ThruNite T10S
Specs
- Cree XP-G2
- 169 ANSI Lumens
- 93.5mm x 19mm
- Stainless Steel
- Anti-Reflective Lens
- OP Reflector
- Diffuser Included
- Uses 1 x 1.5v AA Battery
This T10S was provided to me for review by ThruNite, I've had it for nearly 2 weeks now I have been using it pretty often to get familiar with it.
The T10S came in a metal case with a diffuser, pocket clip, screws and spare o-rings.
The first thing you will notice when you pick it up is how solid it is, being so small I wouldn't exactly say its heavy (even though its probably heavier than anything else the same size) but it just feels very sturdy and robust.
The OP reflector works well to smooth out the beam, there isn't any rings in the beam pattern as the hotspot just gradually fades away from the center. This is one of my biggest must haves in a light (unless I wanted a dedicated thrower).
The clicky tail switch is also made from stainless steel rather than using a rubber boot, it feels firm and gives a nice tactical click when changing modes.
The head screws off from the body to insert the battery as the body tube is 1 piece excluding the switch mechanism inside.
Aside from using the tail switch to change modes, you can also use it like a twisy switch by turning the head as well.
It uses a XP-G2 LED and has 3 modes.
High - 169 Lumens for 1.5 hours
Med - 20 Lumens for 39 hours
Low - 0.2 Lumens for 147 hours
The box was sealed when I opened it but I noticed the back of the driver had some wear, I had mentioned this in the past with another light (Saber 1A) to ThruNite and was told that its from them manually checking every light and its functions before its sent out as part of the quality control procedure. It wasn't this worn when I first got it but it was marked but in the past I thought I had received a used/returned light but that wasn't the case.
I didn't get this picture of the threads as clear as I would have liked it, the threads are squared on the ends but not square threads if that makes sense. They are still very smooth threads and I wouldn't ever be worried about them stripping or cross threading as they are too solid for that to happen.
The tail switch has cut out notches for people with big fingers (thumbs) to make it easy to press. Please excuse the finger prints on most of my photos as they didn't show up to my eye or on the camera when taking the pictures.
On this side of the tail end you can see a hole for a lanyard or perhaps a small split ring.
And on this side of the tail end you can see the threaded holes for the pocket clip (included).
The pocket clip seems very sturdy as well, even though I didn't attach it to the light its probably the looking clip on any light that I have had and it seems just flexible enough to get on your pocket but solid enough to survive drops without getting bent out of shape.
This is the diffuser that is included in the box, it does a good job at lighting up small and I also tested it out in a large shed at night and it was more than enough to navigate my way around without tripping over anything as the light lit up everything around me rather than just where I would have been pointing it if it didn't have the diffuser on. Even though I found it handy I was just testing it and I don't think I would ever feel the need to carry it around with the light.
A size comparison of the T10S with the Archer 1A on the left and the T10 on the right.
In this picture the pallets are about 3-4 meters in front of me, the distance to the water tank is approx 40 meters.
Here the small trees in the foreground are about 35 meters away, behind those are another row of medium sized trees that are about 50 meters away and behind those if you can make out the branches in the distance that would be about 75 meters away. I will try to take more accurate measurements sometime soon and post them.
I could actually see a lot better with my naked eye and I might consider retaking the beamshots as they really don't reflect what I could see at the time.
Thanks for reading and I hope my review was helpful for those interested even though its not very technical.
