The 30-second verdict
The Acebeam X25 is a 23,000-lumen searchlight that Acebeam rates to 1,553 metres. Both numbers are true. Neither is what you actually get.
Turbo’s 23,000 lumens lasts one minute. Then the X25 settles to 5,400 lumens — and holds it for about 90 minutes. That sustained 5,400-lumen level throws roughly 755 metres, not 1,553. So the honest way to read this light is: a 5,400-lumen, 755-metre searchlight with a one-minute party trick on top.
Here’s the thing — that’s still excellent. A sustained 5,400 lumens across 755 metres is genuine search-and-rescue capability, and almost nothing else we stock does it. We just don’t want you buying the 1,553 and feeling cheated at minute two.
The catch: it weighs 1,073 g with the battery pack. That is not a flashlight. That is a piece of equipment you decide to bring.
Price: AED 1,239, Black only, in stock. Acebeam X25 product page.
Who the X25 is for
- Desert search and off-road recovery. Finding a stuck vehicle, a person, or a track across open ground at 500–750 m. This is the job it was built for — see our best desert lights guide and 4x4 night recovery kit.
- Marine, dune and wide-open-space work where a 1,000-lumen EDC light simply dies into the dark.
- Anyone who needs a light and a signal. The RGB head does red/green/blue/white, SOS, red-blue flashing, beacon, meteor and rainbow rotation. That’s a search tool and a marker in one body.
Who it’s not for: anyone who wants to carry a light. At 1,073 g and 157.5 mm with a 92 mm head, the X25 lives in a vehicle or a kit bag. If you want throw in your hand, the Acebeam L19 2.0 is a third of the price and a fifth of the weight.
Specifications
| Spec | Acebeam X25 |
|---|---|
| Max output | 23,000 lumens (Turbo, ~1 min) |
| Sustained output | 5,400 lumens (~90 min) |
| Max beam distance | 1,553 m (Turbo peak) / 755 m at 5,400 lm |
| Peak beam intensity | 602,952 cd |
| LEDs | 16 × CREE XP-LR (see note below) |
| Battery | 1 × 14.4 V / 4,250 mAh Li-ion pack (built in) |
| Charging | 60 W USB-C fast charge, ~1.5 h to full |
| Longest runtime | 8 h 40 min on Ultra Low (700 lm) |
| Water / dust | IP68 |
| Size | 157.5 mm long, 92 mm head, 57 mm height |
| Weight | 1,073 g (incl. battery pack) |
| Extras | RGB atmosphere light, dual switches, detachable handle, mechanical lock |
| Colour | Black only |
| Price | AED 1,239 |
A note on the LEDs — we’d rather tell you than not. Acebeam builds the X25 in two LED versions: 16 × CREE XP-LR (23,000 lm / 1,553 m) and 16 × Luminus SFT-25R (22,000 lm / 1,505 m). Our listing doesn’t currently state which one ships. The gap is about 4% in output and 48 m in throw — a difference you will never see with your eyes. But if it matters to you, email seller@lumens.ae before you order and we’ll confirm the exact unit. Curious what the LED names mean? Our flashlight LED guide explains Cree vs Luminus vs Nichia in plain English.
The 1,553-metre question
Every long-throw light is sold on its biggest number. Here is what the X25’s actual mode table says (built-in battery pack version):
| Mode | Output | Throw | Runtime |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turbo | 23,000 → 5,400 lm | 1,553 m | 1 min, then ~90 min at 5,400 |
| High | 12,200 → 5,400 lm | 1,071 m | 5 min, then ~85 min |
| Med 2 | 5,400 lm | 755 m | 1 h 35 min |
| Med 1 | 2,700 lm | 517 m | 3 h 35 min |
| Low | 1,400 lm | 384 m | 6 h |
| Ultra Low | 700 lm | 285 m | 8 h 40 min |
Read that table twice. The three rows that matter for real work are the bottom three — and they’re quietly the best thing about this light. 700 lumens for nearly nine hours is a full night of camp and search work. 2,700 lumens for three and a half hours reaches 517 m and outlasts most people’s patience. Turbo is for the first minute of “where is he?”, not for the search itself.
If the relationship between lumens, candela and metres is fuzzy, we wrote a plain-English explainer — and flood vs throw covers why a 23,000-lumen wall of light behaves differently from a narrow 1,650-lumen pencil beam.
What we like
- 60 W USB-C charging, 1.5 hours to full. For a 4,250 mAh 14.4 V pack, that is genuinely fast. Most lights this size take a working day.
- The RGB head is not a gimmick. Red/blue flashing and beacon make the X25 a roadside or marine marker as well as a searchlight. Our roadside kit guide explains why being seen matters more than seeing.
- IP68 — dust-tight and submersible. What that rating does and doesn’t promise is in our IP rating guide.
- Dual switches and a detachable handle. Use it as a lantern-grip searchlight or strip the handle and mount it. The mechanical lock means it won’t cook itself on in a kit bag.
- A 21700 battery-holder version exists that takes 4 replaceable cells — useful for multi-day trips where you can’t charge. Note the holder version does not have USB-C charging, and our current listing is the built-in-pack version.
- It takes the X75 pack. If you already own the X75, its pack fits the X25. (Not the reverse — the X75 draws far more current than the X25 holder can supply.)
What we’d change
- 1,073 g. There is no way around it. This is a two-hands-or-a-handle light.
- The listing should say which LED you’re getting. We’ve flagged it internally; until it’s fixed, ask us.
- Turbo’s one minute deserves to be on the box, not buried in a runtime table. Same complaint we have about half the industry.
- Black only. A 1 kg black cylinder is easy to lose in a dark vehicle footwell.
- No stated operating temperature. Acebeam doesn’t publish one for the X25, so we won’t invent one — but do read our UAE summer heat guide before you leave any lithium pack in a parked car in July.
How it compares
| X25 | L19 2.0 | Terminator M1 | X75 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | AED 1,239 | AED 369 | AED 1,499 | AED 2,989 |
| Max output | 23,000 lm | 1,650 lm | 3,500 lm | 80,000 lm |
| Max throw | 1,553 m | 1,300 m | 1,600 m | flood, not throw |
| Beam type | Wide search wall | Narrow pencil | LEP pencil + LED flood | Enormous flood |
| Weight | 1,073 g | ~light, one-hand | Two-head, heavy | Very heavy |
| Best at | Searching a wide area far away | Cheap distance in one hand | Spotting one point at 1.6 km | Lighting up everything nearby |
The short version: the L19 2.0 is distance on a budget, but 1,650 lumens down a narrow tube. The Terminator M1 throws further but a LEP beam is a pencil — brilliant for identifying one thing at 1.6 km, useless for sweeping. The X75 is a flood monster with no real throw. The X25 sits in the middle and that is exactly the point: it’s the only light we stock that lights a wide area at genuine distance for over an hour. More options in our long-throw and search flashlight guide.
Should you buy it?
Buy the X25 if you actually search — desert, coastline, worksite, recovery — and you need to see a wide area at 500–750 m for longer than a minute. Nothing else in our range does that job. The sustained 5,400 lumens, the 8h40 on Ultra Low, and the 1.5-hour recharge are what you’re paying AED 1,239 for.
Don’t buy it if you were sold by “23,000 lumens” and “1,553 metres” as headline numbers. You get both, for one minute, once per charge cycle. If that’s the purchase logic, you’ll be happier with an everyday rechargeable light for a fraction of the money.
Don’t buy it if you want to carry it. 1,073 g is a kilogram of searchlight. There is no pocket in that sentence.
Not sure what any of these numbers mean for your use? Start with how to choose a flashlight in the UAE. Wondering whether we’re a real dealer — and what happens if this thing breaks? That’s all in our warranty and shipping page (Acebeam is 10 years, and you deal with us, not a factory in another country). And if you’re still weighing brands, our honest brand guide declares exactly where our bias sits.
Stocked in the UAE, priced in AED, shipped in 1–3 days. Questions about the LED version or the battery holder option: seller@lumens.ae.
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