W30 White Laser Flashlight Throwing 2408 Meters

BlueSwordM · 2019-06-05T04:02:06.000Z

Uh, so this is what happens today, huh?

It’s that anniversary again of that fateful event?

Also, do you have a beamshot of the 90CRI?

RelakS · 2019-06-05T04:57:15.000Z

Beamshot, maybe?

From this site

hasddie293 · 2019-06-05T07:37:58.000Z

laser or light I confused…

But carry on folkss

Firelight2 · 2019-06-05T09:09:54.000Z

hasddie293:

:cowboy_hat_face: laser or light I confused…

But carry on folkss

Both actually.

A white LED is composed of a blue LED with a layer of phosphor on top. When the blue light hits this phosphor, red and green are emitter, and some of the original blue passes through. These 3 colors then mix to create white light.

A LEP works the same way, except a LEP uses a blue laser diode instead of a blue LED as the light source. The laser, mounted behind the phosphor layer, hits the phosphor, which emits red and green. That mixes with the blue to create white light.

A LEP creates a very small and very intense point of white light on the phosphor layer. This light source is more intense (concentrated) than currently available LEDs. LEP flashlights then collect this light and project it out the front using an aspheric lens in exactly the same way an aspheric lens flashlight works. Because the intensity of a LEP is higher than an LED, you can get more throw out of a LEP flashlight than out of a similar sized LED flashlight.

LEP lights also feature a tiny reflector mounted in the center of the aspheric lens. Any of the original coherent laser beam that isn’t absorbed or diffracted by the phosphor hits this small reflector and is diverted 90 degrees sideways where it is harmlessly absorbed by the side of the bezel.

Result is all of the actual output of the light should be as eye-safe as any LED flashlight. In theory at least.

Agro · 2019-06-05T09:47:41.000Z

Firelight2:

Result is all of the actual output of the light should be as eye-safe as any LED flashlight. In theory at least.

Until you drop the light and something misaligns….or until factory quality check fails to spot a bad build.
I am convinced that LEP is the future. LEDs will have no use in throwers. But I’m not convinced that the current generation of LEP flashlights is safe.

And manufacturers don’t really do anything to convince me otherwise. Nobody explained what they do to prevent eye damage. They stay silent on the issue.

Firelight2 · 2019-06-06T01:19:47.000Z

I also wonder if there might be legal issues with modern LEP flashlights.

I suspect a light like the W30 probably has a Class IV laser inside it. And while the output isn’t coherent, technically it is still laser light. Could you get in legal trouble for carrying around a LEP light and using it? Maybe. I’m not sure.

will34 · 2019-06-06T02:00:39.000Z

There aren’t any laws concerning how bright can a flashlight be (intensity of the beam in this case), like with lasers. Simply because when such laws were proposed nobody had imagined 100,000lm or 1Mcd handheld flashlights. At close range I’d expect the W30 to be as dangerous as a low-medium powered laser if pointed directly to the eyes.

Rusty_Joe · 2019-06-06T02:36:54.000Z

Throw in a frosty white diffuser for less focused use.

Rusty_Joe · 2019-06-06T02:37:36.000Z

This thing literally laughs at all other throwers.

Lux-Perpetua · 2019-06-06T09:20:42.000Z

Actually, Acebeam W30 is ranked "Warning Class 2M Radiation" with a maximum output power of 12W and a wavelength of 500-650nm (IEC 60825-1:2014). There is a clearly visible sticker attached to the light that warns you to not look into the beam.

dthrckt · 2019-06-06T11:52:06.000Z

When you make an LEP zoomie, please do message me

Can’t imagine a better light for boating. A bit higher on the lumen side, a bit lower on throw, than this light, would be perfect.

Lux-Perpetua · 2019-06-06T21:01:11.000Z

From left to right: Convoy M3 (XHP70.2 N4-7A 3.000K), Acebeam W30 (Laser Excited Phosphor 6.500K), Sofirn C8G (XHP35 HI 6.500K). Distance to wall about one foot (30cm). White Balance was on automatic mode.

I will be posting a review later on.

djozz · 2019-06-06T20:59:35.000Z

Looking forward to the review!

Lux-Perpetua · 2019-06-06T21:03:16.000Z

Please don’t expect an extensive review like those from maukka. :-D

djozz · 2019-06-06T21:07:12.000Z

Any impression about a brand new 1.45 Mcd flashlight is interesting to read

ImagioX1 · 2019-06-07T01:22:20.000Z

Just ordered one from Battery Junctions. Says it should ship in 15 days. Don’t have any super long throwers to compare as I sold my Maxabeam, but I do have my TN40 and an FF4S.

Lux-Perpetua · 2019-06-07T17:59:36.000Z

djozz:

Looking forward to the review!

I just posted my English review here:

https://budgetlightforum.com/t/-/57083

If you want to read the German version, please click here:

https://www.taschenlampen-forum.de/threads/passaround-review-acebeam-w30.70427/

Cheers,

Thomas

lawallac · 2019-06-07T18:06:56.000Z

The technology is all there, but the light is really screaming for a better looking host. Keep up the good work.

djozz · 2019-06-07T21:37:05.000Z

^ sounds good, that will be a fun comparison

Theodore41 · 2019-08-14T06:51:24.000Z

Isn’t it possible to make it with a strobe mode?
I have a 5W blue laser from Sanwulasers,which has a strobe mode.
https://www.sanwulasers.com/ .