think was better if they make the High at ~700lumens and turbo at ~1300lm like Manker U21.
With factory battery Turbo mode is almost useless, only consume fast the battery and flashlight get hot real quick.
Hmmm. Let me try testing that one some more. I recall I got higher numbers for my stock EC60. I think about 1850-1900 lumens with Keeppower IMR 4,200MAh. Of course my 4.2V @ finish was on a cheap multi meter, however the same multi meter only shows 4.14 @ finish with the G20 charger.
Agreed the Acebeam factory battery is not appropriate to the EC60. Only appropriate to Acebeam cheapskates.
I don’t have a luxmeter, but on turbo comparing with Acebeam K60 at level 4 (1700lm, 1900 after Selfbuilt review) is visibly less brighter.
Also comparing with Fenix LD50 1800lm is less brighter, is not a huge diference, but is clear that don’t have the declared 2000lm.
On high is visibly brighter than my all other 1000lm flashlights (Fenix PD35TAC, Armytek Dob Pro, Nitecore EC4GT) , but difference is very small, I believe it have around 1200lm on high.
In my eyes it have around 1400-1500 lumens on turbo (from off, with IMR if I go direct from high to turbo I can see a small difference, but not from ~1200 to ~2000lm…maybe some 2-300 lm increase )
