**NEW** Thrunite TC15 Custom Edition /// Full Review

Thanks again.

I wonder if ThruNite is ever willing to ship to Europe again.

I just tried to order this custom TC15 only to find out that shipping to Germany is not possible. :-(

Sounds fair enough. I wonder if they are willing to accept reviews elsewhere than Amazon. Amazon is somehow unpredictable in terms of accepting honest reviews, especially if these are paid reviews (= get the item free of charge in return of a review). It's very risky for ThruNite to do that as Amazon might also ban the seller from their platform.

Do you have the right e-mail address? Is it really facebooke@thrunite.com? I only know service@thrunite.com where I always received immediate and helpful feedback.

Thrunite DOES want honest opinions and reviews of their lights. I had the TH30 , that was under listed specs by over 300 lumens in Turbo and 200 lumens in High mode and I thought it would be a bad idea to post a review on that particular sample really. They told me to proceed with my review and post my findings as they were , because they want honest reviews even if the item was not performing as it should.

As far as the Amazon thing , I know what you are saying as a lot of those reviews are “bought”. But I feel ThruNite does really just want honest reviews after dealing with them for as long as I have. They do not have you buy the light for a dollar or some mess , just so you can make a review on Amazon as a verified seller.

Here is the Facebook “link” for thrunite…………

First of all, thank you for the nice review that really catched my attention about the TC15.

Sorry if some of my words were misunderstood. I really appreciate manufacturers that accept and welcome honest reviews with differentiated feedback. I did not mean to criticize ThruNite at all. It's Amazon that sometimes act unpredictable when they do not accept reviews. I once tried to post honest and unbiased (no 5 stars or 1 star) reviews on Amazon and failed to publish them for reasons unknown. I know about some other reviewers that made the same experience. But that's something to discuss elsewhere as I do not want to derail this thread and distract from the interesting review. ;-)

I have sent an e-mail to service@thrunite.com and asked for more information about the availability outside US/CA/JP.

I understood what you were saying about the reviews , it may have been me that did not come across clearly. Amazon has indeed had some shady reviews through the years.
I just was trying to convey that ThruNite was not asking people to make a good review on Amazon to get a free light as I have seen before on Amazon as you are talking about and no offense was taken by me at all.

Again thanks and as always , I am glad to do the reviews.

You make it look like one I should buy, even though I barely have room left for even a smallish light such as this! lol Nice output, does it get hot in the hand or does the step down control this well enough to not really have a problem? Nice to see that their output numbers were pretty much spot on, always a good thing….

Now, after all my recent experimentation… are any coins left laying around? :wink:

Thanks Robo, for making me want YET Another Thrunite light….

Haha………yea you need to add to the collection , may be left in the dark if the power goes out……….for a month maybe?

The light does get pretty hot before the step down , but about the time you think it is just “too hot” it will step down.

I will look under my couch cushions for spare change and donate it to your cause if you need it that bad…lol

Andddddddd you are welcome. :smiley:

Shake Sam, he has probably eaten any spare change you had laying around… :stuck_out_tongue:

Edit: Sorry Ms. Robo, I was just kiddin, we’d NEVER shake your cat looking for loose change. :person_facepalming:

Edit II: Already learned he doesn’t give it up. Whaaaaat?

He may have……….I think he tries to eat about anything that looks half interesting.
If curiosity don’t kill the cat…….I might one day. J/K

It seems ThruNite makes really good boost drivers. They really know how to kick the XHP35 to drive it to its very limits, i.e. 2.3A or even more. Dale, I'm sure you'll be able to squeeze out some more lumens after some modification work. :-P :-D

I wish they sold these drivers separately. A friend of mine is absolutely happy about his original TC15 that gets reeeaaally hot on Turbo and maintains brightness longer than any other flashlight in comparable size and weight. I really hope ThruNite changes their mind and restarts selling these directly to Europe again. Their small portfolio of lights over here is not worth to mention and the TC15 is only available in CW.

Ahh, another light with that good ol’ XHP35 HD donut-hole, I know it well.

I love mine, just wish it would stay on turbo longer than 5 seconds.

Try cleaning the cell ends well and also the back of the driver and other contact points. Many times this will solve the short turbo mode.

Yes have done that. Tried also, 30Q,VTC6,VTC5a,Molicel P26 variable results but still short Turbo.

My Rofis MR70 is exactly the same.

Well you have already ruled out my next suggestion on another cell.

Video it and send a short video to thrunite how it acts , along with what you tried to correct the problem. I would think they would replace it.

EDIT: as mentioned in the main review (OP) I also tried a number of cells in my review sample and the driver seems to be vary well regulated. I had pretty consistent results with only 30 to 40 lumens variance in Turbo mode and the rest of the modes were even closer together. Another reason it makes me think something wrong in the driver or in the ground path of your light somewhere. Could even be the emitter didn’t get a good reflow?

Some feedback about my e-mail to service@thrunite.com

I was asking to do a review of the TC15 custom military tan edition and if there's any chance to buy it in Europe/Germany.

They replied that it is unavailable to EU customers now but sent me a link to Amazon DE along with the information it is being restocked again in 10 days.

So far, they didn't sell the NW version at all. No word about my inquiry for a review, though.

Hopefully they will broaden the shipping to cover more area. Looks like it could only benefit them in the sales department , unless the shipping rates to certain areas might be too high?

Unlike Thorfire , Sofirn and a few others , ThruNite is not one of the easiest companies to become a reviewer for from my experience. They send out very limited quantities of their lights for review. I asked them several times and had pretty much given up when they contacted me 3 years or a little more ago , to review for them and I have been doing reviews for ThruNite since.

I really like the products and also like the fact they do not want me to hide anything or even tell a little white lie about their product , asking for only my honest opinion and true findings when I review their stuff.

Good luck with becoming a reviewer for them though , or at least getting a review on the light you specifically asked to review.

Thank you robo819.

My experience with ThruNite was excellent so far. I once asked them if there's any chance to buy the TN4A holster as spare part - they sent me one free of charge. That's great customer service. In 2018 they stopped shipping lights to Europe from their US headquarters (www.thrunite.com). By that time I asked to buy their Catapult V6 Mini and was offered their promo price by ordering it directly via e-mail incl. direct payment to their Paypal address. A week later I received my light from a German warehouse. Another great purchase experience.

I can only presume but guess they ran into some trouble with European tax laws and customs when selling flashlights directly. They also closed all their Amazon stores "ThruNite EU" subsequently by that time. Now, they have relaunched their presence here but still it's by far not the same as it was before.

The good news is, I just found their TC15 available for sale in Germany. But it's not the fancy custom military tan version...

https://thrunite.shop/Thrunite-Taschenlampen-Thrunite-TC15-inkl--IMR-Akku---bis-2300-Lumen.html

I don’t know if it is just listed as such , or if they actually ship some of their lights “international” , but on this Amazon page , if you look on the side panel to the left , there is a box to check for international shipping eligible……………
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=thrunite+tc15+customized&rh=p_n_shipping_option-bin%3A3242350011&dc&crid=3R97C84Z75T9&qid=1568900963&rnid=2944662011&sprefix=Thrubite+TC15+%2Caps%2C181&ref=sr_nr_p_n_shipping_option-bin_1

Also good to hear you have had good experiences with them. I am sure as with pretty much any company out there, a few have had an experience at some time or other with the company that they were not happy with , but overall I think thrunite has a pretty good track record to the best of my knowledge.

Just an update…………

I decided to take the original TC15 apart and I dedomed the XHP35 that was in it , just to see how much it tightened up the beam. I figure the result is about the same as putting a XHP35 HI in the light. (do correct me if I am wrong here)

The beams and lumens output were almost identical to begin with on the 2 lights.

Anyway the result was as expected when I started the simple mod , with a tighter beam and warmer tint from the dedomed emitter. Also as with pretty much any dedome , there was a loss of lumens. I dropped about 290-300 lumens in the Turbo mode at start , but with more light down the middle , the hotspot looks brighter than the TC15 Custom Edition that still has the dome on (HD) emitter. There is still plenty of useable spill for walking or what have you with the dedomed emitter also , just not as broad of an area as it started out.

Here are the beamshots showing how much tighter the beam is now and the tint change , just incase anyone might be thinking about putting a XHP35 HI in one of these lights or doing a slice or dedome on the emitter that is in it.
These beamshots were also added in the OP as Edit 2.

10 yards (white) garage door / Medium Mode

Original (HD)………

Dedomed………

75 yards to Trees / Turbo Mode

Original (HD)……

Dedomed………

100 yards to Gate

Original (HD)…….

Dedomed………