Nitecore TM06s impressions and disassembly

After quite some time I’ve pulled the trigger on a flashlight - the Nitecore TM06s. Even thou I don’t need it since I already have TM11 I had to have it and it was on sale so I really had no choice. This week I received it. It’s small. Noticeably smaller and lighter than TM11.
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Didn’t measure any output but it’s noticeably brighter than the 2000 lumen TM11 so I have no reason to doubt the 4000 lumen claim. The switch felt nice and there was good distinction between half and full press. The whole body heats up pretty fast on turbo mode which suggest good thermal path. I was worried about the switch being risen above the body. I dropped the light from 5cm above the table on the switch just to see if it would switch it on and it did. Another drop ant it switched off. But then I pressed the switch only to find out the tactile feedback is all gone :open_mouth: The light is still fully functional but operating it is hit and miss since there’s no half and full press but just pres with some force and press with some more force. This enticed me to open the switch. Since that would require special tool I had to be resourceful.
I noticed that the switch retaining ring has a flat surface so I thought this might work:
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I placed two sided tape on marker cap
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and put it over the switch hoping it would stick to the retaining ring enough to unscrew it
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Pressing the cap against the ring while unscrewing it worked all right. Here’s the switch
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Pressing the bare switch there was no tactile feedback (no click). In fact the switch has a soft material on top. I also noticed two cracks in what seems to be PCB retaining ring. For now I didn’t try to get it out.
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Since I was at it I thought I’ll try to take the rest of the light apart. I unscrewed the stick that resides in the middle of battery compartment and was able to remove reflector and black plastic positioner. I also took out the PCB in tail cap.
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The leds are placed on copper board that is glued to aluminum ring that is either press fitted or glued to the body. The screw at the “tac” label is soldered to the board.
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What I found interesting is the tail cap PCB and the connection two batteres has with body.
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My guess is that this is used for lock-out where by partly unscrewing the tail cap light still remains powered but can’t be switched on.

That’s it for now

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Nice nice
Finishing a review of this light today/tomorrow
Gonna link to this for inner parts and leave mine assembled (wanna fo a raffle thing for Valerie so now no risk of damage on the inside.
Thanks!

Doesn’t look like too much heat sinking under that MCPCB

I think thermal path is good enough for XM-L2 at 3A. My TM06s and Zebralight SC62w get hot equally fast at highest setting.

I am glad I got rid of the old version.

Which old version? What’s the difference?

TM06, they should have the same design.
The biggest issue is that it discharges four batteries to different voltage.