Trustfire sent my S700 last night with the upgraded XM-L2 NW LED’s installed. They didn’t have them on hand, and the reason it took a little longer to build. I’ll post when it arrives, which should be soon.
I’m excited! Can’t wait to see some pic.
Maxtoch X2, Trustfire TR-J20 and this light were on my wishlist. I bought the J20 a few days ago and the X2 last night. So this light next for sure
Hey folks,
Received my Trustfire S700 today, and it was worth the extra several weeks it took to be built with the NW XM-L2 LED’s.
I was very relieved to see it was shipped in a decent box within an outer thicker box, so even the aluminum case arrived without a single scratch, nick, or dent. All the LED’s were perfectly aligned within the reflectors, and not a single fingerprint on the reflector or glass lens.
The light works perfectly with any of the 26650 cells I have including the longer KeepPower Protected 5200mAh cells. The forward magnetic switch makes using the light a one-handed breeze and brightness adjustment was great allowing a true firefly setting. From member JohnnyMac’s review, the XML T6 version may have been 3,600-3,800 lumens OTF, I’m not really sure what the NW XM-L2’s would be, but it’s easily at least that much.
Below are just a few quick photos and an outdoor beam comparision to the Trustfire J20.
This photo below is the lowest setting on the slide switch for a true firefly setting.
Below is the J20 on the left, and S700 on right.
Below photo is the Trustfire J20 with cool white XM-L T6 LED’s. Distance about 90 feet.
Below photo is the Trustfire S700 w/XM-L2 5000k-5500k LED’s
Below photo shows driver cavity. The integral plate is 1/4” thick the LED’s sit on! Amazing!
Below photo shows driver removed. Two phillips screws removed and driver pops out.
Below photo closeup of driver components
Damn the tint on the 700 is a lot nicer. Seem like it throws quite a bit more too while having about the same amount of flood.
Thanks for the pics mate
Also great they did away with the strobe or SOS modes too.
is it really waterproof as JM says on his review? How are the wires from the switch water proof? O rings, silicone sealant ? are the threads glued?
Thanks!
I got my trs700 neutral white xml2 yesterday from trustfire direct
measured 3500 lumen OTF 
Alex, Trustfire rates the S700 as IP VI or IP X6, Protected against heavy jet spray for at least 3 minutes.
JM,
JohnnyMac measured exactly 3578 lumens OTF for the XM-L T6 version with his Calibrated Integrated Sphere. If you’re getting 3500 lumens, whether OTF or gross lumens, I’m still happy with that, especially since it’ll maintain close to that even on HIGH mode. Thanks for the information.
i measured 3578 otf at turn on and 3490 @ 30 seconds on kinoko imr 26650…. lowest output setting is around 0.25 lumen
I think JM has the cool white xml and we have nw xml2 which is why they are about the same
JMPaul,
Does your S700 go into strobe mode when the slide switch is pushed all the way forward?
I dont think so? Ill have to double check when I get home.
one thing it does do which is rather annoying - if you leave it tailstanding on a very low mode for 10-15 minutes, it bumps up in output to like 150 lumens for no reason…. did it 3 times last night.
I’ll check mine and see if it does the same thing.
I had the lens off to check the diameter and thickness in case I come across an AR coated lens for this.
After I reassembled it, I installed the KeepPower Protected 26650 5200mAh cells and adjusted it to the lowest firefly mode. It stayed on for 4-5 minutes and turned off. Although the battery compartment fully closes with these longer cells, I do know from experience, longer cells can cause issues crushing internal components to much.
I removed the batteries, used a lint-free cloth with a bit of alcohol and cleaned off the “B” side of the driver. This time I installed the KeepPower UNprotected IMR26650 cells and turned it back on to firefly mode. It’s been running for 20 minutes putting out much less light than a single birthday candle and seems perfect.
Brightness seems perfectly consistant, whether anything I mention here actually had anything to do with it not suddenly turning off now, I’m not sure.
I will mention from a previous post from Member, Richwouldnt, to get the slide switch adjusted to the lowest firefly mode can be slightly tricky, and he was correct.
agreed about the lowest mode(s) being tricky… the slider goes from like…. nothing…… click for on… still nothing… move it 1mm… hey! 400 lumens! LOL… takes some finesse but its there.
I have some unprotected keep power 26650 im going to try as well…. been using the kinoko imr 4000mah and the included TF cells so far… im glad i didnt bother with protected keep power…. theyre too big for anything it seems
One silly question for everyone. Why is this about the only light from a “budget” Chinese maker that seems to have a reasonably accurate Lumens out specification? Based on measurements the actual OTF lumens are within 10% of what members are measuring real life. If they can do it for this one, and actually did so, why the ridiculous outputs listed for other lights like the TR-J20 and virtually every other light that TrustFire makes? Is this light made primarily for the Chinese military or government and they require accurate specifications?
I would like to see Trustfire become the first large budget manufacturer in China to list accurate specifications for ALL their products.
even the blind squirrel finds a nut sometimes LOL.
honestly i dont know though… maybe the guessed?
but you would think that if they continued with the ‘inflated lumen’ claims this would be a ‘6000 lumen’ light min
Hi Rich,
Last night, Ms. Pinky Cao, the Trustfire Rep I was dealing with, contacted me to confirm the S700 was delivered in a safe manor and if I was happy with the light. In fact, she assured me prior to the sale, Trustfire would build me an excellent light exactly as I ordered it, and it would be perfect. Well, true to her word for sure.
You have great communication skills. If I were you, perhaps you might email her directly, and perhaps, she may be able to pass on to her superiors the industry really needs to change with respect to your questions above. Just a thought.
There isn't really direct competition for this light, so maybe they realized they could be honest and not lose sales to the competition. What would the competition be? I think it would be halfway between the Supbeam X40 and X60.