Review: Shadow TC6 (new version)

Thanks Foy. If I may be so rude as to ask how it comes up against your JM05? The lights in spec seem pretty similar.

Another great review, thanks.
Wow thatā€™s a sexy light.I really like the fact that the manufacturers are getting the message and driving these things harder so I donā€™t have to waste my time shoving new drivers in otherwise perfect lights.

Nice review Foy! Thanks again for doing this for us.

Thanks for the pics and review Foy -much appreciated.

May I please request one more, with a side-by-side of the new and old ?

Thanks !

Haha, great review, pal :bigsmile: Waiting those beamshots :stuck_out_tongue:

Thank you Foy for the great review.

Memo to myself: Donā€™t read Foy reviews - they are extremly good and at the moment I have no money for new flashlights. Solution: If I donā€™t read the reviews, I will not know the flashlight and donā€™t want it :~

One question:
Is the eternal mystery of the homepage of Shadow solved? www.a-mu.co / www.a-mu.com is it not.
Why do they print a not useful www address on their flashlights?

Thanks for the review. I couldnā€™t help notice you say ā€œan SMOā€ as in ā€œan S M O reflectorā€ while I think ā€œa SMO (smow)ā€ reflector. Or it could be pronounced ā€œsmoothā€ in your head as well, that would be ā€œa SMO (smooth)ā€ reflectorā€¦ā€¦

Beautiful review as usual Foy! Thanks so much for your hard work on this.
Frontpageā€™d and Stickyā€™d.

Here you go, Chicago . . .

Old on top, new on bottom . . .

Old on left, new at right . . .

These are lousy but it's all I have right now.

DNF - JM05?

I know they're both C8 SMO's so, it might be easy to assume similar performance. Nope. E/JM05 is brighter, has more run time and (between these two) is easily superior to the TC6. Mind you; it was not before I sent it to E1320. But now . . . (smug laughter) the E/JM05 is a different conversation. I was hoping some others that had Erik mod their JM05's would chime in and corroborate my feelings.

Tecmo -

Not sure I understand the question. Also; never gave my OP/SMO usage much thought . . . "OP" = orange peel reflector and "SMO" = smooth reflector. Don't know if it's correct but . . . that's how I roll.

busyFoy

Thorough review as usual. I like the lite, but lately iā€™m not liking 2 battery skinny long tube lites. Just like donā€™t feel of the lite. Maybe a 26650 battery would change that.

If you donā€™t mind me asking, where did you get the SMO reflector for yours?

Thanks for the review. Its always been a looker

Can i borrow $50 bucks

Nope586 -

I think I got it at Manafont . . . . I got my lazy on right now so, I'll find a link later . . . .

motivationFoy

Foy, reading this review made me purchase one and it just turned up this morning. Really impressed with this light it kinda reminds me of a Olight M30 Triton i had a few years back in the weight and feel of it.

One question tho, what batteries are you using in this? I was told not to use protected cells and to use unprotected, whats the reason for this?

Thanks.

I received mine as well, it really is a great light. I do have that same issue though, all of my unprotected batteries fit fine and none of my protected (TrustFire Flames, Panasonic w/PCB) work. The light is just too short. Itā€™s not a major deal but it is noteworthy.

My AW 2900 (Panasonic) work just fine, but they are smaller than most of the protected cells.

I use every battery I have. Protected, unprotected, they all seem to work just fine. Two protected Solarforce 18650s fit in mine, no problem.

I must say, I am glad to see somebody other than me like this light. Seems like a small percentage of lights get the lions share of attention on the forum. The TC6 is a spectacular torch. Swapping the OP for an SMO made it even better.

Foy

I had it out last night with the dog and for the price was thoroughly impressed, i doubt this will be the last Shadow flashlight i purchase.

After contacting the seller the reason for not using protected 18650ā€™s was because they were too long but ive tried a few AW 18650ā€™s and even tho they were longer everything worked fine.

In what sense made it even better?

You can see my post where I compare the Shadow TC6 using both reflectors and you basically have no difference, to see the difference I had to underexpose a lot.