Astrolux EA01 EA01S FT02S, Review, Runtime Graphs, Beamshots

[@PiercingTheDarkness]

EA01: www.banggood.com/custlink/vKKhNMCAFo Coupon: BGASEA01 EA01S: www.banggood.com/custlink/DmGyAUrsFh EA01S incl 26800 battery: www.banggood.com/custlink/mG3RNUrsHi Coupon: BGEA01S800 or BGEA268 FT02S: www.banggood.com/custlink/DvmRQ2psHp Coupon: BGFT02SF

[@dk28355]

Wow, best comparisons available. Thanks!

[@georgecostanza2695]

Thanks for the vid, that was exactly what I was looking for, specifically with those lights too!

[@VandeCristo]

Excellent review! Detailed and comprehensible presentation. Keep up the good work!

[@PiercingTheDarkness]

Thanks very much :)

[@ZVN86]

Excellent review mate! It's simple to comprehend, to the point, packs in-depth details of each lights *(neat editing and music too) 🙂🌟👍 Thanks to you I'm getting the FT02S & EA01S in XHP50.2 lol. Your video & review has helped much!

[@yitzimarks6336]

Fantastic beam shots with beautiful music! Keep it up man! I'm tempted to get the EA01S XHP50.2 because of its size and power. It also seems to have the cleanest beam profile.

[@PiercingTheDarkness]

It is the best out of the EA01S and FT02S models. Very impressive Thank you

[@hanashakim1229]

@@PiercingTheDarkness what battery you use in EA01S?

[@PiercingTheDarkness]

@@hanashakim1229 3:50

[@therealdarcman]

The one thing that surprised me to my eyes anyways was for the FT02s the reflector artifacs/rings seemed worse with the SST40. Thanks for the excellent comparisons.

[@Di_BLF]

Thank you! The charts are great and useful!

[@PiercingTheDarkness]

I knew that profile pic wasn't an actual fly, but it still had me swiping my finger over it lol

[@HunGyilok]

4:33 helo! how you set the term.config?; first you set the temperature to letz say of room so 20 celsius and if you want to set the temp. limit to 50; thatz the question; 1 then you push 30 clicks [from 20 to 50[; or 2; you push 50 independent of how you setted the ambient temp? thanks!

[@Fruityfrog1]

Sorry I've only just seen your video. Very useful indeed. I recently purchased the Astrolux EA01S, it came with a body tube and battery for the 26800 size. It does take an eternity to charge through the USB C port. I've tried looking for a standalone charger. However, I haven't found one so far. I guess that we'll be in the lap of the gods, in that it may depend on how many times a company uses the 26800 in its manufacture. To be fair the longer body tube is available separately and so people might fancy a light that may last a little longer and still fit in a pocket or bag without too much trouble. Keep up your good work 👍.

[@PiercingTheDarkness]

Not sure why you're apologizing haha. The 26800 battery looks great, but unfortunately there's no possible way to get them into New Zealand. Re: Charger: I wonder if those magnetic chargers would reach both ends

[@MrOpenskyes]

Excellent job! Thank you. I love your amazing country!

[@PiercingTheDarkness]

You're welcome, thanks for the comment

[@kot9486]

Отличная работа! Превосходно! Многократное спасибо!!! Great job! Excellent! Many thanks!!!

[@PiercingTheDarkness]

Russian and English, that makes it much easier haha. I appreciate the comment, thank you

[@lakasund]

Fantastic review and video👍 best comparisons. Thats what i need,

[@Lumi_nance]

wow, fantastic review! very useful and informative. Great Beam shots by the way :) but I'm wondering how you have determined the ANSI Lumen (6640lm and 9830lm)? at 14:37 the output (after 30s) of the Cree variant is lower than the Luminus one. So shouldnt be the ANSI value also be lower for the Cree one?

[@PiercingTheDarkness]

I set the thermal limit to 70°C for the specs in the beamshots section to get the 30 sec measurement. I then changed it to 50°C for all the graphs since 70°C is useless for anyone that actually wants to be able to hold it.

[@Lumi_nance]

@@PiercingTheDarkness ok thanks, that makes sense. I think I am going for the EA01S SST40. Double the throw and still brighter/ more powerful, than the lamp could handle regarding heat. There is a 26800 version of that light

[@Wiwa7]

Astrolux should upgrade the FT02S with a better reflector and options for a xhp50.3 hi or sft40 led, since the host has great potential in producing a lot of light and a lot of reach at the same time…

[@aussiehardwood6196]

Yeah...you do great light videos. I've got the ft02s, MT01 and soon will have the MT04/EA01s. Also Simon is gonna hook me up with some custom hunting Convoys. I'll be making a few remote switches too.

[@PiercingTheDarkness]

You should get an L21A with green Osram NM1, 6A driver for 1.6km or Convoy's C8+ with green is 1,150m. Any of the Osram versions are wicked, but those green versions are quite something Thank you :)

[@nicholaslance9529]

Great review! But one suggestion, you can do some beamshots on buildings as they are more visible, forest and trees are kinda hard to see.

[@PiercingTheDarkness]

I live way out of the city on a farm so it's a bit hard to do that buddy. On my more recent videos I zoom when showing the further away targets, makes for a much better viewing experience. To see what I now do check out my Convoy 4X18A video. Buildings are completely deceiving because they are seen at much further distances than even ANSI rating specs. If the usable distance is only 1/2 of the ANSI rating then what's the point? Trees and grass are much more real world use, rather than just shining them on buildings.

[@PiercingTheDarkness]

My aim is to show an accurate representation of the flashlights in real world use. Hardly anyone out there is only going to be using them to shine onto buildings. In New Zealand there's a lot of farmland, not so much big cities and so most of my customers aren't going to find building footage useful :)

[@maxlumens9085]

@@PiercingTheDarkness do you ever adjust the exposure when filming beamshots? It can help a lot with giving the viewer a better representation of what it looks like in person because they auto adjustment always dims really quickly and kind of make all of the brightness settings look the same.

[@maxlumens9085]

Omg, disregard my question. I need to stop commenting before I've watched the entire video let alone before I've even started it. Lol, my bad.

[@PiercingTheDarkness]

@@maxlumens9085 no worries. For reviews I always use 1/30 shutter, F/1.4, ISO800. For my beamshot photos 1/6

[@VandeCristo]

I am torn between the EA01S SST and the FT02s SST. Very happy with the XHP50.2 EA01 and FT02S😉. Any suggestions?

[@gonzalez7805]

Nice video. i would love to see how the sofirn if25a compares to the ea01 xph50.2

[@PiercingTheDarkness]

Thank you. I no longer have my own IF25A to compare it to. I'd much prefer the EA01 model though, way better build quality and style, it can also handle heat better.

[@Guilherme-SV]

Excellent review. Good job.

[@matheusmf4135]

Thank you for this outstanding review!. So, basically the EA01S will light for a very short time and dies? No sustained output? Lol

[@PiercingTheDarkness]

They all use a FET+1 driver, so with 1x AMC7135 chip, it provides regulated output up to 350mA which is roughly 400 lumens.

[@justinjackson9705]

Awesome. Thanks for the well done video. Lots of good usable info.

[@laithjasim7256]

Thank you for review you should do all flashlight review like this

[@PiercingTheDarkness]

I plan to :) the most difficult thing is finding the right music

[@Snerkler1]

Thanks, really great review. I’ve just bought the EA01s and am interested in your runtime graphs, I’ve not had chance to use mine yet. If I’m understanding this correctly if I start at level 5 it will run at this until around the 7 minute mark where it will start to step down and by 9 mins it’s at 352 lumens? That seems quite a hefty drop and a low lumen level if you want to use it for extended use? I assume if I use the stepless ramping I could (in theory) set it to say 1000 lumen and likely get a more extended runtime at this level?

[@PiercingTheDarkness]

The trouble with a 15 min chart it doesn't show that it increases up to roughly 600 lumens further on. You can go into ramp config and change the stepped levels and/or the max ramp, this will alter that 5th level, or perhaps enter in 10 steps so that it's not such a massive jump between lvl 4 & 5. Make sure you configure the temp sensor and set the thermal limit or it'll be much less than this graph. I'd recommend setting it to 60°C and you can drop the output lower manually if needed. It would be too hard to get 1000 lumens in smooth ramping, it's difficult to determine where you are in that setting. I'd recommend setting more steps and you'll then get an extended run

[@Joker-yb6ks]

I really like ea01s, small and power full, and cheap price.

[@Kuznica_Veshiy_Les_Knife]

thank you friend! Only you have found a comparison of all these lamps. Now the agony of choice is coming)

[@JohnSmith-ul3rd]

it's unclear what mode is actually real (can run for a long time).. is it just Lvl4? That would mean any tiny flashlight outperforms it:) i've got one and i immediately broke the USB slot cover. I used it to remove the flashlight from the box, and it broke while trying to stuff it back to the tiny hole (nearly impossible task). Compared to the spec, i've found it's 30mm thin, which is better than expected. Weight is 144g, also better. It is indeed small, quite smaller than Haikelite SC01 for example.

[@PiercingTheDarkness]

The beauty of the Anduril firmware is you can set the thermal limit to 70°C and it'll handle a higher level. My tests were run at 50°C and Anduril steps down too early, so it's hard to compare with other models. The thermal regulation was a bit all over the place, Anduril V2 has improved a lot over the V1.

[@JohnSmith-ul3rd]

@@PiercingTheDarkness thanks.. The thing is i want to use Turbo only for a few seconds, but then i need to know what other modes are "stable". And on everyones performance charts i can see only few hundred lumen 'stable', which isn't enough for this BIG flashlight.. Plus, 10min break needed each time? That's crazy.. -> I actually bought it, put black Liitokala 26650 in, and Turbo goes for 2 minutes, thermometer shows 50C (that's very hot, no interest in 70C!). And I can run quick Turbo all day with no break. But i don't know the highest stable mode. In comparison, the TM10K, a SMALL device with no mean of heat dissipation, can do 1hour @ 2000lm, 2hour @ 1000lm without step down. Also does 10.000lm for 7sec which is enough.

[@PiercingTheDarkness]

@@JohnSmith-ul3rd Can't really expect anything different from a FET driven light. You need a buck or boost driver for good regulated output, a FET light always always runs hot

[@PiercingTheDarkness]

@@JohnSmith-ul3rd The TK10K can't do 1 hour at 2000 lumens, read the Nitecore disclaimer that is without thermal regulation, they disabled it. Reviewers tested it to be only 7 minutes before reducing to below 500 lumens. The 1000 lumen mode steps down at 18 minutes. www.candlepowerforums.com/threads/review-nitecore-tm10k-6x-xhp35-hd-10-000lm-21700-4800mah-by-lock.450943/

[@MRGOOPY123]

good video well done i know the FTO2S has loads of artifacts but who cares i think mines great

[@PiercingTheDarkness]

The XHP50.2 version is fine, but personally I have a hard time looking at the SST40. I'm someone that likes perfection though, a slight vibrating noise in my car drives me insane until I can locate it lol

[@maxlumens9085]

What's your flashlight business called? I mod lights and started a company from home called "on the bright side". Don't have a website yet but have a site link on square that I just started, it's nowhere near finished but anyway. Love seeing other people enjoy this great hobby/lifestyle. Cheers.

[@PiercingTheDarkness]

Piercing The Darkness lol same name. I enjoy making reviews way more, so hoping this channel grows. I'd like to close the business and do this full time. The drone beamshots in my EC06 review are giving me quite the edge over every other reviewer. All the best with your business :)

[@flashlightatbp1793]

I really like your review...keep it up bro

[@rizalarif2135]

Among these flashlights, which one is better at dissipating your heat, sir?

[@PiercingTheDarkness]

You'll need to look at the graphs starting at 13:52 . I don't have any of them anymore

[@marekszymanski1729]

Great Review ,i need this :) !!!

[@samwatson3588]

Huge fan your style of reviews

[@PiercingTheDarkness]

I appreciate the comment, cheers

[@75675761]

What does it mean in flashlight videos when it displays a value for ANSI?

[@PiercingTheDarkness]

Every flashlight manufacturer uses a specification called the ANSI FL1 rating. This rating, for lumens, is recorded at the 30 second mark after the flashlight is switched on. Watch this short video which explains the ANSI rating on both lumens and runtime - kzbin.info/www/bejne/poLJhKiMratrbbM

[@75675761]

@@PiercingTheDarkness Thank you!

[@lori2677]

Great review.

[@BakhIbrahim]

astrolux Ft02S vs astrolux ea01s. Which one is the best?

[@PiercingTheDarkness]

Entirely depends on your preference, i can't answer that for you. Same lumens, but the EA01S is more compact. Check out my graphs at the end to help you make a choice

[@testaccount7010]

From Malaysia...thank you so much for this video! subscribe ^_^

[@PiercingTheDarkness]

Thanks so much :) keep safe

[@laryangel4082]

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[@PiercingTheDarkness]

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