Well, as long as they’re copying features that we like, and do it with quality for a decent budget price, I’m all for it! I’m not saying they’ve succeeded in all those areas, just hoping/wishing they would. :innocent:
That was just one comment and it was one of the first in the thread. I believe that was for show. The the only way they are a copy is if one of the top dogs of manker split and ran with everything. It’s possible but hmmm? When looking at the whole story it makes more sense for the two to be related. These are just my thoughts though. I understand other explanations exist.
That’d be my guess. I think the TN42 is 100mm, the TN31 is 80 so this looks like a spot somewhere in the middle. Maybe 1000m throw is all we can expect and I’ll still have to buy the TN42
Don’t see why companies don’t make a bigger head than than tn42? If the niwalker and manker would have done this, there could be a lot more sales for them. Who doesn’t want a light than can dethrone the tn42.
Many collectors look only for that.
But the top speed is not the only thing that makes a good race car. Many others parameters and specs are important also (weight, size, regulation, level spacing, interface, cost), otherwise people would go around carrying a lightouse or a streetlight. Or both.
Since the output test is the quickest, I like to keep that as one of the last things (that, updating the runtime plots from % to lumens).
Now I have a new camera and I will have to make many shots in order to found the combination that matches what my eyes see.
This will take a whole evening, and it may also result in me not being happy with the pics and going back to the old camera or taking more pics.
This time I will do the output measurement next. So in the meanwhile I can publish something.
But you see the blue light on the switch? Means that the batteries are not running low. When they are low it becomes purple, then red. It is still blue. This may take some time.