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.
I have all my lights,except the TN42,(which is on a table),in two drawers,which are now full of them.I will put on the same table, the new guy,(a TN40S),which is arriving in about a week.
Santa, was generous to me this year .
Received my TN42 couple days ago, on my test I got ( 717,500kcd 1,694M at 5M ) with 30Q button top and ( 682,830kcd ) 1,652M at 9M with 30Q button top.
That is a nice video ‘lawallac’!!! Thank you or sharing it……… :+1:
I did that the other night (no video) but since I was holding the light I did not get as good a view as I can see on your video.
This thing looks like a mile long light saber doesn’t it??? I love playing with my TN42…
There really is quite a bit of spill in the beam that it seems kind of unnatural the amount of intensity that it still develops in the central part of the beam. Really unique for an unmodified light to have this much throw. I’d say it’s a keeper.
thats a stock tn42 putting out close to 500 more lumens, and 100kcd , over the quoted factory specs?
is it nw, or cw ?
how do you test your big throwers?
5 meters? 10 meters?
what kind of lux meter do you use?
My TN42 is Cool White. I test in a PVC “P” Trap lightbox that’s been calibrated by 25 known factory ANSI rated lights initially, then continuously checked over a hundred plus lights since. I also went to the extreme of setting up a true one mile test and got pictures of an 8 1/2 x 11 sheet of paper with text legible by the light from the TN42 one mile away. Beyond the numbers, an actual one mile test proved it out. I think my meter is a 1330B, will double check it when I get back to it. I normally test at 5M, where I have control distance.