Imalent MS18 - 100k flashlight ?

[JasonWW]

@mattadores

Thank you very much! do you by chance have a thread where you’ve compiled your findings?

It was something I got interested in while talking about lights in my Active Cooling thread. I guess posts 34 to 40.

List of Actively Cooled Lights

It’s for people who need high output for long times. The MF01 for instance can do 12k lumen, but only for a few minutes. I can’t remember what it’s top sustained output is, maybe 3k to 4k lumen? The top dog, I believe, at the moment is the giant Acebeam X65, which can do a sustained 6,000 lumen with no active cooling. That’s impressive, but it’s pricey at $574. That’s currently the limit for non fan cooled sustained output. For those folks that do search and rescue or police, you might need …

I tried to find the biggest lights I could because size/surface area matters in shedding heat. Then studied reviews of them.