Thanks for the review, i very much enjoyed the pictures 
Just so you know, the reason it looks that way is the plates on the side prevent the battery from making a connection if you put it in backwards, a.k.a. it is mechanical reverse polarity protection.
Hard to see in the photo, but those two outside plates would have to be slightly above the center one to prevent - end of AA battery from connecting.
So, I’ll assume the 2 outside plates are slightly raised above the center one…
Forgot to mention…Very nice review ezarc.
My first reaction though, is this is one very LARGE single AA flashlight…??? Dunno…seems odd.
Yep, at least that is how it works on my LD20.
nice review but damn that’s big
Thanks very much! Frontpage’d and Sticky’d.
nice light. This led me to picking up a neutron 1c
Quote Kreisler: “0.20mm difference in height i dunno whats that in ounces sorry”
mm to ounces? Good one Kreis… 
Thanks for the review ezarc. The threads on this light are the squarest I've ever seen.
Beamshots added to the 2nd post.
Well done, ezarc ;)!
How about runtimes, have you tested any? Amp draw?
Also, this light looks so huge, it could be 2xAA rather than 1xAA, how big 2xAA Archer should be?!
Thanks veer.
I haven’t tested run times and unfortunately I don’t have a DMM.
Here kreisler has some detailed specs, it looks like it draws 2.1A on a eneloop.
Weird thing is - Archer and Saber have almost the same lumens output on high, difference is less than 10lm, yet Archer, according to TN, runs for less than one hour on high while Saber can do 1.5h on high.
As I said in your Saber’s review, I would like to see Archer vs Saber beamshot comparison in the same environment, Im not sure whether Archer had better throw/was brighter than Saber or not.
Perhaps it has to do with reflector solely?
NIce beamshots, greatly improved
Thank you ezarc !
It’s easy to convert millimeters to ounces. The are 553 inches in a pound. Divide that by 12 (these are Troy ounces remember) and you get 46.083333333. Take that and convert to metric. Now we have 896.7373. Divide that by 100 and multiply back to 16 to get standard ounces. Take that figure convert to the original “0.20mm” and we get 1.047cabbage8483 millimeters to the standard English banana ounce.
To All,
I just purchased this light for $34.40 through a “Group Buy” from Thrunite’s website. I encourage all to register with Thrunite on their forum. These lights go for $48 on eBay.
Received my two units from the group buy and am a bit disappointed. Both had tool marks and loose burrs when I removed the tail cap. I had to clean out the battery compartment to make sure no burrs were inside. Also, the tail caps looked like they was assembled without proper tools. One had severe gouge marks while the other had deformed pinholes. There’s also a small spot on one of the bodies missing anodizing which wouldn’t be very noticeable if it wasn’t silver on an otherwise all black body.
The two that I have also show slightly different beam patterns with one exhibiting a more defined ring effect than the other. I’ll be contacting Thrunite to see if this is accepted as normal or if this is outside their quality standards. Compared to the Solarforce L2P I recently bought, these two Archers are certainly a step or two down in terms of quality.
I messaged the owner of ThruNite with the link to your post, he said they will replace it for you. I’ll PM you the contact details.