Further impressions…
Just got back form a little night walk around the neighborhood and the 5T6 is DEFINITELY a flooder. Its a wider flood beam than the TR-J12, by a slight but definitely noticeable amount. I left the light on for ~30 minutes straight. It got warm but not alarmingly hot, so its well suited as a constant on, hand held flood light, with moderately cool air circulation. Can’t wait to get it out on the trails and camp sites, perfect for that kind of thing.
Snapped some fixed exposure beam shots too EDIT These pics really weren’t that great, so I have deleted them. My original post has now been updated with better shots… ITS REALLY HARD taking good beamshots. Some of you guys have some MAD SKILLS in this department. I was able to lock down the iPhone exposure setting alright, but with a wide beam flooder theres no center hot spot to aim and center the beam with. I tried my best to aim the light at targets, but still… I’m off just a little on a few. So take these shots for what they’re worth. Definitely I think the TR-J12 and 5T6 are in the same lumen ballpark, they’re not far off from each other thats for sure. The J12 has a slightly tighter more focused beam so again its the Lux-versus-lumen thing playing tricks. I’m happy calling them 2000 Lumen flooders, and that’ll be it for me.
One things for dam sure… at $54 shipped the TR-J12 is a STEAL. Its 1/2 the price, of the Apex for almost the same amount of light OTF and a slightly tighter beam. The Apex form factor slaughters the J12 though. Its just an easier light to carry, hold, mode flip…etc.
The handle thing is a nice feature too. I had no problems carrying it.
Beer mug hold
The thumbs up hold
The Rock-ON hold
The double 2KL-OTF hold