Why no love for the Thorfire S70s ?

Greetings. I’m new here, and I have learned a whole bunch of stuff here. I’m an engineer who is hopelessly in love with LED’s, a love that transcends time and space. My hobby is wildlife photography. Lately, I’ve been shooting barn owls. The owls are nocturnal, I photograph them at night, from a distance, using a long lens. The S70s moonlight setting is perfect for me. Throws just enough light for me to discern motion. When the bird is at rest, perhaps eating, I crank the S70s, which provides the light necessary to acquire focus. From there I hit the bird hard with flash.

I use the S70s tripod mounted. It’s a wonderful tool that I can’t live without.

I’ve seen the S70s reviewed here, the few responses seem to be just lukewarm, I appreciate concerns about series connected batteries, but there is an advantage. My guess is that the series connected batteries make possible the use of a buck converter. Paralleled batteries require the use of a boost converter. Me? I would rather see a buck converter than a boost converter.

The S70s isn’t sexy, but it is beautifully functional. Why no love for thr Thorfire S70s ?

Cheers

Harry

You might want to search this forum for the S70s, its true, it might be underrated but there are enough people here who love it

I admit, i bought the L6 last year, while the tf got the lighted sideswitch and shoulder strap…

Here’s a comparison. https://budgetlightforum.com/t/-/44527

Thank you, gentlemen.

I just bought mine in the last month. all those separate threads, made my mouth water.

I have one and love it! It is fantastic… in fact I haven’t used it in a while. .time to get it out!

I have a modded S70s (xhp70.2/TA narsilm driver) and it’s in one of the cars as the go-to emergency light. So there is love for the light but maybe no one wants to talk about it.

I got a S70 a few weeks ago and I like it. My favorite feature is the lighted button and tailcap button for lockout. The second is the strap.
It puts out a bunch of light that lasts hours,
It is still smaller than my mag light.

Hate the user interface. Which it was like the original s70

As stock though, is there love for the light? I feel like I’d have love for the light if I changed everything I dislike about it too.

I have a heavily modded S70 and love it… but do not have a need for another one and it is a utility light for me that I just never discuss. :slight_smile: With the newer Q8 and other brute force throwers, I think the XHP70 beasts are feeling a little less love.

Part of what I love about it, is that I can light a large area at 200 to 250 yards. I use it for ’yote hunting and general late night game watching.

Not sure, but there’s a post somewhere where the Convoy L6 and the Thorfire S70 is compared and they come out pretty close. I never used the stock light before I modded it so I can’t say anything about performance. But my opinion is that around these parts Convoy gets a lot of love and maybe that’s why Thorfire doesn’t when it comes to the S70s because of the L6 (which now comes in 3 colors).

Interface is great compared to the Thrunite TC20. I can get to any power level in a flash with the S70S. The TC20 takes a while to cycle through the available power levels. I use the S70S as a light source for photographing nocturnal wildlife. For me, it’s vitally important that I can change settings in just a moment, which the S70S lets me do. I leave the S70S in standby over the course of an evening, having the illuminated button is terrific. Over the course of an evening parasitic drain is a non-issue. I adore the S70S, I wouldn’t change a thing. Thorfire hit a home run with this one.

Edited to correct typo.

This is why I never purchased the s70s I have the original s70 and prefer it’s ui to the S model. It will get modded one day.