@@lancomedicYou can charge the battery via a USB C cable & charging "brick", or throw the battery into an external "bay" charger and charge it that way. My external charger (with four bays) can charge four batteries at once.
I have both old and new, the new has definitely been an improvement , also if you compare the 2 , new one is shorter ever so and the cutouts are more on the new 2.0 , still a great edc
Been everyday carrying my acebeam pokelit AA 1000 lumen grey version for over a year now ... Similar light to this .. paid 26 dollars Canadian. Love it ... Acebeam is blowing olight away when compared to the i5r
He literally never does beam shots, the explanation was there are plenty of more detailed beam shots comparison videos and he simply doesn't have time for setting up and including beam shots and making them up to his standard. Idk how I feel about it but that was the explanation from him in other videos
@@CDXRK Also most flashlight reviews that aren't from dedicated flashlight channels do a horrible job at showing the beam. AWB is usually on, Auto-Exposure is usually on, often no comparison to anything.
I'm not a huge fan of the USB battery type, but for a high quality pocket light without a strobe (which I have NEVER had occasion to use) this thing is totally 5easonable
Main things I dislike on my Rider RX, and why I never carry it anymore, are the bulky pocket clip and the UI. Tbh the UI is about 80% of what I don’t like. It’s just so clunky to have to click through modes like that…we have so many better options these days, this just does nothing for me. At least they fixed the clip, though!
At 3.8"x0.75" and 2.5 oz, this is quite a bit larger and heavier than the Rovyvon A8 6500 which disappears in the pocket at 2.4"x0.6" and 0.6 oz. So the Acebeam is not as pocket friendly for EDC. And it doesn't have the Rovyvon side light party tricks. But it is much more powerful in the medium modes. 14 hours at 50 lumens and 2 hours at 200 lumens! Compare the A8, which goes 8 hours at 25 lumens and 1 minute at 200 lumens before stepping down to 80 lumens over 2 hours. Both sport about 4 candela per lumen so similar beam intensity. However, the Acebeam has a more neutral 5K white with high CRI vs. the 6500 Rovyvon. And if for some reason you forget to charge it, a backup NiMH battery will provide Rovyvon-busting run times at 0.5 and 80 lumens (9 days and 3.5 hours). It's an intriguing option.
Another awesome review! I have a question. If I already own a Olight I5T should I look to pick this up? If the only difference is for the ability to avoid accidentally turning it on and having the two materials to better cool the flashlight.
I have one of the original ones. I like it as a good "nearby-grab,", but it hasn't made it to EDC. I still prefer my Sofirn SC21 Pro as the main, and the Lumintop Tool AA 2.0 as the backup because of its silicone rubber dome.
Both great edc , Sofirn covers the enthusiast and the Lumintop is an amazing user friendly edc . I use the Lumintop at night when letting the cat out, moonlight mode with the diffuser for the win. The Lumintop tool AA is where I would guide most people for a one and done edc torch.
@@GamerBivy As badly as the Tool's clip sucks, I would too. It has too many other plusses, like running on ANY AA (1.2V up to 3.7V), and the diffuser makes it a decent enough area light.
On the one hand the whole bolt-action thing is becoming quite the overdone fad, on the other hand I gotta admit it's a nice implementation of it and actually provides a feature. However what might be even better is if they had a 3-step action one of which slides further back so the beam is more direct. Doesn't happen too often that I need to direct a beam, but it's even rarer that I need to standoff the flashlight pointing it upwards.
I believe he means do not charge them with a battery charger where you can slide 1 or more batteries into different bays in order to charge them. google "18650 battery charger" and you will see the chargers that I'm referring to.
@@maxlvledc you are the first I've seen saying that. Is that something acebeam told you or did it come from somewhere else? Guess I'm wondering why and how.
I believe he means do not charge them with a battery charger where you can slide 1 or more batteries into different bays in order to charge them. google "18650 battery charger" and you will see the chargers that I'm referring to
@Jon-ki2px It's also a/n 14500/AA flashlight. If you want something with higher sustainable output, get a larger one with a fan. At least Acebeam uses ANSI for their turbo settings, Nitecore has a 13-second turbo on the MH12 PRO and even shorter (8 seconds) for the two EDC lights. Basically, what I'm saying is 35 seconds isn't that bad for an AA light.
@Spolt_main my point was it is shady and dishonest to market as a 1000 lumen light when it's not ... Olight does the same shit with their exadurated lumen claims. That's one of the many reasons I don't buy from them either.
