Flashlight videos are among the most boring on the internet- unless people start reviewing
the reviews.
So what makes them boring?
The guy talking?
All the testing that other reviewers dont do.
this light is good you should buy it I was using it the other day and I dont have any
footage of that but you should trust me.
Or maybe because its about a flashlight.
Well also 19 LEDs doesnt help.
So lets look at the new Acebeam X80, or not... whatever.
Currently the brightest production flashlight out, that takes up as much space as a beer
can- beer something that makes everything more tolerable.
In the box you get this bright flashy thing- and you're back, a manual, a holster, a lanyard,
some orings, 4 3100 mah 18650 batteries and other documentation.
The Acebeam X80 has a lot of LEDs you have 12 regular white LEDs that create a little
less than 25,000 ish lumens. 2 Red Leds, 2 Blue LEDs, 2 Green, LEDs, and a Nichia UV
light so you can do your own crime scene investigations.
The rest of the light is made from airplane grade aluminum, takes 4 18650 lithium ion
batteries, has a glass lens, a tripod mount and is a very floody light meaning it scatters
a ton of light in your immediate area, but doesnt throw far into the distance.
> >Lets look at the output levels that section
where most people according to my analytics begin to drop out.
My figures and Acebeams are on screen.
First its ultralow which is kind of bright.
You know there was a time when a bright flashlight was a fraction of the ultra low mode here.
Then is low.
Then is Mid.
Then is High.
Then is Turbo.
Then is Turbo Max.
When you see the word turbo always assume it steps down at some point.
Then is Red.
Then is Green.
Then is Blue.
Then is UV.
All of the color modes other than UV are kind of bright and only feature one level.
Youre like, sounds like a gimmick.
The UV light is cool I guess.
Now the UI segment I recently got a comment that this section is too long my analytics
prove this is the part the least amount of people watch.
So Ill go over basic operation- and leave it at that.
To operate the flashlight press the button to turn it on.
Cool press and hold to go through the main modes, low mid high red green and blue, then
it loops over and over.
The main operation has mode memory to press the button quickly to turn it off, and it
saves the last mode you used except the special modes.
Those being strobe, ultralow turbo and turbo max.
To get to strobe triple click from on or off.
Cool.
Ultralow press and hold from off.
To get to turbo from on or off double click to get to turbo max you need to be in turbo
then double click.
Double clicking when in turbo switches between the two.
Theres electronic lockout press and hold from off for over 2 seconds to lock it out do the
same to unlock it.
When not in use unscrew the battery tube to break voltage so you dont accidentally turn
it on.
>Runtimes.
All runtimes were achieved using the included batteries, and not other batteries, or theoretical
batteries.
Make sure you put them in the battery carrier first and as a note- the springs are thick
in the carrier so the batteries are a tight fit- the included batteries are about 68.7mm
long- good luck trying batteries much longer.
People actually watch this part weird.
First is Turbo Max.
It starts out at about 23ish lumens about 30 seconds in youre a little over 20,000 lumens.
Its a quick quick drop.
So much heat and a tiny light.
Theres a big step down per the manufacturer a minute in.
It stabilizes at 2 minutes in to about 4045 lumens if my math is correct.
Then it has a few percent drop then at 1 hour and 30 minutes in light ceases to come out
ending lumens were about 3900.
Not bad it held the light just like the runtime said it would basically.
Acebeam said 1.3 hours of total runtime.
By the way, this light is about 150 degrees ish about 1 minute in wear gloves if you want
to use turbo mode.
No joke.
All lumens figures in the runtime tests are my numbers and not the manufacturers unless
I say so.
>Then is turbo.
30 seconds in I measure about 10,322 lumens it drops pretty fast.
Again these are estimates.
Dont get mad if your lights figures are a little different.
A little after 3 minutes in it stabilizes at 3,922 lumens Runs for a little over an
hour with just a percentage or two brightness drop.
It ends its runtime at about 3.790 lumens.
Wear gloves on this mode too.
Acebeam said a little over 1 hour and 30 minutes.
Not bad.
Then is High.
About 3 seconds in I measure about 4448 lumens, right before 20 minutes were at 4180 lumens
then theres that step down 24 minutes in and were at 3851 lumens.
It runs steadily at not a whole lot longer than Turbo and Turbo max Ending brightness
is about 3,857 lumens at 1 hour and 34 minutes.
Acebeam said 1 hour and 20 minutes.
Then is mid.
At 30 seconds in I measure 2436 lumens.
At 5 minutes in we drop to 2,415 lumens, or less than a 1% drop 10 minutes in we hit 2394
lumens 20 minutes in we are at 2373 lumens.
Feel free to double check my math I suck at math more than I do at Youtube. 1 hour in
were at 2342 lumens or a little less than 4% overall drop in initial brightness.
Not bad, It holds this brightness until it shuts off at 2 hours and 49 minutes.
Acebeam says 3 hours were right under that Id say thats close enough.
I didnt test the color modes out of resection for attention spans
Beam shots my backyard.
Here are the lights Ill be comparing them too.
All lights seen here are among the brightest production lights available.
Ill do a 1000 lumen context light and that one idiot will still show up and say, those
dont look bright.
Cool bro.Its the Thrunite Neutron.
I reviewed this a few months ago.
Watch it.
Its a little over 1000 lumens.
Yes verified lumens.
Now the X80.. the catch to the X80 is that it is small and steps down in about a minute.
The smaller and brighter lights get the more they will step down.
In order for any light to maintain 25,000 lumens for a reasonable amount of time itd
have to be big or heavy, have liquid or fan cooling, and use more than 4 batteries.
Compactness is not friendly to high lumens.
Now the Acebeam X45- it used to be the brightest production light.
I reviewed that this light isnt as floody as the X80 because it uses bigger reflectors.
The X80 is a scatter-er of light more so than any of the other lights here.
Leave it up for a few more seconds hey where are you going!
Now the Imalent DT70.
The second brightest production light.
It has a cool white tint.. its thrower than the acebeams.
I like the X45 by the way the best out of all here well maybe 2nd best.
Now back to the X80.
I think people start dropping off here again.
Doot doot.
Now the Nitecore TM16Gt.
this is much thrower than the other lights here because it has LEDs that throw better
and a big ass reflector system.
Now the Noctigon Meteor still by far my biggest video- not my best- but my biggest.
Who knows why.
7200 lumens doesnt seem like a lot now does it.
Back to the X80 for a second.
Im tryina to keep this short.
Now the Olight X7 I choose these lights because I feel like theyre all lights people would
consider along with the X80 but I also like to include throwier, less bright, and floodier
lights in my beamshot section so give context.
> >Cool wrapping it up.
Here are the dimensions and weight, and Ill keep talking.
The X80 is like a vinh (skylumens)light, except hell make a brighter version of this.
It steps down quick is bright and can light up a whole backyard like daylight.
The beam is not throwy at all the X45 can light up things further away so get that one
if you need more throw.
Olight has a brighter production light coming out with active cooling- so maybe that one
will have a larger battery pack and sustain brightness longer.
This light generates too much heat to sustain a brightness longer than a minute- 150 degrees
after a minute is hot to hold without gloves or being in a cold climate.
The UV light addition is cool, but I literally have no use for the color modes and remember
theyre all over 100 lumens.
I dont know why Acebeam did that.
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