I would have bought afew if it had a forward tail clicky and side switch like the TN12, an extention tube and a forward clicky cap or reverse as an option would be good option IMHO. It would be enable the use of 3 X AA NIMH for extented runtimes, doubt it will happen but what the hey i’ll throw the idea out there and see if it sticks.
With abit of tweeking this light could lego together to meet many needs. I’ll pass and stick to my venerable LD25’s oldie bot a goodie. Thanks for the pointer 264.
Actually the originally linked to page says 800 Lumens with the extension tube used which I presume means two AA NiMh batteries. Statement cut and pasted below. Based on voltage and using a high current 14500 presumably it can also do the high output but the linked to page does not actually say so.
very surprised to see a review by Selfbuilt on such a new offering. The numbers are rather amazing to me! How are manufacturers ‘suddenly’ getting such output from a AA cell. The Armtek is another. I mean wasn’t ~120 lumens the max output on most 1 AA lights? So, what’s happened. Have they been playing down all these years? Or is just the emitter? Very attractive offering to me. I requested HKE to carry it and he said he would get them.
I believe most manufacturers of AA lights have been keeping output constrained to avoid complaints from those running alkaleaks. Thrunite and Armytek have seen fit to release high powered drivers that really necessitate good NiMH cells. Let's hope a few others start following suit!
BTW.... The output on these new AA series lights from Thrunite looks like walking all over the current Armytek offerings. Selfbuilt is testing OTF whereas Armytek is quoting LED lumens. BIG difference!
Yes, of course Selfbuilt is believable for me ( but many of his values for AA flashlights, I speak of aa flashlights because I have dozens, are slightly overrated).
Nonetheless, it’s awesome, definitely I will buy a thrunite 2A.
I didn’t even get all the way through Selfbuilts review before I ordered one!The high output on 1 NiMh is great, but the mode spacing and flat runtime graphs are what really sold me.This thing is brighter on 1 NiMh than my other 1aa sized lights are on a 14500, yet it still has good low modes with either chemistry.Now I just have to wait for it to make it across the country.
Good to see this light is finally out! David and I have been discussing it's development for months now and he promised it would deliver an honest 450 OTF lumens compared to Armytek's claimed 450 for their new light which is emitter lumens, not OTF.
David is extremely proud of this new buck/boost driver they've developed and rightly so, I should say. I have to admit I'm a little saddened to see Selfbuilt and Amaretto get their hands on these before I did. Heck, David didn't even tell me they were ready yet so I may never get them for review. Ahh well. If not I see me buying one anyway. Possible even two because I'll need the 2C as well. :D
Driver itself seems to be well executed indeed but the UI isn’t very good. Three different ways of accessing to constant modes is a little bit too much, plus the main one (press and hold from on, flashlight automatically cycles through modes) is quite frustrating. I think Fenix did it better in PD12.
