BTU Shocker - $99 Free Ship at FF

Do you guys have the DRY driver or the new one?

I worked on one - with the XM-L2/SinkPAD upgrade, it does seem to do a bit better, more amps, but I think you need to wire up the springs as well to see the higher amps in that configuration. Only thing that sucks is it cuts off turbo in 2 minutes, while the stock driver cuts off in 3 minutes. That whole turbo cutoff deal sucks when you upgrade the stars to copper, use AS5, and polish the surfaces, because it runs a whole lot cooler, and the emitters are actually centered over a pretty significant chunk of aluminum. I was thinking a good heat mgt improvement would be to upgrade that steel screw to copper, brass or aluminum so maybe heat from the pill top could be transferred to that huge reflector chunk of metal.

Hmmm so which would you prefer? DRY?

On FF site it says the DRY driver doesn’t have as good heatsinking… what’s that about?

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I ordered mine with the BTU driver due to the 3 minute step down

You could always do that and just order a spare dry driver - its only $5 and swap them out yourself

http://www.fancyflashlights.com/goods.php?id=114

Yes, I received the AR lens from Ric two weeks ago, awesome.

Couldn't resist.

When I ordered the Shocker with BTU driver Ric has included the DRY driver in the package already for free.

I told Ric that I bought my BTU from a fellow member at BLF and did I still qualify for the free a/r lens upgrade? He pm’d me back saying of course I did and he would send one right out. Great customer service imo.

Great light at a great price,most members that were waiting should get it at this price.I wish the AR lens came with mine but I got the olight one for it.That's awesome Ric is making good on the upgrades to the better lens.

So how bright is this light after it steps down off of turbo and to high mode? That’s what I want to hear from those that have it. Will it truly put out 2000 lumens on high and how does it throw on high?

And if I wnat to get one what driver should I get?

Thanks.

great question

It drops down from 3.8 amps and around 3000 lumens to at 2.5 amps, which is a drop of just over a third in current. Current to lumen ratio is diminishing at 3.8 amps though so it should stay over 2/3 of max output. I would be confident that high is over 2000.

You can just re-set it back to turbo in half a second with a half-press of the tailcap though so I wouldn’t worry about it. It’s really there to stop it being left in turbo unattended.

Im wondering if the DRY driver will overheat and prove to be unreliable. Can someone answer this please? What driver should we go with?

DRY driver is direct drive in turbo and uses PWM in other modes. DD makes the emitters to heat a bit more (and is not significantly brighter, at least without SinkPads). But there shouldn't be any reliability issues..

BTU driver is current regulated in all modes.

I'd suggest BTU driver if you are not planning to mod your Shocker to the full (or over).

Thanks, that makes sense.

This thing sounds very well-built.

Thank you for the quick reply.

Thanks guys. You guys rock!

I just ordered mine with BTU driver and cool white. I’m excited now. A TK70 head with 18650 batteries. I’m in heaven.

The DRY driver I have has terrible PWM noise - stock BTU driver is fine.

I’m using the DRY driver in a TR3-T6, & it overheats & steps down very quickly.

I emailed Ric asking for a free DRY driver with the purchase of a regular BTU in NW. 5 minutes later he agreed. Ric doesnt sleep! I also ordered the better springs.

FF is already down to 14 left in stock. Better hurry if you want one! Thanks to you all for talking me into this great “budget” light. I really wanted a TK70 but couldnt commit since they cant be modified. Another loss for Fenix… oh well!

Now I have 3 more slots for the ton of sinkpads and XML2’s Ive accumulated.