Review TrustFire TR-3T6 Triple XM-L T6 5-Modes Memory LED Flashlight (3x18650)

The TR-3T6 is a buck pluss bost so there should be more then 3
amps going to the LEDs wired in series.
The beam should be wider on the TR-3T6 it is a flood light it’s more spread out with small reflectors, more of a wall of light, the x8 is more of a thrower with a concertraited focused beam with a single deeper reflector.
Because of this you can really compare the beams, one will light up a wide area (wall of light) the other will light up a small area and has more throw and will seam brighter because of this.
I’ve tryed to mention a few times its a wall of light not thrower, a good way to test it with the x 8 is take them both bush walking (forest walking).

Harry25175- are you saying you're dissatisfied with the intensity/brightness of TR-3T6's beam? Or, with the difference in it's beam vs. the X8? I'm on the fence as to which of these triples to go with...TF-SR-DRY, etc.

I like the form of the 2 or 3 x 18650 vs. the DRY but am concerned with everyone's stating the Trustfire is visibly dimmer. I just wanted to ensure I understand your comment.

I´ll stick with Benckie. I have both X9 and TR-3T6 and for a walk in the bush the 3T6 is unbeatable (IMHO). A wall of light is a great definition.

Then a C8 Q5 would also be "visibly brighter" than the DRY triple XM-L direct-driven cold white even with UCL lens upgrade. :)

You must see what is the usage. In a walking-the-dog scenario, the DRY would trash a C8 XP-G in illumination that it won't even be funny. If you are trying to illuminate your fridge or something from 1m away, it might even be painful to look at it the DRY. But yes, the hotspot of the C8 Q5 is "visibly brighter" if you are doing a light meter reading, or illuminating something that is 200m away.

i just received a message from an owner of tr-3t6, he is planning to get sst-90 9A driver and install it on tr-3t6. would it be possible??

OMG, are you sure that's the plan?

Should work...

Anything is possible. Getting a 9A Driver in there shouldn't even be that difficult. Will it make the above mushroom cloud... probably....

hahaha.. so i can say that person is trying something useless???

Not really impossible...just a matter of balancing and there still be light though Vf is a bit lower than sst90. I am going to mod my faulty Sr 3800 as i hv many spare drivers. Will work as same form factor. Tf-3t6 driver is too tall unless you bend it. If i have time i will mod the tf-3t6.

Nothing wrong with the 3t6, 1300L OTF and 14-15k

Good heatsinking, no appreciable sag for 5 mins.

well, i am waiting for that person report on modifying with sst-90 driver. once i get the report, i will post it

Mushroom cloud shots! Err...beamshots!

:bigsmile:

Yes, I get that there are different beams due to reflector configuration, etc.

What I wanted to know is if Harry was dissatisfied with the output of the Trustfire TR-3T6. I'm trying to decide which of the triple xml's to get & read lots of different opinions. Several are happy with their Sky Ray 3800s's, others had failures, one guy keeps beating the Trustfire drum, one really likes his new Sky Ray 818, etc. Plus I now see a F.F. single mode triple on DX.

I know you & others are swapping drivers, going DD, etc. but I'm not there yet. I just want to make the best buying decision, & don't want to buy more than 2 different triples at most.

I'll likely get the new DRY 5A. Which one of the others would you get?

Anyone else & why?

My take--

DRY: Too expensive, too ugly, but should be insanely bright and fairly reliable.

Sky Ray: Reliability problems, some complaints of lower brightness, 818 is the best looker of the bunch.

Trustfire: Too ugly, but should be bright and fairly reliable.

well put imo sb

thinking out loud if the TF-3T6 is 2.5 amp and the driver is buck plus bost and the new DRY is claimed 5 amp is that driver buck and i doubt its buck plus bost ? and if people get the full claimed 5 amp draw will it put out much more light to the human eye then the other tripple xm-l,s,or tripple xm-l,s with buck plus bost drivers ? just thinking out loud i have not followed the light or any of its threads as it is not my thing and i have a good reliable tripple so im just thinking out loud.

while thinking out loud, people ask me witch one to get torch or RC, i recomend what i know and what i think is good and what i think will last, in my younger days i would buy any thing and would push every thing to the limmet they stand back when it failed and scratch your head.

like realy cars these days i like a big lazy 6,s then a small high reving 4 bagger and the lazy 6 engine will do many more miles but it might not have the same top end as the 4 banger engine, also the more common lazy big 6 is the one has the most spare parts forsale and the best price thats the most common....

i like the trustfire brand i like the constant current drivers as they seam to last long and can be ran for longer if im the guy who keeps harping on about the trustfire,s as Sprivey puts it Laughingi will say this to him, please buy the fandy fire one mode thats a drop in and it will do poorly with heat and will not handle heat or long runs, well not with atlest modification imoh, or buy the fry ray and beat that drum how its a great torch if they are like the one ive seen personaly and the countless hours of threads ive read on them before making up my mind witch one to get.

i also like manafont, but you dont have to buy from there, you dont have to read or participate in my threads please feel free to report any of my threads or post to the mod,s as to me this is just a internet forum and if your not sure witch light to buy google is your friend, good thing about budget lights or none budget lights there is that many around to suit just about any one Smile

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the new DRY is claimed 5 amp is that driver buck and i doubt its buck plus bost ? and if people get the full claimed 5 amp draw will it put out much more light to the human eye then the other tripple xm-l,s,or tripple xm-l,s with buck plus bost drivers ?

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The new Driver is just a different arrangement of modes + medium, and it's direct drive @ 5A on Turbo. It will not put put the double from 2.5A. simply because the XM-l @ 2.5A outputs about 800L and @5A outputs 970L. And there's the batteries, are they capable of that, not all of them. And there's the heat.

Mentioning about human eye is useless in my opinion, because you could easily argue about this on all kind of output levels, on all kind of flashlights.

cheers so its no big deal then just a DD

i agree the human eye is usless and so are the torches if you use them against a wall.

And what's the scoop on using the DRY with protected cells? And what about using it with only 2 cells inserted?

after 2 mins of resurch the dry has a battery holder for 3 x 18650,s it will not work with 2 x 18650 unless you solder a bridge wire across the battery holder but that will depend if the torch will handle the lower voltage as the battery holder is wired in series so 3 x 18650,s is 12.6v and 2 x 18650,s is 8.4v.

since it has a direct drive driver (DD) i feel it might not be as bright running on two 18650 as direct driver torches drop in brightness as the battery voltage goes down.

if the torch does have the full 5 amp draw run time on 2 x 18650,s will be very short around 30 mins and running it on the standard 3 x 18650 setup will be around 45 mins maxium, you will need very good batteries to do this.

running it on protected cell,s could be an issue if you use cheap cells if the new dry draws 5 amps as battery protection might kick in and this will depend of where you get the cells from.

i use these they dont drip and no form of over discharge kicks in even with 5 amp busts Protected TrustFire 18650 but the same batteries from DX trip....

since the dry is direct drive you would be better off running it with 3 batteries or you going to lose brightness it does not have a buck + bost driver with constant current like the TR-3T6 that will maintain constant brightness untill the batteries have past there limmet whether you're running 2 batteries or 3 batteries.

becuase of this the new 5 amp dry at 5 amp is going to get pritty dam hot also so it will be a short run torch, just my thoughts from a quick bit of reasurch on this forum.