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

does this look like a u2? .how can one tell?

you really cant tell…

The last time I saw this view of my BTU…. Things went incredibly wrong…. LOL

hahaha . Dale you and i both have the same crazy curious mind .

I have ordered 3 new xml U3 with 20mm star and will change it just for fun :)

will use a more expensive thearmal paste . Silver artic that i use for computer cpu .

thermal paste has to be a very very thin layer just to form a solid bond the 2 metals to transfer heat . thermal paste just "fills up " minute uneven surface . theres no need to dump it like toothpaste !!

I will will also make a large plastic or metal ring 3mm that goes over all the 3 stars and screws neatly . therel be 20mm hole even cut in the large plate thatl keep all stars centered :)

DO NOT let the aluminum heat shield spin on reassembly… That shit wont go good for ya…. Well it didnt me.

Yes . thats the good thing about the btu . All screwed up parts can be changed easily . Rumsfeld would call it the mother of all hosts. iv changed the driver to DRY and then back to the digital driver now :)

this is what im looking for . to make to buy

http://www.fasttech.com/products/1611/10001285/1106805-3x1w-50mm-led-heat-sink-aluminum-base-plate

Guys we finally got a good test done on the BTU and the TK75. Even did a video clip of the whole thing. Did about a 22 min runtime test on turbo. Did the test simultaneously for the pair, alternating each on the lightbox. Also put my just purchased today infrared temp gun to good use, by testing the lights every minute or two for head and handle temperatures.
And I did a lumen test on the BTU with and without the lens.
We’re just trying to get the huge file uploaded and get all the data gathered up. I will then post all the results on my BTU vs TK75 thread I did a couple weeks ago.
I don’t want to mix my data with the’s data. This is his thread after all.
So later tonite or tomorrow after work Ill get everything posted up.

you da man fronty thanks

i just purchased this u3 from fasttech and will change it on it my btu

https://www.fasttech.com/products/1189702

reason for the 20mm star was so that the soldered parts will further apart givingt lots of room for the reflector seat to settle on top of it flat

Just posted up all the data and the video on my BTU vs TK75 thread. New info on post #125

Well. Now it is! Time to buy one yourself? ;)

Ahhhh I’m tempted to get it for $120!! The extra $30 can be used for some good batteries. What batteries are you all using?

No more bullet. Getting S6330 is next plan. 8)

At $120.00, I had to pull the trigger!

I now feel this Ric fella is a pure asshole. To some he sells it for $180 .some get it for $150 and then within a few weeks (not months or a year) drops it to $120 (He still is making a profit even after shipping such a heavy light for free and dropping the price a massive $60 !!!!).imagine how buyers who bought it for $150 and paid $15 customs fees feel when it does not even have a ar coated lens and is beaten by the same price tk75? This light is only worth about $100 .trust me i own one. Never EVER i am buying from CN quality or the other fancy what ever it is. The least he can do it provide us with free AR coated Lens since we OVERPAID for it

Thrunite was worse…I bought the TN30 and TN31 before the huge price drop. It still hurts!

Plus it had all those flickering, sloppy selector ring, fingerprints in the lens/reflector, high resistance battery carrier coating issues, even when it was cheaper.

I can feel how bad is it.
Maybe yours are better in quality. Many China manufacturers don’t scrap or disassemble final product, they sort them into different quality category.

Now dropping the price on a product is a deplorable thing to do.
If you decide that $180 is a good price and pull the trigger, why is a future price drop suddenly changing that?
Really, you’re just second-guessing your own decision; that’s not the vendor’s fault.
If you don’t like the price, don’t buy. Simple.

Il give YOU a Reason . "FALSE ADVERTISING" . The way it was advertised and even Reviewed .Buyers thought good lord this thing will beat everything currently out there.

THIS IS THE REASON PEOPLE PAID $180 !!!

Specs:
◎3* Cree XM-L LED (U2) with a lifespan of 50,000 hours
◎Battery: 3 × 18650---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -CRAPPIEST HOME MADE LOOKING BATTERY HOLDER ON A $180 LIGHT
◎204 mm (length) x 52 mm(body width) x106 mm(head diameter)
◎1200-gram weight (excluding batteries)
◎4 levels of brightness: Turbo (3.8A*3)>High(2.2A*3)>Med(0.8A*3)>Lo(0.05A*3);with mode memory
◎Brigh tness:Turbo(3000lumens)>High(2000lumens)>Med(600lu mens)>Lo(80lumens)-------------------- -ITS NOT 3000 LUMENS
◎Digital Current Regulation
◎Capable of standing up securely on a flat surface to serve as a candle-------------------------------------------YEAH SURE ONE BUYS A 1 KG LIGHT TO BE A CANDLE
◎Tail cap click Switch- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------SHITTY SWITCH (one dollar SWITCH)
◎Made of durable aircraft-grade aluminum
◎ Super deep Aluminum Alloy Reflector;Shotrange up to 800meters------------------------------------------------DOES NOT THROW 800 METERS !!
◎Premium Type III hard-anodized anti-abrasive finish
◎Toughened ultra-clear glass lens with anti-reflective coating ---------------------------------------------------------WHAT A LIE! (tests show lens is holding back 100 LUMENS)

AND MAY I ADD HORRIBLE CHEAP PARTS INSIDE IT

( OUTSIDE LOOKS ALL NICE AND CUTE)

I see three potentially valid points there:
The output was off by 400-600 lumens, off by more if you go with T6 NW.
The lens is not AR coated. I do hope Ric addresses this at some time in the future.
I believe the U2 version misses the throw mark by about 100m. Again NW will have less throw. The NW differences could be better documented on the listing.
The rest appear to be a matter of opinion, not fact.
The battery holder has been improved; mine came with the springs reversed which greatly improves the battery retention. I have no issues with it.
It tailstands, you can call it a candle or whatever you want, it still does tailstand.
I’ve had no issue with the switch, it has a very low on resistance (I tested it, like all my lights).

One thing is for sure, when it comes to spec matching, Ric is not getting much slack. Virtually every other vendor on the internet has VERY exaggerated specs and I do not see too much of an uproar over those. We come to expect it for something like a TR-J18 (6000lm is over double the actual), but the BTU gets beaten up over a 20% spec inflation which could simply be actual emitter lumens.