TK75 vs BTU Shocker - Let the battle begin! (NEW UPDATE ON POST 125)

Just read the whole thread, he he. Seems we flashaholics are quite passionate about our lights, I’m no different and quite obviously a TK75 owner. :bigsmile:

I don’t have the BTU Shocker. Can’t say I really want one either. I do have the TK75. I wouldn’t trade it for 2 BTU Shockers. The TK75 is the best light that I own. I would pick it over the TN31 or L3 Illumination K40 even.

I also own the TK75 and wouldnt trade it for any other light. Period. I do love the BTU also. The all around performance is close in every catagory but the smaller form factor and UI of the Fenix gives it the edge to me even at a slightly higher price

The RC40 should be very interesting when it is released, supposed to have been this month? Might be the best next step.

In the meantime though, I just can't see a good enough reason to buy anything else, aside from the TK75.

Where can I get the best price on a TK75?

Email Shane.

Tell him Brad sent you to buy the TK75 from him. He will give you a great price.

shane@protacticalshop.com

A nice price, lasting today and maybe tomorrow only is goinggear with coupon code new15… $170 shipped.

If Shane can’t get you a great price, you can also try http://www.hkequipment.net/ and use coupon code: TK75y4u8r9

Comes out to $157.99 shipped. I just got mine last week in less than 10 days (I belive it took 7 days from the day the order was placed.

Looks like HKE is the cheapest thus far :slight_smile:

I am still resisting it knowing RC40 is coming.

Isn’t it going to be ~300+ dollars?

Fenix is pricing them at $399(?) to start, probably to compete against the jetbeam ddr30, nitecore tm26, etc.

Priced at more than double the price of the TK75, I don't think it will be a very good option in terms of budget to performance increase.

Maybe Fenix wants to break the barrier when they see Olight selling many lights above $300 or $400.

Ordered the TK75 from going gear. Not really interested in dealing with HK post again. Plus, that G.G. guy is swell.

I may or may not have a problem.

GG is where we got our TK75 too. Great people to deal with. And I’m sure you’ll love your light.

XM-L2 U2s are sold from several different vendors already. And more will come. Hopefully cheaper too.

Ok guys, few things are unclear to me.

We all know BTU Shocker step down to ~ 2000lm, after 3 minutes on turbo ~ 3000lm with updated lens from Ric.

So here are the numbers from the test,

left BTU—————————TK75 right

1 min –* 2860*L (82F) ——2965L (83F)
5 min – 2755L (90F) ——2900L (98F)
10 min- 2695L (100F) —-2830L (118F)
15 min- 2605L (109F) —-2790L (128F)
20 min- 2465L (120F) —-2740L (132F)
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So BTU drop only around 100lm instead of 1000? and later i read this from the test,

“The BTU has a soft drop from turbo to high about every 3 min. Dropping roughly to 1900-2000L”

Yet i never see 2000~lm in this numbers, someone can explain this to me? thanks.

Where do you see XM-L2 U2 on lightmalls, because you say it's U2 in the list. http://www.lightmalls.com/new-led-16mm-6500k-cree-xm-l2-led-emitter

Anyone? :frowning:

I kept kicking the BTU back onto turbo when it started going down. Had to do it multiple times. Was trying to see how hot it got and how well or bad it did when kept on turbo like the the TK75. That’s why I had to take readings about every 30-60 sec. On each light To make sure to keep it on turbo. Check out the video I did on this thread and you can see that it dropped quite a few times.