ThruNite Catapult V6 XHP35 HI

Wood piece 51-52mm fits nicely into the bezel and non-slip mat between wood piece and bezel ring for grip. Press and turn.

Some people just place a non-slip mat on table, turn light upside down on mat, press and turn.

Thank you for that tip, pc_light!

Picked up the Thrunite 26650 pair a while ago, and they are my go to lights every time now. The V6 in NW wasn’t available yet, but I didn’t think it would matter so grabbed the CW while they were 20% off.

So it turns out that I dislike CW. I don’t know when I realized it, or why I don’t like it…every time I was out with a couple of lights I was always using the NW, and even messing around sitting on the deck I didn’t like the CW lights very much.

Anyways, I received the NW Catapult V6 yesterday and the hotspot is noticeably smaller then the CW version. It seems to throw as far (cell tower ~730m) and spill seems identical, just the hotspot is larger on the CW. Is this to be expected between CW and NW? Or just one of those manufacturing tolerance things?

The warmer tint is usually less bright, the hot spot is captured by the camera a bit easier and doesn’t blow out as much , making it look smaller. The same emitter should have the same size hot spot, as it’s emission angle is the same regardless of color.

So you have a Catapult V6 in CW you are selling?

Hmmm, the camera actually makes the NW hotspot look larger in the ceiling photo I think. I took a couple of terrible iPhone pics lighting up the side of the quonset at 43m, and the CW still looks larger I think…

Not a big deal, more of a curiosity maybe as the NW lights up the cell tower equally as well as the CW. I’m sooo new at flashlights everything seems to have a question attached to it.

And I suppose i will have a CW V6 for sale. I hadn’t given too much thought to what will happen to all of the excess lights I’m bound to end up with. I’m only at 15 total so far, with only a few sideways glances from wifey when I carry another small unmarked package home from the post office. :slight_smile:

Thrunite does not respect its European customer. We cant buy on their website anymore, cant enjoy the 20% off coupon. What a shame

Thrunite sucks! their loss i guess, i mean who says no to more money ?

Amazon Us ships to UK, maybe Sweden?

Could the driver be installed in a other light with e switch? what size is the driver?

Has anybody tried an xhp70 led in the Catapult v6? Looks like it could make a nice single cell host with some throw.

I’ve gone as large as XHP-50.2 FWIW.

Took it from long distance pencil beam to wider beam medium range, better suited for my preference.

I am thinking of going XHP70 to my old U21 :wink: for the same reasons.

not sure why u want such a big emitter ? it wont be a really good thrower with tight hotspot.

What mcpcb did you use and how did you center it?

Not looking to make it into a thrower.
I would have two, one with XHP35 for tight hotspot throw, and one with XHP70 for added lumens, efficiency, and better illumination up close.
I find most XHP70 lights too floody, so this could be a nice compact host that still has some throw.

okay, otherwise have a look on astrolux ft02, it has the xhp70.2 and similar size, maybe someone posted beam pics there to give u an idea.

I used the “Sinkpad XHP50 12V 20mm Copper MCPCB” one of the few 12V boards available and the largest I could find at the time. Really needs a larger one (28-30 mm) to clear the reflector bottom.

Couldn’t find anything off the shelf, so I centered by eye and used thermal adhesive to keep in place.

Thanks for the added info pc_light and mortuus

FT02 is a good idea, forgot about that host.
Also thinking the V6 might work well using Clemence’s new quad e21a boards for a high CRI beast.

You could use the 32mm MCPCB from kaidomain and cut the trace and bridge it with a cable to adapt the MCPCB to 12V.

Like so

Also there was a 32mm MCPCB from Maxtoch at banggood for a while, only could find it at mtn now Maxtoch XM / XHP50 31.5mm Copper MCPCB

(also for XHP70 Maxtoch XHP70 32mm Copper MCPCB)

Awakening an old thread on a solid budget light. I have the cold white version and want to swap emitters. I’m guessing this applies to the V1 Wowtac A4 similarly.
Would the new XHP-35.2 HD provide any benefit besides a little more flood since it has a dome? What if I swapped in a 12v XHP50 or 50.2 with the same driver and/or resistor modded the driver like KawiBoy1428, then cut/sanded the stock centering ring to fit the larger footprint? I know off-the-shelf options are available for a bit more coin a-days since this light came out, but I’m just interested in modding this one with an emitter swap and maybe a resistor mod if it provides a worthwhile benefit since I like the UI on the e-switch. I not, I could just throw in one of the last warmer XHP-35’s HI before they’re extinct. Love the throw stock, I’m just not a cold-white fan. It’s usable as is IMO except for cold white tint.
I usually favor throw over flood for most usages, but I don’t always need max pencil beam out to a mile if an XHP50.2 (maybe sliced) or XHP35.2 HD will still throw 300 ish yards minimum, and give a better tint with some usable spill. That’s real-world usage for me, anyway. Thanks

I haven’t tried resistor mods but I went through similar emitter deliberations with my Catapult V6 and have gone from the original XHP35 Hi to XHP50 and finally back to XHP35 but HD.

I too found the original V6’s XHP35 Hi beam a little too pencilly for my needs. So I modded in an XHP50.2 4000K. The hotspot was less intense but much larger and more useful for my needs (mentioned in MOD TODAY post)

I subsequently modded an unsed Manker U21 (which also originally came XHP35 Hi) with a sliced XHP50.2 4000K 90-CRI which I liked even more than the V6 with XHP50.2. Since the U21 replaced the V6’s duties, rather than have the V6 go unused I decided to somewhat try the Catapult V6 with an XHP35 HD at 4000K as a compromise. The hotspot is larger than the original XHP35 Hi while still fairly throwy (I don’t have metered measurements.)

Ether the XHP35 HD or XHP50.2 (sliced) will result in a slightly larger hotspot. In my case I prefered the XHP50,2 sliced primarily because it’s Hi-CRI. Between the Catapult V6’s original XHP35 Hi and the XHP35 HD, for my needs I prefer the HD. In either case you’d be giving up some distance for a larger hotspot.


Bear in mind that these are from two different lights/reflectors but at only 10ft from the wall, when the camera’s exposure is reduced you can begin to see that the sliced XHP50.2 (on left) has a tighted hotspot than the XHP35 HD (on right). At greater distances the difference is probably 2x in diameter.

I haven’t tried the newest XHP35.2 yet so I don’t know how it compares to the XHP35.

Hope this helps. Looking forward to hearing about your results.