![]() ![]() High efficiency constant current circuit will maintain constant brightness.Built-in switch indicator lights, easy to find the switch in the darkness.Built-in safety self-testing intelligent charging circuit, convenient, fast and safe.Utilizes 18 pieces of American CREE XHP70 XHP70 2nd LEDs, with a lifespan of up to 50,000 hours.It has eight output levels ensure long runtimes with low or high output in any situation.Imalents MS18 features unique design with bright plating process optical reflector.The multi-functional OLED display can show various parameters and settings.MS18, “Ambassador of light”, utilizes18 pieces of American CREE XHP70 2nd LEDs with a maximum output up to 100,000 lumens.and has beam distance of 1350 metres.Hoping for the industry and LED/Laser scientists to just take a couple of steps further every year. ![]() If you can produce a 300 000 Lumen light that’s more efficient than ms18, then you will have no trouble to produce a 30 000 Lumen torch at the same efficiency as the 10 000 Lumen flashlights we have today. Who knows, in five years maybe the tech allows for equally steps forward in Lumen. LEP, Or Laser Emitted Phosphorus is one step in which you light up a luminescent phosphorus substrate with an energy efficient laser to produce high Candelas at the moment. What I meant (behind the words) Was that I was hoping for things to evolve like many other things in the semiconductor industry. Not to mention the heat would cause an immediate ramp down.ġ5K lumens is think it the most that can really work well. I have to ask, why would you want that? It’s only gonna kill the battery in 10 seconds. Efficiency will certainly improve over time still, and maybe in five years we will have a 300 000 lumen flashlight that’s more efficient than ms18. I’m looking forward to the future when you can walk into Walmart and buy a pesky flood laser at 250 000 lumen for 29.99 bucks. Put 4 of them in one large head flashlight and you have 50,000 lumens for half an hour on just one battery. Thats 12,500 lumens, lasting 2 hours on one 46800. ![]() But lets say a 2 inch by 2 inch LED gives us 250lm/W at 50W. They may end up being an inch wide or wider to give us such excellent lumens. The XHP-70s biggest advancement may be its size, we may find future LEDs can’t fit 20mm mcpcs. Not that it is like CPUs since Moore’s law does not apply but it does advance. I absolutely accept I could be wrong and maybe there’s a company out there who will blow us all away with a new kind of emitter that’s just as bright as an LED size-for-size, but with a good bit less heat generation. Someone is bound to try doing quad channel, I’m sure. One good sign of that apex is that focus in the community has devoted a lot of time to other factors like throw vs. The flashlights available are so inexpensive relative for what they do today compared to years past. For the hand held format, flashlights that can be stowed on your person (holster, pocket, etc.), we’re at a phenomenal place. I always come back to thinking about where we’ve been and how far we’ve come with LED & driver tech. The Imalent MS18 and others of that scale design really push the limit. Unless emitter manufacturers can come up with some other element/compound that can be substituted with much lower heat characteristics, this continues to be the limiter on feasible maximum brightness for handheld flashlights. So LEP doesn’t alleviate the heat problem that LED suffers. LEP (Light Emitting Plasma) is a form of fluorescent lighting (all fluorescent lights use a plasma). I’m not sure if we can equate LED tech progression like CPU’s… where after X amount of time, performance is doubled, and the curve just continues on and on, year after year… The point I was trying to make is that it's absolutely "enough". There's no way I would upgrade.Īddendum: and just to be clear, I absolutely LOVE my MS18W. For my needs, anything above the 22,000 lumen setting would almost never be of any use. And that's with an MS18"W" with the warmer color tint. Just my two cents, I don't see a need for 100,000'ish lumens since it just blinds you if there is too much dust or the slightest amount of mist in the air. So do they need to push it further? If they did, would people buy it? Would MS18 owners run out and upgrade? I can definitely say that I wouldn't. I don't think a lot of people buy lights like this nor do I think it really serves a legitimate purpose unless you're in the minority of people who need extremely high sustained light levels out of a handheld light. Is there a market for it? Imalent already has the undisputed champ which I believe was simply a pissing contest with Acebeam. If there is a market for it, someone will make it. ![]()
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