This sounds a little concerning as Iām in the UKā¦.
6th April Attempted Delivery (Country Code: US)
Not had anything through the door, no card left and no package.
Of course this tracking number might not be for me, I have two emails from Thrunite, one with this tracking number on but doesnāt actually say it is a tracking number. And one that says tracking number, but instead of a number has my name inserted info the fieldā¦.
My tracking info still says dispatched to overseas on 3/30. Nothing on the USPS site yet. Looks like you guys in Europe are getting yours quicker than here in the states. Maybe by the end of this week or early next mine will appear.
I admit I am worried with all the issues reported from those who have received already. Can't recall why but I was under the impression that the Saber was supposed to be less CW than the T10. Sounds like it's not.
Very nice, like the modes. I had only one problem - I have some vapex instants (no laughing at the back) and they donāt fit the tube, eneloops and duraloops do.
Duracell and Energiser AA fit too.
On the Flats mine has Thrunite T10 on one side and Saber 1A on the other
So overall Iām happy, as has been said before nice smooth threads and very nice modes
EDIT : Looks like the spare o rings are for the Ti AAA though
Mine arrived today, and since I came home for lunch I took a few minutes to check it out.
First, there were major contact problems, even after an alcohol cleaning: light wouldnāt fire, or would flicker, or go on and off by itself after tightening. There was more manufacturing grease and sloppy, thin thread grease than on my original T10, and the threads were rougher. Another cleaning and 760G application and no better, I wondered about the contact spring and reached in with a pair of needle-nose pliers and rotated it half a turn. That seems to have done the trick, as itās running correctly now.
The beam is like my original XPG T10, but a little bluer (and just barely brighter). Although itās rated at 169L itās noticeably less bright than my ET D25A, rated at 121L (ANSI), and still less bright after the D25A drops down to around 100 ANSI lumens after 3 minutes (of course, maybe EagleTac underestimates their output, as has been suggested elsewhere). And the CW tint of my D25A is much nicer. Moon mode is nice. Iāll run a few duraloops through it and see how it looks after a little burn-in.
All in all, not a bad little light, but considering what else is out there itās far from mind-blowing. The coolest thing about it is that it has āBLFā on the head.
Not good! Not good at all. WTH has happened to Thrunite?? These quality control issues are popping up way too much on this light. Starting to look like they crapped out a bunch of seconds and pawned them off on us by engraving āBLFā on them. Poor LEDs, weak drivers, poor assembly, inferior machining, using battery tubes from a different modelā¦simply inexcusable! Starting to not look forward to getting mine.
I donāt want to be a downer. At this point Iām used to a clean-up and relube with Nyogel 760g on any new light, even those costing north of $100 (it blows away every factory lube Iāve experienced, and itās conductive). The light is now burning fine (I grabbed it and a case of NiMHs to keep it running the rest of the day). I wish the tint was different and the output a bigger step up from the old T10 I have, but I knew the XPG2 would only give about 15% more than the XPG. I do wish the threads werenāt rough though, as I like the smooth one-handed operation of my old T10. Iāll see how I feel after a week of use.
ran home on lunch found my 2 sabers in the mailbox. i unscrewed the threads (felt like they were about as smooth as sand paper) and put a battery in the first one and nothing. canāt even get it to turn on. I put a battery in my second and it wouldnāt turn on either. pissed, I smacked the light on my hand and it finally lit up. I put an eneloop in it (which barely fit) and its shorting out and flickering.
what happened?? and I donāt know any lights I can compare the tint to besides the fenix e01 if that says anything. except the saberās beam is a lot more ringy than my e01s have ever been :~ LEDs are both off center in mine (which wouldnāt bother me so much if they would actually light up!). so glad I bought two of theseā¦my group buy archer comes tomorrow I hope itās not going to be like thisā¦these were my first and last ever purchases from thrunite. I hope they will at least fix or replace these lights
lol i didnāt expect much in the first place besides them lighting up. that would have been nice. i donāt know what to do with theseā¦the pill/drivers are all the way tightened in the head. i tried tightening the contact spring in the end with no luck (although iām not sure how that would helpā¦it appears to be making contact regardless?). I guess my next step is to email thrunite. iām going to try cleaning up and properly lubing the threads and hopefully that will fix something
I guess Iām a lucky person. Iāve been playing all day long with mine and works great.
So sorry for those who have problems. I have a t10 and this Sarber 1A and both seem great flashlights.
(are good flashlights in a mid range 15-20 $, not more expensive)
Iām surprised at the small but noticeable differences in build quality between this BLF Saber and my older (2012) T10. Everything on the older light just seems to fit a little better. I wonder if they are from the same factory? And why in the name of God didnāt they make the tailstanding platform a little better?! (Well, I knew they hadnāt, but stillā¦. )
Well, I guess Iām lucky with the BLF Saber. Worked perfectly out of the box. LED centered perfectly also.
Compared to my T10, the threads on the BLF version are rougher but acceptable.
Also, xpg2 tint is a tad warmer (pinker) than the xpg T10 and as a result the colors pop with the xpg2
Othere than that, no difference really between the two to warrant one besting the other. However, I do prefer the slightly warmer tint of the Saber.
Oh, there is no whine in firefly mode on the BLF Saberā¦.there Is on the T10ā¦never knew the whine existed til I read about it in this thread. And you have to stick it in your ear to even hear itā¦
ok so after playing around with these for a while they are working fine. I had to clean all of the threads out, lube it up, and play around with the spring a bit to make sure it was solid and they seem to be working fine now. as long as these work I am completely happy. my main complaint is the off-center ledās on both of mine, but this doesnāt make a huge difference either way. as long as they continue to work i will be happy with them. I think they were just rushed and threw them together in the factoryā¦hopefully they will read some reviews/complaints and take the extra few minutes to clean up their products next time before sending them out.
i have an eagletac d25c xm-l u2, so it canāt be directly compared, but the d25c isnāt much brighter than my sabers. i also have 2 foursevens mini ml xp-g2ās, and they are pretty close in brightness. the foursevens have a tighter hotspot are a bit brighter, but they are also using cr123ās instead of eneloops so that isnāt a big surprise. i will say that what i used to think were nasty blue tints on my foursevens look completely nw now when put next to my sabers. (to be fair, the foursevens and eagletac lights are over double the price of the tn saber as wellā¦so even the fact that theyāre close is pretty impressive)
overall, for what it is and what i paid i am pretty happy. i was pissed when i first opened up 2 broken lights, but after a little tlc they turned out decent.
Iāll be checking the beams tonight of the xpg2 vs xpg when it gets dark.
I saw a comparo of the beam here a while backā¦in that comparo the xpg2 did best the xpg.