Ha Barry from Thorfire send me this one as a surprise.
I like it. Even so much I ordered eneloops for it.
Love the feel and power from humble AA cells, very cool.
The tail has a rotating PCB and can only be screwed on when two alingment pins have to proper orientation, smart solution
Great review :+1:
I really like the battery indicator.
Please don’t glue the lights…that’s how your brands get noticed anyway…from people here modding them!! Too all manufacturers…not that you all will see this any way, lol.
Yea, I thought this too, but after taking apart my nitecore ea41 to mod it, I understand why they would. Once everything is oriented inside the head, they glue it to keep it in place. When I went to disassemble mine, all of the wires to the switch pcb tore off. It is very difficult to mod these style lights, at least in my experience. But, in Thorfires defense, this is the first light of theors that I’ve had that was glued. All my others from them have been easy to take apart,of course YMMV.
It makes for a good solution to get more voltage overhead for the driver. A whole lot easier to buck 6v to a 3v emitter than boost 1.5v. Nitecore does this and I’m sure there are others. Rather ingenious if you ask me.
I know we don’t even have a price to compare to yet (which I find quite curious….doubly so since I just received, to my surprise, the Thorfire TD26 diving light they were asking for a review for in the same thread as the TK4A….and NEITHER shows up on any Google search for me outside of these forum posts)……BUT….would it be possible to get at least a minimal comparison the the Nitecore EA41? I’ve considered getting one of these for my father-in-law because he works with EMT’s, volunteer fire rescue etc, and he has somewhat of an objection to rechargeable and non-typical battery types.
Wonder how this will compare price wise to the Thrunite TN4A? The TN4A is one of the cheapest 4x AA lights I know of with pretty reasonable performance. I like the looks of this light.
TK4A Shows up on an Amazon search
Quite surprised at the $100 price tag. Was expecting more like 40 to 60 dollars.
Thanks RobertB, added to the OP.
I could compare it to my nitecore ea41, but it would hardly be an equal comparison. My nitecore has been modded to use an xhp35 led. Before the mod, however, I would consider these lights to be about equal. The Nitecore has a different UI utilizing two buttons, one for mode changes and one for turning the light on/off.
I will say though, the Eneloop AA rechargeable batteries will give better runtime and output on these lights without all the dangers of lithium secondaries. I know some people have an aversion to rechargeables, but eneloops are a good way to get introduced to them.
That’s crazy….it still doesn’t show up on a Google search for me…even putting in amazon with the search. The only way i get there is with your link or searching for the light specifically on amazon store. Google got some catching up to do i guess.
$100 
I was hoping for $30-$40, hence, a reasonably priced alternative to the Nitecore EA41, especially after I got their PF04 penlight that was quite impressive for $20 (compared to my $50 retail 4sevens Preon P2……mind you I did NOT pay $50 for that light).
Oh well…thanks anyway! And i totally understand the eneloops direction…got many myself (and Amazon re-brands), but there’s just some topics you learn aren’t worth trying to change a father-in-law’s mind about……ya know?
Haha, I know that one for sure!
Nope I’m out at 100 buck
I’ve just bought a Nitecore EA45S for $40 including shipping, so I can’t see myself buying this light. Shame as it looks nice. I wonder what the regulation is like?
Say what?!? $100 !?
Ah yeah there it is (the monkey is coming out of the sleeve 
for us Dutchies 
)
“From 99 for only 49”
Sigh one just got to love Simon who puts a fair price on his lights and that is it.
But OT with another Dutch saying “the soup is not eaten as hot as it is being served”
The price is more inline with Crelant’s XPL-HI version of the 4 AA
If I were purchasing this light, I’m of the opinion that $49 is a tad on the premium side. I guess Thorfire is aligning it’s prices with manufacturers like Nitecore and Olight.
I really like 4AA lights… love my EA41.
Hope this comes into the 30 dollar range. I’d definitely pick one up…
There just aren’t enough budget 4xaa lights out there. Hopefully this settles down to $35 eventually.