Fenix RC40 Full Desktop Review by Patriot36

My girlfriend would find a 10 minute flashlight review video (sorry, did not watch the 45 minute version) without the light even turned on hilarious. (not me of course, I believe that is just being thorough ;-) )

But is sure is an impressive light!

I watched the whole thing! Wow! I hate the body style less now, too.

No!!! Throw about the same with TK70. I must buy RC40. I like the design and its big size though :slight_smile:
But the battery indicator kind of copying Olight SR series. But charging indicator is different though.

I’m with Flash on this. While I won’t go so far as to say it’s a total fail, I do agree with all the other points. I’m sure it’s going to do well in its market with Fenix’s own version of the Surefire fan boy club. They will see no need to mod it and don’t know enough to care about its weak battery pack and won’t flinch to throw cash at it. It’s just not for me unless Fenix sent me one to try and change my mind but I would still only see what it could have been and view it as a fail.

I am not so into modding, maybe I am not retired yet. No time and effort for that. Anything above 6 or above 18650 batteries, I prefer proprietary battery pack. As that is simpler for me. And XML2 is not really very attractive to me. It is for those company who can’t innovate enough and just use it for advertisement, for example TN31. And I am not falling into their advertisement. Just see how many are really very satisfied with XML2. I remember someone actually sold his TN30 XML2 and keep his TN30 U2.

I am sure whoever miss Fenix high end flashlights is missing great design in flashlight. I am missing TK75 because I already bought TK70 and TN30.

want 1, want 1, want 1 :D

A very nice and informative review… nice light…

A RC40 will live at my house before I’m finished buying flashlights.

Beamshots by Patriot36:

yup

Really impressed with RC40 beating TK75 by a lot to me knowing TK75 is one of the best flash light in the market.

Just watched both of the videos, and I am rather impressed with the TM26 :p

With the RC40... if Fenix could correct two issues, they will have another buyer for the light... newer LEDs, and higher capacity battery pack.

Patriot also mentioned that the buttons were too easy to press... probably not a major issue but worth taking note of. I hate it when things turn on accidentally and would rather have a light that's a bit of a pain to turn on, versus one that can be turned on by any jostle.

Fantastic video. Thanks. That is one monster light.

I’m glad that it has a battery pack -you can charge it way easier than getting out 6 18650 and charging them instead… but a battery holder would be a nice option too :slight_smile:
the sad thing about it for me (except the price of course) is no nw version and not using xml2

are you saying that this rc40 throws the same as the tk70? if so, i have to get a rc40 also! thats assuming the rc40 is floodier than the tk70 right?

Excellent review.

Nice light, but even with the extra accessories, battery pack, etc., I think it’s about $100.00 overpriced. I’ll have to pass unless some retailer has it for a third off retail.

just watched the beamshot video, was expecting to see a tk70 comparison at the end, but nope.
now its hard for me to make my decision, i had a tk70 so seeing the beams together and seeing what the differences are, would have helped.
but now, it didnt really impress me when it went against the tm26 and tk75.
just kinda makes me want a tm26 or tk75 instead since it was pretty close and at a smaller size.
i was impressed when it was the sr90 vs rc40 though!

I heard somewhere in the video Patriot mention both of them throw about the same.
Definitely RC40 throw better than TK75, so should be very close to TK70. And with shorter battery tube, and floodier, looks good to me.

I see huge difference between TK75 and RC40 beamshots in the video. Maybe you have different and higher expectation for RC40.

Below is RC40 top vs TK75 bottom beamshots at 100m I cut from the video. For 100m, I consider it is big differences. It is very subjective to different people different expectation though.