I’ll let you know on Thursday when mine arrives, bought it as stop gap while my other light is being fixed!!!!!

Ordered one last week. Interested to see what it’s like when it turns up.

See this thread

and this one

Got one coming in the post, from what I’ve heard you can’t really go wrong, although the battery life isn’t fantastic at about 3 hours on medium (which is plenty apparently)

I’ve got one and have used it but haven’t actually just compared it to mine or my m8’s lights. Definitely not 5000 lumens, but seemingly loads better than the single XML light around over the last couple of years.
I wouldn’t say it was “crapish” but mine came with a rubbish battery, other ppl report theres to be better, hardly the end of the world or unexpected.
Only quick comparison I did was side by side next to a Inton Dual XML (MS880 type jobbie), and it’s definitely not quite as bright as that, but is substantially smaller & lighter.

Hahaha, the Chinese lumens are really getting ridicules!
A few years ago you would divide the silly figure by 50% and that would give you a top end estimate, but WHF 5000!
Divide that by 50%, then 50% again and then if you take another 20% off that, then thats the likely max output.

I got one last week and very impressed! Bargain!

Yeah cheapo 18650 battery pack but that’s easy changed.

Anyone use a lipo battery pack?

5000ma lipo can be bought pretty cheap from purplepower or giantshark

Make sure to put the LiPo in a hard shell/case too, if you get one.

That’ll be next years Chinese Lumens figure for 3x XML 😉

i have had an 1800lm for a year and it’s been fantastic, reliable, long battery and very bright.
Bought the 5000lms couple of week’s ago for night ride outs and to be honest very hard to tell any difference between them. Still good light for the money though 🙂

*EDIT
There is also a 9000lm as well

Says its using “XML U2” emitters, anyone know how those might differ from the T6?

It’s a little more than £30 but it does produce a real, measured (by whom I don’t know) 4,500 lumens! http://www.full-beam.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=SYS_X12_2013
I’ve got their little 2,500 lumen light and TBH that’s plenty, just over 3hrs at full whack, days and days on low.

The latest XM-L will produce around 1000 Lumens in optimal lab conditions, stick that in a light and you would be looking at around 700-800 max accounting for losses.
Those 2x XM-L lights would likely only be putting out 500-600 each max, so 1000-1200 max.
And its pretty unlikely that they will have the latest ones too, despite what it says.

To properly measure lumens, you need to use a sphere, the best most of us could do is to use a light meter and find the lux, but that only tell you how bright a light source is.

I have a 9x XM-L flashlight which is advertised as 11000 Lumens, tests showed it was about 5000 max when first switched on, going down to around 3500-4000 after the heat etc… kicked in.

The hope qr light mount works..you may need a shorter screw.

The Magicshine headmount also works….

A bit of a “Wall-e” look

Just ordered one, do they come with a helmet mount or do I need to get my bodge on?

Wouldn’t want to catch my knee/leg on that in an over the bars fall.

If it’s more than 1100 lumens I’d be amazed. Probably reclaimed laptop cells in the battery pack I would imagine. Definitely one to charge in a metal box.

Or Johnny 5

Its only a bit bigger than a fag packet :roll:. Probably more problems with banging your knee on the stem or just ride within you’re capability or stay indoors 😉

Ha ha, FFS, every year they draw me in with their promise of more lumens than I’ll ever know what to do with. Ordered.

(I’m justifying it as it means I can now leave lights permanently on my road and mountain bike helmets and the bars of three bikes too.)

He sells lights, but it can’t be that. Probably just genuine concerns.
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The battery will be pap, though. Which always seems to be the weak point with these lights.

I’m in a bit of a quandary here, Yes I already own 3 single emitter XML lights and an aged P7 all of which are still functional… But £30?… it’s really not bad VFM, and it’s hardly like we don’t know what we’re getting now after what ~4 years or so of: P7 & XML emitter, 4×18650 batteries (with questionable weather tightness) and patented , firestarter chargers we’re all used to Chinese “Bastid” lights.

To those that own or have played with one, what’s the beam pattern like? anyone got a beam shot yet?

Is it just a slightly wider hot spot with a big bastard halo (as I’d sort of expect two £15 XMLs side by side to be)?

How about weight? much heavier than a single? I’d see this as more of an option for noggin than bar mounting…