George, I bought mine directly from Thrunite when they announced it. Literally the same day they announced it. I did a pre-order and used their 20% discount code. 
So I had to go look up the AceBeam K70.
422Kcd compares how to 602Kcd? 1400 meters throw to over 1600?
I guess if someone is comparing the numbers on a website, just reading, it looks pretty close. Build a light that makes those numbers, tweak a light from 400 to 600, it isn’t as easy as it might seem.
I personally do not like the magnetic ring switch. I have a K50 and the magnetic ring function has given me issue. I primarily can only use it now in Turbo. SupBeam, AceBeam, whatever they’re called now, it’s a decent light but also pricey and that magnetic ring thing just blows it for me personally.
Other than that I suppose it’s just a personal preference as to style and weight, design, and yesterdays best thrower vs todays.
This is kind of funny. A thrower that throws better and accused being a fake and having a less bright spill... Wut? Someone has a thing against ThruNite? 7 months? How many new generation LED's has CREE produced in the last 7 months?
Hmmmm, interesting assessment. :+1:
Not very accurate at all mind you, nor based on much of anything other than your opinion and that you “expected more from the TN42”; which all has nothing to do with fact.
What were you “expecting”? Did you want a thrower or something with a bunch of spill?
Your post leaves me wondering what your motives were in making it…… :question:
You post no numbers or any of your testing results. Just an opinion base on ???
EDIT: Oh yeah… what makes the UI better in the K70??? Please, educate me with some facts.
Great throwing light, until the next bigger reflector light comes out, no? Not like anybody on any of the forums actually designed and produced it! Nice job Thrunite! And it seems there is the potential for tweaking this one too!
50% bump in kcd and better than a blu-ish tint, foggy, whiney K70 in 7 months is pretty good. The High Intensity versions of the CREE LED's were announced in April of 2015, and still make the best stock throwers - nothing new for 1 1/2 years - now that's honest facts.
Back at it again Seery? Aren’t you the same guy that bashed the TM16GT, and said that it threw worse than the original TK75? While everyone else said otherwise.
seery, to me this is classic choice-supportive bias. I’m guessing you own a K70?
Both lights are very bright, but the TN42 is a bit brighter. If you can’t handle not having the brightest light, just buy the TN42 and spare us your attempts to justify your purchase.
Thank you Dale.
I don’t think it’s fair to judge with the eye , without a side by side comparison.
Did you sell them because they had worse throw than your TK75? Or because the Fenix logo is nicer?
I have a pint and I’m telling you I don’t think a quart is bigger.
Thank you… that gives (would give) me something to make a decision about. :+1:
Nah, I’m just sick and tired of people bashing stuff because of being biased.
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I agree……… :+1:
And I would add to that, using vague innuendo mirroring personal opinions or preferences and not facts.
I’ve discussed with friends here for some time how it’d be cool to actually go downrange and try to read something by the output of the flashlight at X range. Like, as I’ve posed, if a girl wrote her phone number on the inside of a matchbook cover could you read it with me shining the light from that range? So last night I had the wife assist me, we were on the phone with each other and organized the details between cars and such, and she could actually read by the light produced by the TN42 from a mile away. I turned it off and she was cast into darkness. Very noticeable difference in having the light on or off, she said. I had the light clamped onto my tripod, camera on top of the tripod, so it was stable and the target aim was repeatable.
But the situation there on our country road was not amicable toward me getting the shot with my camera. So, I scouted the area on Google Earth and found a new location. We went this afternoon and scouted the two sites in real time to make sure it was feasible. We’ll be shooting from across the lake, a mile between shores with zip between us. Tonight it might be raining, but this week for sure… new moon on Friday so each night from here out all week will be darker and darker. Last night was perfect because heavy storm clouds had all stars and moon blocked off. But it was very humid as well as other issues. I’m hoping that when this system moves out the air will be nice and clear and we’ll get the shots.
We plan to have 2 tripods, she’ll have my little Canon G1X with her to get a shot of the paper with text, as lit by the TN42 a mile away across the lake. I’ll have my Canon 7DMkII and EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS with the IS turned off for a more stable shot on the tripod. If all goes well, we’ll have the shot from both ends and definitively show a discernible text lit by an LED flashlight a mile away.
Wish us luck! 
That sounds great…… good luck!!!
Hmmm, what if I could pull it off to have my wife shine a green laser at me across the lake, lining up the TN42 directly into that laser for spot-on accuracy?
I need a guy to help me, my wife doesn’t care enough to get it this right…
Wish I were somewhere even semi-close… I would be glad to volunteer for this mission…………
Cool, I think we all appreciate the work that goes into a beamshot like that.
I estimate that the TN42 hotspot is about 45 meters wide at 1 mile. Pretty amazing how narrow these thrower beams are.