Thrunite TC20 - XHP70 - 3800lm

I know I’m hell bent to find aggressive knurling lately!
The DQG is a nice compact bright light, but I wouldn’t be considering it if it didn’t have that awesome DQG knurling.

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Just ordered a Wowtac A3S zoomie, looks like the same knurling as Thrunite. Hope so.

The WowTac is pretty neat, but not in the same class. :wink:

I only posted about it here for the knurling discussion :wink: Yes a different class in output and style, but as far as build quality/construction I think Wowtac may be pretty close if not equal to Thrunite? The switch appears to be the same too. Just hoping for the same knurling as TC20 has, and it does appear to be.

While the Wowtac (Atactical) lights I have , which is almost all of them , are very good quality and designed much like the Thrunite lights in the same class and type , Thrunite does still have an edge on the knurling design.

Wowtac does receive technical support from Thrunite and follows many of their design features , but the knurling although it is good on the Wowtac , still isn’t quite as good , or as aggressive as Thrunite.

Although similar the Thrunite knurling is a slightly larger pattern and slightly more raised.

Below picture (Left to Right) is the Thrunite TC12 V2 ….the Wowtac A1S V2….and the Wowtac A3S

Well gosh robo, why didn’t you go ahead and use the TC20 in this comparison? :wink:

Yes, knurling class is what I was referring too. I too have the A3 (from robo) and while the knurling is good on it it’s not to the level of the DQG Tiny nor is the anodizing Type III in my opinion.

TC20 was in the bedroom and I didn’t want to wake the wife in the wee hours when I took the picture this morning.

Just for you though upon your request , here is the TC20 (Left) and the A3S………….

Thanks, technically they’re fairly similar but the Thrunite does have a larger pattern that comes across as more aggressive. I like the way it reflects light, shows that it has more surface area to the diamonds and will be grippier.

I just received my TC20 that I bought from Thrunite directly but it surprisingly came in an Amazon Prime box!

The light is bigger than I thought especially because I had a DN70 and currently own a DQG Tiny III 7xXPG2. The TC20 is bright but the hotspot is tighter than I like and I don’t like the green around the hotspot and bluish hint in the large spill. Beam and tint wise, I much prefer the Haikelite SC02 MTG2 5000k and DQG Tiny III NW (I estimate 3800k to 4000k) with more creamy tint and larger hotspots. I just can’t stand yellow or green tint.

Is your light NW or CW?

Thanks Dale, and thanks Robo for the close up photos. I just received my A3s today and yeah although the knurling is much better than most, it’s definitely not in the same class as Thrunite’s. But I’m real happy with it.

Neutral White.

Even the 70.2 neutral is not even close to as nice as the MT-G2.

I agree even my tc20 cool white have hint of green at low output… i am not worried much… this light is great for me. I know i am getting a good quality light from thrunite.

Just got my NW in the mail today. It’s tiny, and I love it. I can’t wait to take it outside! I’m colour blind so don’t ask me about my thoughts on tint etc lol

beam0, I put a de-domed XM-L2 U4 in my A3 with an FET with ramping firmware, makes it a pretty wicked little zoomie! :slight_smile:

I don’t notice all these rainbow issues using the light outdoors, only if I shine it against a white wall. But even then it’s not enough to concern me, it has a nice neutral tint.

But I read an interesting comment about a XHP70.2 in a different thread today:

“the XHP70.2 4000k 80+CRI, which has perfect neutral tint that is nearly indistinguishable from the legendary Nichia NVSL219BT”

Anyone know where to get this “perfect neutral” emitter?

How does it handle heat on 3800lm Turbo?

I ordered one from the thrunite website… there is a warning that it is not expected to ship until 04/15/2018… is that kind of delay what others have experienced?

I haven’t had a chance to test it’s heat handling but I’m sure other reviews out there mention it.

Mine shipped March 3rd and arrived March 7th :open_mouth:

They ended up shipping it from their amazon Canada store. Very impressed.

My TC20 gets warm not super hot after step-down from turbo mode in ambient temperature about 53F
Here is Temp. /Runtime chart from ZeroAir Reviews.