BTU Shocker - $99 Free Ship at FF

Truthfully, I don’t know. I’ve tried several other lights that throw over 100k at 1m, and everyone reads off, many way off. SR90, TN31, tn31mb, Deerelight, etc. If I light is a serious thrower, I just start them at 5m. My TN31mb (426k) and SR90 w/ sbt70 (325k), even reads off a little at 5m. But not too far off. At 10m the read proper. And by proper I mean the same consistant numbers from 10m - 100m.
From all my testing, this is the way I see it as best minimum testing distances -
0-50k - 1m test
50-100k - 3m test
100-200k - 5m test
200k & up - 10m test.

Any one have a NW Shocker?

No problem.

Your getting quite the collection there.

According to the website the BTU weighs 1200grams without batteries. That’s 2.6lbs roughly.

Specification:

◎3* Cree XM-L LED (U2) CW / CREE XM-L T6 3C NW with a lifespan of 50,000 hours
◎Battery: 3 x 18650
◎204 mm (length) x 52 mm(body width) x106 mm(head diameter)
◎1200-gram weight (excluding batteries)

Bare emitters reflowed onto 20mm SinkPAD's - I do it in a frying pan Smile, works pretty well, did dozens, check temp with a temp meter. They were XM-L2 U2's 1A or 1C's, forgot which. IlluminationSupply is a great source for the 1C's, but they might have been from Mouser.

Quit thinking about it and just buy it!

Tom E, they were XM-L U2 1C from IS. A great thrower tint, IMO. I did virtually the same mod.
It’s not hard to do, but I would not recommend it be your first mod. Try something smaller first.

So, I took the dive and bought one. I am moving North to Canada to visit relic, and see if he can get me on public assistance… J)

Don’t you know, flashlights are the new precious metals. Everyone buys up flashlights when things get tough. :wink:
OK, All I can offer you is free medicare and all the maple syrup you can eat. And bacon, lots of bacon. J)

I did :open_mouth:

Only eight left!
If you listen closely, you can hear Ric counting his money :wink:
It’s a great light, at a great price. To all the new owners, enjoy!

one this is do i lose lumens if i opp for the NW emitter vs. CW?

Based on reports from others, NW is not desirable. My recommendation (and echoed by others) is CW, BTU driver.

That’s what I got. I’m excited to get this baby.

I think I’ll wait until it becomes cheaper.

:bigsmile:

Darn you guys!! |( I ordered in NW, so now you forced me to request a change to CW… before I swap in XML2’s later on. :smiley:

After they run out, this might be the end of the venerable BTU. Only 7 left…

Actually, if you check out the package deal with charger and batteries, there’s 96 more.
Ric might start selling those lights by itself when he starts to see it move.
Who knows, 96 is still quite a bit. Another price drop is possible.

I reduce the count to 5 left :stuck_out_tongue:

Don’t you guys hate missing a great deal about as bad as I do? I guess seeing others take the plunge makes it that much more psychologically correct to do so and ever so much more rewarding justifying the submit payment button.