I think the best stock flashlight right now is XinTD C8 with Warm White - XM-L2 T3 6A1 (80CRI Min.) That is 3500K. They just added this LED option.
After it depend of your use and preference, the C8 is more of a thrower and only use one 18650 battery so the runtime will be lower than with multiple cells but its small and lightweight. The C8 is exactly like using one LED of your TK70 but with more power.
You may also like the neutral white 5000k color if you haven’t test it, it give more lumens than warm white and is 75 CRI. Then a MT-G2 light would be better since it give lot of light with wide flood. Like Crelant 7G5MT
I’ve just compared mine to a $urefire P60 incan; the T4-C7 turned out to be quite close, a wee bit more yellowish (yet, a lot brighter, and the beam being a lot smoother than on the 20 years old “Laser-Products” 6P).
Thanks, i don’t own any LION battery so any non-lion flashlights are welcome, but i emailed Hank Wang and he does not have it in warm white, only NW … :_( but thank you for the suggestion, i would take it if the warm white option was available.
AND thanks guys for the replies, but i don’t care to not have an EDC, i want something that will last me at least 1h30 in high mode. i don’t think only one battery will do the job :quest:
A single 18650 have more power than 3 AA.
Not many choice and almost everything use Li-on battery right now…
The best option from your requirement would be a modded flashlight with 4x18650 for long runtime with 3 X 90+ CRI, 3000k, XM-L2 S6 made by somebody but it would not be cheap and you also have to bought the batteries and charger.
I think you can’t replace the TK70 LED because there is glue everywhere inside.
OK….so you come in asking for a warm white, then 1:30hr runtime on high, then no Li-ion flashlight….then choose a non-warm white, Li-ion that wont last 1hr 30min runtime on high and isnt a good deal. What was the point of this thread?
Well… it look warm to me and yeah i don’t own any lion battery but now I have to buy four, i don’t know the runtime for this but it use four lion battery so i thought the runtime was fine
Well first off, I think you can get the Kung (most people call the 4 emitter version of SRK the Kung) for about $35 with free shipping now. Look for the threads here about the Kung light for info on it, they are highly variable in quality too.
Next consideration, I think my SRK (3 emitters, otherwise same light) runs a little over an hr, approaching 1.5 on high, but this has 4 emitters, so if its driven even decent, not only will it last just around an hour, but you cant hold on to the light after about 15min continuous run without burning your fingers (I have a 4 emitter version, it gets finger burning hot at 12 or so mins and unholdable later).
You also can’t judge the tint by the picture because cameras change the tint etc, and warm white is typically more expensive, so it would be extremely unlikely its warm white if it doesn’t specifically say so, it would be a selling point.
The Kung gets very hot, its not “unstable” that I know of. If you want warm white there are lots of SRKs even, just do a search. They are variable in quality. Buy a black one to help deal with the heating up issue.
Yeah but the golden color is recommended at the FASTTECH website… “This golden version is recommended over the black version for better build quality and output.” maybe i’ll wait for a good warm one in the future…
That notice is quite old. I wouldn't put much stock in it. Bought 3 black ones from FT, over a long period of time, all three were fine. Still have one around somewhere.
he asked our advice and we gave it to him, he has no obligation to follow it
i would pick a different light as well if i were him starting out, but it seems he decided after doing more research he wants that one instead
well… i realize that the market for this kind of flashlight is not developed enough for my needs… I’ll just wait a few months maybe years to find the one that suits me best… but that problem would be solved if i was good at soldering, but it’s not the case.