Crees latest XHP 70.2 emitter is very bright.
Believe me, a lot of people are saying it.
The Storm of Ra review yesterday proved it with its 6000 lumens.
Acebeam is using it too, and putting it in a tiny soda can sized light and says we dont
need no active cooling, also wear gloves wuss.
The Acebeam K30 is pretty small, not smaller than the Noctigon Meteor, but thinner but
mostly because it uses a traditional smooth reflector.
Lets see it gots a glass lens, attack ready crenelated bezel, smooth reflector already
said that, and an integrated battery carrier, which is nice, although I prefer the groved
slots, because high lumen flashlights can always use more aluminum.
Ok it comes with box, manual, warranty cards, the light, a nice clickable lanyard, for those
dudes into those, and a holster if you accessorized on your belt.
No its not mace its just a can of flashlight I mean.
Uhh..
Yeah I know Im the one making em.
Its waterproof to 10 meters I mean Id stick with shallow submersions personally, you know
the usual.
The knurling is kind of flat, but it adds a little bit of texture, depending on how
much blood.
Output levels, its got a bunch.
My estimated lumens values and the Acebeams.
Firefly.
Id like something a little lower.
Low Id like something a little lower.
Mid, thats fine with me.
High.
Turbo, notice the manufacturer rated step down.
Turbo Max also steppin down.
Umm.
UI.
The UI is pretty much like all the single buttons Acebeams Ive reviewed recently like
the X45 and X80.
But the batteries in, screw on the battery tube all batteries face the same way I want
to say theyre in series not parallel- despite looking like parallel.
It can not be mechanically locked out, just electronically press and hold for over 2 seconds
it blinks press and hold for over 2 second to unlockout or reverse lockout or the opposite
of lockout.
Ok batteries are in, regular operation click once to turn it on then press and hold to
go through the main modes low mid and high.
Only these three are saved into mode memory, and none of the other turbo, firefly or strobes
are.
Press once to turn it off.
All other modes are shortcut based.
Press and hold for under 2 seconds and release to access firefly from any time.
Firefly is never saved into mode memory.
Triple click from any time gets you strobe/ hard.
Not saved into mode memory.
Double click from any time gets you turboed hard, and to get to turbo max you need to
be in regs turbo then do a timed double click..
click it goes black then click again quickly press black press.
Runtimes.
Flat tops, button tops both work.
Flat tops fit a little loose.
I used 3100 mah Acebeam batteries..
the ones included with the X80.
I have read speculation those are Sony VTC6s, but I have not removed the wrapper to check.
I recommend high drains It is not clear if those batteries I used had protection built
in Im pretty sure they do, but ending voltage on all of the tests was 2.6ish-2.8 ish volts.
Turbo Max first.
Brightness drops quick.
From 30 seconds in to 1 minutes in weve dropped 25% thats 5200 lumens to 3900 lumens. 2 minutes
in we get that hard drop to about 2100 lumens or a 58% overall drop.
Double check my math, if you also have no life.
About an hour in we havent dropped much more still over 2000 lumens. 2 hours in weve still
only dropped a few more lumens. 2 hours and 6 minutes it shuts off.
If I were a betting man Id say Turbo only lasts a few minutes longer.
So lets fine out homies.
Turbo. 2 minutes in weve only lost 2%.
30 minutes in weve only lost 5% of overall brightness.
An hours in were at almost 6%.
At 2 hours in as you start wondering what it all means, and that weve only lost not
even 7% of overall brightness, and maybe youre wasting your time watching this crap And when
it cuts off at almost the exact same time as turbo, youre like why not just have turbo
max only and all I can say Ive warned ya and tried to help you all I can, now I got nuttin
for ya man.
Oh lets get high.
10 minutes in weve lost 2% ish brightness.
Cool.
1 hours in weve lost like 2.5% of tedious irritating brightness.
3 hours in still about the same, less than 3% overall.
And when it cuts off at 3 hours and 35 minutes weve lost just over 3% brightness.
Beamshots fools.
Here were using some soda can, I prefer beer can sized lights.
Hey look the BLF Q8!
Review coming soon.
All these have maxiumum brightness modes from 4000-900 lumens.
I have reviewed all of these.
First the Acebeam K30.
There is an important distinction here, this is the only single emitter light here.
5000 lumens out of 1 LED.
I dont know exactly what that means in the scheme of things but theres a lot Im still
trying to figure out.
And someones like magnets?
Yeah how do they work.
Now the Manker MK34, this light steps down incredibly fast like at 30 seconds in but
it sure has a nice tint, nicer than all the lights here.
The K30 has a tint shift across the beam coolish in the center, slight hint of greenish in
the corona, and blueish at the edges the light supposedly is rated at 6000k.
Its a cool tint, and probably wont do anything to win over the people whove complained about
tints on other acebeam xhp centered lights.
Now the Q8, best UI in the whole bunch.
Nice neutralish tint with a hint of tint shift.
These tint shifts arent much perceptible outdoors during actual use.
Comparing several big lumen lights on your apartment wall, well your experience may vary.
Ok K30 for a few seconds.
Now the Meteor.
This light is currently on loan to adventure sports flashlights for a flashlight porn video,
which is different than porn with flashlights.
Its a nice tint, and brighter by a couple thousand lumens over the K30 shorter but wider.
No comment.
Umm now the Olight X7, the brightest light here, and now my brother is the proud owner.
The X7R will now replace it in my videos, since its brighter.
I had some notes recently that I could talk less during these sections.. but I figured
some small pointless stories are just as good.
Wrapping it up.
Its small and about 15 minues in it was 128F near the head when using it on turbo the end
of the battery tube is closer to 100 degrees So if youre a tough bro you might not need
gloves its no where near the 150ish degrees of the X80.
I let it run about 25 minutes before shutting it off.
Last check temp was !35 near the head.
Turbo modes are best used in cooler weather or in bursts.
Its a good outdoors and indoors light with a bit of throw when you need it.I dont know
what your look for in lights but I prefer easy user interfaces and good tints.
Objectively the Q8 is the best here at that although the Meteor is probably my favorite.
Manker has the best tint, but the UI isnt my favorite.
I dunno, just stuff to think about.
Acebeam provided this light for review.
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Thanks for watching.