Merry Christmas teacher,thank you. 
Your welcome Theodore41…. MERRY CHRISTMAS to you also!!!
Have Yourself, a Merry Thrunite Christmas…. 
Ain’t that just beautiful!!!
Suuuure.
See how nice it will look around the Christmas tree?
Received my TN42 yesterday. My first impressions are as follows:
1. It’s a larger light but not nearly as big as I thought it could be. It’s not as heavy as you might think either. I think having a huge empty volume in that reflector is part of that. But it feels to be a solid well built light. That big reflector is stunning.
2. Batterywise, I installed some button top unprotected LG 3000 HG2s and they well. The springs look long enough to fit some shorter batteries but plenty of space for protected cells too. I’ll prob be putting some protected 3400s in there later.
3. The UI is really nice actually. From off, click and hold for moonlight. It is really useful if you are out in the snow since the other modes are so blindingly bright. The double click from anywhere to get turbo is really appreciated. Once on, holding the button cycles through the modes other than turbo or moonlight. But turbo mode is the only real reason to buy this light.
4. The TN42 projects a very sharply defined hotspot and a medium range and much dimmer area of spill. The farthest treeline behind my house measures at 950 feet or 317yds and casts a really nice bright hotspot even at that distance.
5. CW or NW? This light is the NW variety and really pleased with the tint. I haven’t used the CW version, and it sounds good too, but no reservations here with the throw of the NW. I personally find that NW tints appear brighter than CW tints even when the NW is in a slightly lower flux bin. It’s a little off topic, but I think it has to do with CW lights have a more visible beam to the eyes but NW returns more useable reflected light to the eye. But lighter colored things will show up better in CW and dark green or red objects will show up brighter with NW. I’m convinced lux meters are more sensive to CW to blue light than NW to red. But, lux meters are the way we quantify brightness so best to get both lights to be sure.
Really a nice light!
Dale, if there was a like I would instantly push that button at your pic. Brilliant!
I dunno how you guys got those 700k , i bought one when it was released( SN 007), the second one arrived before a week or so( SN 066) so i presume they aint that popular
Both cool white, both topped at about 640k( at 5m), increasing the measuring distance lowers the intensity
With the same meter i got 160k from m2x and 245-250k from M3X, 120k from TM16 and 110k from Fenix TK75 so i count it as accurate as a swiss watch
Both are about 2k lumens
Its not that 50k are that important yet…
That torch is crying out loud for XPL at 6.5 amps …the beam is quite narrow anyway
How does the TN42 compare to the Firefox4 ?
which 1 throws further? Brighter?
cheers
One member here before tested his FF4 and got about 435kcd I think…at more than 6,000 lumens on a much wider hotspot, with glorious tint.
I used to have an FF4 before and though I don’t have a TN42, they are practically two different lights.
Thanks for the reply, I have a FF4 but I need more lights for cyclone chasing, I was thinking bout this TN42 or the Bronte BT41
I was hoping LED technology has advanced enough to at least equal or better the FF4.
cheers
I’ve got it today.#283.
Having now the TN42,I like more my K70,so I decided not to sell it.I like the “richness” of its beam,which gives a sense of more light.I like the changing mode ring,because I put it to strobe permanently and pressing the button once,I have rich strobe light,if there is need for self defense.
I have been thinking about getting the TN42. Does it throw a lot more than the K70, or a little bit more throw, or how much more throw?
I put the light on the…bench against a luxmeter at 4,7m,I used 4 Samsung 30Q batteries fully charged in a LiitoKala 500 charger, and the result is veeery good. 722,000Cd.
I am impressed.
I used 4 Samsung 30Q batteries fully charged in a LiitoKala 500 charger.
I have to change my opinion about this light compared to a K70,because,if there is a very far target,the TN42’s beam cuts the darkness like a sword,reminding me my blue laser pointer of 1.6W.
Nice Theodore!!! :+1:
I thought you would be pleased…. 
Yes,I am ,it shines.
Oh yeah…. that it does. :+1: …
So the K70 go’s back into the BOX now right?