Thorfire TK 18 / Full Reveiw..20% off code just added

Thanks…… always glad to do the reviews.

So no strobe mode?

Thanks for the review!

This sounds like a first spinn-off from their Q8 adventure. A very well featured light with some Q8 capability.

It sounds like that in the ramping setting there’s no option to start in lowest mode, unless that was where you ended last time? I think that a modern light should have direct access to lowest (and highest).

I wish for a tube style Thorfire light with just an electronic switch and full Q8 UI.

I totally forgot to mention the strobe……….

It does have Bike Strobe with a quick triple click.

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YW….Always glad to do the reviews

I wish I had not fried the driver with my resistor mod so I could test that more.
If I am not mistaken you can go straight to the turbo , or highest level , with a quick double click from any level in the ramping?
I could be wrong though because I have slept a few times since and have so many lights that it gets hard to remember which one does what sometimes……lol

You did, you did a great act of evil against my wallet when you posted this beamshot:

nice review thanks.

what’s the silver flashlight in the gif under the words pineapple design?

Thanks……The silver one is a BLF A6 that I took the Anodizing off of and polished out , leaving the Ano in the lateral lines , threads and a little bit in the knurling. Did it because the Ano was getting pretty rough looking from a lot of use.

Sorry Franz……Was the only beamshots I had………lol

Great review, I also enjoyed the video, especially the music part! :+1:

I have this light, there’s no double click to Turbo from ramping or anywhere else.
The only way to start directly to Turbo or Low is with memory - where you ended last time, either in ramping or the pre-set group.

Would you be willing to take a few more pictures of the driver? I’m really curious what they’re using for an MCU.

Hard to get the focus just right with all the things on this particular driver , but hopefully these will help………





Hello. You said:

When charging the indicator light colors work in reverse order until the cell is fully charged and the indicator turns Green.

I have this light and there is no charging port anywhere on this light. I have searched over and over and over :slight_smile: Are u saying yours has a charging port on it?

My apologies for that ….The light DOES NOT have built in charging on it.

That was one of those OOPS moments and I was getting notes from 3 different reviews gong at once mixed up.

Corrected in OP.

by the way, I appreciate your reviews …… a lot!

Thanks Saypat……much appreciated.

Much appreciated. If the driver is still out of the light, could you tell me what the markings are on the chip indicated by the picture below? If you’ve already assembled it, don’t bother. At ~$20 I should really just get one :smiley:

Edit: Didn’t realize how hard that was to read. Picture says “Chip with these leads?”

Zifzif …. After looking at it under my lighted magnifying glass carefully , there are no numbers or letters on that particular module at all. The top of the chip is totally blank and has one little indention in it at the corner like a partial hole and that’s it.

Those buggers… It irritates me when manufacturers do that. Thanks for checking, though. May have to pick one up and see if I can determine what architecture they’re using.