Nitecore has posted the TM39 and TM39 Lite, two huge throwers. This seems to follow after the HC35 and TM9K added "enthusiast" features to their product line. Some quick specs:
SBT-90 GEN2 LED
5200 lumens
1500 m of throw
90 mm head
Barrel port for charging
4*18650 on the lite, sealed 8*18650 pack on the normal
OLED readout
So far only Manker and Acebeam are using this LED and the price is quite high, so I'll be interested in what price point this is released at.
90 mm is in line with their biggest lights, I wonder if that’s intentional to use the same head design or meet some manufacturing or shipping maximum. Maybe that’s the largest bar stock they have on order lol.
My guess is that their primary audience is more main stream than flashaholics looking for ultimate throw. For the same reason Nitecore lights like a lot of their Tiny Monster models are cool white only.
:person_facepalming: Been messing with it since Sept/Oct 2019 when the SBT90.2 was the rage, tried boosting the stock driver so I could keep all the electronics… just a PITA pulling everything out and putting it back together, like 5 levels of electronics and switches have to be routed correctly to fit all that shit’in a tight space and not cut/destroy/fry anything, what a nite mare of an assembly process… :rage:
Then the mechanics…. machining the copper heat sink, fitting the mcpcb, tabbing the contacts, positioning the Copper threaded Heat sink LED/mcpcb, focusing, machining the reflector, (because it was threaded into the head) to help facilitate focusing… :person_facepalming:
But it’s done, works very, well pretty happy with it and the reflector is still pristine….
I’m glad they have one option with sealed cells and one with a pack to serve everyone’s needs. I’m also happy to see they seem to have used the UI from the EC4GTS that I loved.