New Thrunite flashlight for 2018 - Thrunite TN50 16340LM, 4 x 21700

Apologies for putting this into the 18650 forum. Coincidentally I was thinking about Thrunite the other day and how I do not believe we have seen much innovation from them, if any, in the last few years. Some of their older models remain consistent workhorses, like the TN4A. I received the email from them announcing the TN50. It looks interesting, 4 x 21700 built in (I always prefer removable), 5 modes to include 16340 lumen Turbo S mode, it comes in NW or CW.

MSRP is $289.95.

Additionally, Thrunite have their usual Christmas 20% off promotion going on which brings the total to $231.96.

Anyways, details:

Features

ULTRA HIGH OUTPUT: It is an absolute powerhouse with four advanced CREE XHP70.2 LEDs and tremendously output of 16,340 lumens.
ENHANCED SAFETY: the intelligent temperature control, automatically preventing overheating by reducing the output.
LOCKOUT FUNCTION
LOW VOLTAGE INDICATION
BUILT-IN ADVANCED 4x21700 BATTERY PACK AND FAST CHARGING SYSTEM
ERGONOMIC AND USER-FRIENDLY DESIGN
COMPACT & PORTABLE: 4.41 inches long and 2.23 inches diameter. As small as a 330ml-capacity Coke can, the compact TN50 is definitely a perfect moving flooder king, especially with the complimentary holster.
Specifications

LED: 4 X CREE XHP70.2 LED with a lifespan of 20+ years of run time.
Output mode/Runtime:
Turbo S (16340 lumen<~2964 lumen>; 80 seconds+230 minutes)
Turbo (7600 lumen<~2960 lumen>; 195 seconds+235 minutes)
High (3580 lumen<~3000 lumen>; 12 minutes+235 minutes)
Medium (1157 lumen; 11 hrs)
Low (190 lumen; 50 hrs)
Firefly (1.3 lumen; 62.5 days)
Strobe (2900 lumen; 340 minutes)
Working voltage:10.8V-16.8V
Battery: ThruNite 14.4V 5000mAh 21700 battery pack(built in the light)
Max beam distance: 410 meters
Peak beam intensity: 42000 cd.
Waterproof: IPX-8 Standard (2M)
Impact resistance: 1M
Weight: 650g
Dimensions: 134.5mm(length)*68mm(head diameter)*58mm(tube diameter)
Accessories: Holster x1, Spare O-ring x2, Anti-dust plug x1, Power Adapter x1, User’s manual x1




A flashlight that takes 21700 cells, in the 18650 forum, outputting 16340 lumens...

Hah, true.

I just realised I didn’t sort out the image sizes. I posted this while on the tube. Will sort it when I get into work.

The moment I read the 16340 number and processed your apology for posting on the 18650 forum, I thought it’d be one of those minitorches :smiley:

Anyway, yeah. From 1.3 lumen to 190… lel

Built-in battery pack? Oh dear… :person_facepalming:
I prefer to be flexible using my own batteries and being independent from ThruNite’s spare part service and lifecycle policy.

I agree w/ you 100%!

I NEVER had nor will I ever have a flashlight w/ a proprietary battery pack. I like choosing my own batteries and will not be dependent on a manufacturer for replacement. The cost is also ridiculous compared to buying cells on our own.

I wonder if we have to face more and more flashlights with built-in battery packs in the future. Olight's X7R/X9R, Acebeam's X65/X70, Imalent's new lineup with the R90C/MS12, Nitecore's TM10K...these are just some examples from recent market launches and they all work with proprietary battery packs. Certainly, there might be substantial reasons why a prioprietary battery pack is better than individual cells used by the customer but in the end it will lead to higher cost/prices, more dependency on the manufacturers warranty policies and spare part availability and less flexibility if you take the entire lifecycle of the flashlight into account. I also wonder if any of these manufacturers have a plan how to recycle those battery packs. Call me pessimistic but I expect nothing but to find those battery packs on a remote waste dump in Nigeria some years later.

I want a 21,700 lumen light running on 16340’s the size of an 18650 (like a DQG tiny size) or am I asking for too much?

I see it’s about the same size as the tn36ut. I’m strangely intrigued…

You might be right about the ‘substantial reasons’ but I still think it’s just all about the money. The more you buy from them, the more dependent you’ll have to be. Which means you’ll return, and they’ll continue to make money. Any move any business will ever make, is to make more money. Which makes sense to me if I had my own business so can’t blame them.

The main objective of ANY private corporation is to turn a profit. Full stop.

:smiling_imp: I’m with you on this :smiley:

thats an ugly light for sure, but good they did it with 21700 cells atleast.

Nice light. Since they used 21700, why not push the lumen output higher considering you could do that with 18650. Yea you will have longer run times but you have the X80 pushing 32500 from 18650.yoh could fit another 1 or 2 XHP70.2 in there. I just bought an X7 a week ago but Im still considering this as I love pop can lights!

I wonder why no big manufactory simply brings spring less carriers for high power lights, it has been done before and works

either spring pushing a solid copper contact on battery

or a carrier that gets srewed down on the batteries

Would like to see how this compares to Acebeam X45 which is a bit bigger and does not have a proprietary pack.

I have a feeling thrunite will release the same light with the battery carrier…

I’m disapointed with thrunite, not about quality but their lights is boring as hell :person_facepalming:

They project a light with almost the same cooling capacity of tn36 and put more lumens in it? 80s of turbo? 3000lm continuous light?

Boring for sure :person_facepalming:

Fairly obvious they didn’t put much effort or thought into this light, rather pitiful actually and ugly would be an understatement, looks like nothing but spare parts and maybe a slightly modded driver … ? I’ll be passing,
During my quick glance I didn’t notice the battery pack but that would be definite deal KILLER for a fact, never will I buy any light that uses a battery pack.

exactly, i feel design team really doesnt bother, almost all their lights i feel nothing that attracts me to a buy even, there are much better lights both design wise and spec wise…

hard to believe that light costs almost 300$ but looks like its a budget light 50$ max…. :person_facepalming:

I started this thread slightly frustrated. When I saw the email notification I had high hopes that Thrunite would have come up with something competitive, maybe harking back to their TN4A/Archer/TN36 days, but alas, it was not the case at all.

Thrunite make absolutely solid flashlights but there has been no innovation from them in years. It does feel like they have given up.