Review: BTU Shocker (3 x XM-L T6 NW | 3 x 18650)

If you aren’t impressed, tell me the other 18650 multi-xml that throws even half this well for the price. Xtar S1 at 65k and $200?

Wow - Great output and great throw … fantastic combination, and the price is amazing for what you get.

Sounds like this will easily trump the Elektrolumens ST90 (SST-90 direct driven) which I just received, as that one is only giving me approx 2000 lumen with a floody throw easily beat by my Sunwayman T40CS U2!

Will hold off until the price drops though …

The tk75 should be close when it comes out

Nice review_the_thanks for doing this.I was wondering if you plan to use the dry diver at some point,as I understand it is more powerful than the digital regulated driver.The BTU is pretty beefy and hard not to want,except for the price.I am anxious to see outdoor shots maybe BTU vs TN31?

Thank you for the great review… :beer:

Great review the, I don’t know if I’m going to sleep tonight after reading it now that customs has finally released mine back to DHL about 3 hours ago. Hopefully tomorrow when i’m off work I will have a nice parcel waiting for me when I get home! I just hope all my camera gear hasn’t sold by then so I can use one of them to take some pictures tomorrow. :stuck_out_tongue:

Very nice review, and light. Thanks!

thanks for the much awaiting review on this light! when you get the chance, could you post some beamshots up against the tn31 and king please.

Looks awesome .

TK70 vs BTU vs TK75

I want all these together in a ring, and somebody to get killed with a Trident. :bigsmile:

Thanks, been waiting this review!!

+1

Thanks for the great review !

Thanks the. Great review. Really looking forward to getting my U2 version in. If it ever ships……

great review!
i cant wait! i got the same configuration as the one reviewed (nw, regulated driver)

id love to get an AR lens and a gitd o-ring for the lens. anyone have any leads??

the can you please post any other lux measurements of similar lights that you have, like the tn31 you mentioned?

Here are some throw figures measured at 4m (just like this BTU)

- TN31 stock CW ~90kcd

- FF STL-V6 de-domed ~95kcd

- Skyray King NW ~20kcd

  • Small Sun T08 stock ~35kcd

And then there is this one, just proving that my meter doesn’t top up at 100kcd…

  • X6 with de-domed XM-L U3 w. copper pcb ~210kcd :wink:

Thanks for the review, been waiting on this one. Outside throw shots would be nice if you get a chance. Thanks again.

Care to test it further than 4m?

I think 2100 measured TK70 to be 80kcd at <10m, but the reading became 97kcd at 13m.

The greater distance will allow multiple beams to fully converge and give the final intensity reading.

Yeah man, it’s 80+ for the shorter distances, and my copy is 92kcd actually. Not a lot, but still there is a difference.

But 80k cd is quite low. Wonder if it’s really T6 3C.

Fenix TK70 is also T6. But there could be some output differences (slight) within the T6 bin as well.

3.6A is high enough, there probably won’t be much of a difference with the DRY at say 4.x amps. If this is 3.6A with PWM (however slight) then there is a very very slight loss as well. << — I noticed this with the DRY driver……the earliest ones are full blast with no PWM, and the latter drivers are with PWM even in turbo mode just that the PWM perhaps switches on and off at 95% power @ xxx Hz, ie a wee bit cut only… while the lowest modes are like 5% power @ xxx Hz. I do not have the latest 700Hz DRY driver.

So we’ll need the U2 version and see how it does. :smiley:

mine just arrived! threw some aw 3100s in it and let her rip! great companion to my nw skyray king… one for throw one for flood!

charging up batteries now since they were @ 3.6v before

2 day shipping from ric to usa!