No visible PWM to the naked eye in all three modes. When I shine it at my camera, I can see none in firefly (too dim) and the other two, the lines are faint, real close together and smooth. Bad PWM is big, fat lines, spaced far apart.
unscientificFoy
Looks nice and already has a foyzel!
Nice looking torch. Kinda reminds me of the 4sevens 123 turbo
Hey foy,nice review,nice light.I mentioned in a thread before that this light is actually a rebranded thrunite t30.Seeing it all apart confirmed my suspicions even the u.i. is the same as well as all the internals.I was going to jump on this light from international outdoor,but I thought it could have been driven harder.Unfortunately,the t30 can be had for like 49 bucks and as sweet as the u.i. is,I had to pass.Thanks for the awesome review! nottryingtobeabuzzkill
Hi Foy, no need to feel unscientific about it. That sounds pretty good...wonder why my X-Power Thunder has visible PWM (it's nearly the same price as well). So when you wave your five fingers in front of the light in medium and low, there is no flicker? Sounds like it is current regulated then for the light output.
Or you can put it in front of a black T-shirt and stick it beside the ears to hear if there is any sound (you can hear the exact PWM freq). Edit - i just tried it, red t-shirt works as well LOL!
Sometimes i am also too lazy to bring out the DMM to measure (coz you need to have like 3 hands to measure it, or be creative).
Well, yeah...the thrunites TN series are not expensive at all, though they are not priced like budget lights of this league.
Not at all. That's why we post it all up, so everybody knows. When I do beam shots here in a few minutes, I also need to include the T30 information. Thanks for reminding . . .
Foy
Dayum that's pretty! Thanks for another great review, Foy!
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I'll try the finger thing again but I swear I can't see it. My camera trick usually tells the tale. The ubiquitous UF 3-mode XM-L drop-in, as good as it is, shows huge, fat lines on low and medium - indicating fairly significant PWM yet I struggle to see it with my poor old eyes.
I say that because I feel my reviews would be more comprehensive were they more technically accurate/informative.
offtodobeamshotsFoy
cool,I realize after I posted that it wasn’t a put down to this light,rather an abstract for others to compare.I’m anxious to see beamshots,this is a sexy light and worth a look.thanks for taking time to do these reviews. DARC
Complaining about your reviews is like "aww the ferrari I just got for free is ruby-red but I wanted carmine-red"
Nice review, but I didnt quite understand the paragraph about the brand name. Would you prefer flashlights without brand names?
I already was worried you might be ill or sth, two weeks without a Foyview just seemed wrong.
What a nice looking light, great review as usual thanks.
You can put the streetlight out temporarily with your green laser, if you still have. Just shine it at the switch on the top and the streetlight should go out long enough for you to take some beam shots.
I do still have that green laser. Really? I didn't know you could do that.
NightCrawl -
Clumsy way of saying I like the name brand being printed in one spot and no where else. In fact, if the knurling were uninterupted all the way around (with no name at all) that would be even better.
horsewithnonameFoy
Gotcha. :)
Problem is everytime I do that.... I pull the trigger as well.
then i can't do beamshots because I'm hiding my gun. :P
This is one beautiful light and you know i'm quick to bash a light even in someones review .I've never been a believer that all reviews must just be filled with lovers of the light ..I'm more than happy to hear that people hate it for good reasons .
The truth is...like you said... take out the center pieces and the light gets boring very quickly ...Same with the Xeno/farka lights ..One reason i'm still searching for those cigar grips in quantities .
The only problem I see with this light is distance ..it's about 2000 miles to far from my house ....that and I can't get Michael Murphys song out of my head ... http://www.youtube.com/embed/ug8vrxMekAU
happy birthday you old dog
That is extractly what i had seen a month ago. As i remember, it is ~30$, i really love it but don't know why, i didn't order it 
. 2 week ago, i seen it cost 57$ so that i really regret , and now when i see this review, i do regret again but i will not buy this, 57$ is too much for budget light
Great thanks for your review 
$34.95 plus shipping
https://illuminationsupply.com/t30-p-99.html?zenid=cc702f3bb365e4275f939e7958de68df
Edit: I forgot to mention that I really like all the detailed photos, Good Work
Great Review as usual Foy.
Not to Hijack this thread but I just received my ThruNite T30 from HKequipment.
It is identical to the Wildfire in every way except branding and I did receive a holster too. The Quality is very nice and the mode changing is super smooth. One of THE nicest body designs ever. Definitely a Keeper.
However, I returned a Quark 1 x AA light a few years ago due to this " Moonlight or Firefly " Low mode. (At $60.00 no less - Ouch). The Quark had a 0.2 Lumen low and a 4 Lumen next low (OTF not FL1, so even lower than that) and quite frankly, I can not see the usefulness of a setting that low as you can not even read a document comfortably in pitch black darkness. Honestly, anything below 5 lumens is not useful as a beam. Unless someone can enlighten me to the purpose of settings this low where there is NO useable light ?
My Balder BD-1P has a very low setting of 6 Lumens and is right on the border line of useable light.
I have several lights that are 10 Lumens on low and find that to be about perfect, but any lower and I don't see the point.
Don't get me wrong, I love a 3 mode, Low, Medium, High, Flashlight as much as the next guy, but ThruNite should have made the LOW setting at 10 - 15 Lumens and it would truly be perfection. As it stands, it's really only a 2 mode light in my opinion.
I couldn't disagree more....
I have nitecores at 2 lumens for the D-10 and 3 lumens for the ex-10nad i'd say the 3 lumens is almost too high ...i prefer the 2 lumens over the 3 .I like the low low lows of my zebralights ...
i'm always turning lights down lower not jacking them up ...that's why i like lights that start on low or where you last left them parked .
The nitecores are really smart and go from med if you left it on medium to low next than run thru the 3 modes like normal low med high ... it''s just smart the first time you turn it on to stay parked but then go down rather than up .... smart very smart ..
I still love the look of this light ...it's one very pretty light in my humble opinion