That, and for most of the high driven lights we own the high mode technically is turbo :P
It's really not a bad way to distinguish the highest mode from the most usable modes. It's saying: "Hey, you really only need to this amount of light sparingly."
Then again, maybe it's simply a gimmick. "HA! Is your light turbocharged? Didn't think so!"
The TK35 ( I own one) has 4 normal modes, plus 2 disco modes controlled by depressing and holding the smaller (mode) button in then releasing. Now you're in the crappy disco mode. Press and hold to return to normal modes.
I almost bought this light, but I wanted to buy the Olight SR51 package for my birthday. So I did. But I agree that this light if it proves to be just about the same as the TK35 is a steal. If it stays that price, I will probably have to try and buy one. And it is far from ugly.
I know the feeling. LOL! Just wait for the time to be right and you have the money to spare. Then if you don't seem to have it to spare or you feel it has been to long of a wait and you may not get one for that price if you continue to keep waiting just go ahead and buy it anyway. That's the way I'll do it. I haven't made up my mind yet. I like hearing good reports first. So I will probably wait. Let others bite the bullet then I won't have to be eating lead if it's a flop.
A cheap Fenix? So could this mean the Fenix on Manafont are fake? Or maybe Ric got into the factory and snatched a couple, since the factory is in Shenzhen. :)
Don't tell me why, but the chinesse market tend to produce a first nice batch where everybody is quite happy with it, and suddenly when evereyone else can see the reviews and order that nice and cheap flashlight, there are differences from the original.
That is not my experience, but it is something I have seen from many reviews, the last one I know of is the YEZL T9, where mine was quite nice in general, and people who bought it one month later had different (and worse) parts of it.
It is the opposite than what happens normally with branded products where the manufactuers tend to sale a first quick batch just to have it no the market before their competitors, and then the following versions tend to be better.
So, I don't mean this will be the case, but it could happen if you wait too much hehe.
I don't believe this light has original Fenix internals. Not for this price. I think even the body is not made by Fenix. This is just more or less precise copy. A couple of year ago, the same situation was with Nitecore Extreme Infinity. There were lights that look almost exactly the same as original. Even the manual and retail box were copied. But inside the light, there was typical cheap stuff unable to maintain original UI, not even reliable operation.
I bet, the same case is with this copy. You won't get Fenix UI, circuit efficiency, etc for 39$.
I don´t feel like getting eny long lights - yet. Maybe 3x XM-L somday but I just know it will get _very_ little use (as my modded Maglite did) because of size.
Without PWM-issues and because of good mode-selection, excellent runtime and throw and side-by-side configuration this will be worth to think about. (I still lack a multi 18650 as well...).
I could be totally wrong, but I believe the company is moving to a new location (different continent or different door in same building... who knows?), so they might have had to shut off the computer hosting their website, if they host their website on their own computers.