Why did you go with the SFN55 for the JKK 76? The SFT40’s are a better thrower, though the wall of light and tint of the 55’s is pretty nice.
Just ordered the TS32, figuring it will be similar to Hank’s DM1.12 but with better runtimes. Plus being able to use flood and spot at the same time. Hopefully the tint is as nice as the 219’s in the DM1.12.
If you expect the tint of 219b 4500k then I am afraid this light will disappoint you. IME 219b makes every other LED I have looks green, and the 519a is no exception.
As mentioned TS32’s 519a is most beautiful only in Turbo mode, where it is not green when judged by itself and not white walling against 219b 4500k. In the context of comparing against these other 15000 lm super-lights, it is very clearly the most beautiful warm-colored wall-of-light.
Do you have DM1.12 with 219b 4500k? Do you know what the lumen output is on the flood channel (can’t seem to find a review with Nichia in flood)? And how’s the stepdown? Very curious because stepdown is already marginal in TS32’s large host, and DM1.12 is so much smaller. If it looks promising I might just get it.
I don’t know how many lumens it has in in flood, enough for me (don’t have a meter). As for the stepdown, I only turbo for seconds at a time if at all. Mostly use my lights to spot garbage before the dog does on the night time walk. I’d imagine it gets hot pretty quick.
Maybe someone else that has it can chime in……
Weights
Nightwatch Chaos 355 gm
Wurkkos TS32 439 gm (651 gm w/ batteries)
Haikelite HK05 511 gm (712 gm w/ batteries)
The Haikelite HK05 is an enormous creature, both in weight and in size. It’s solidly constructed and feels like a brick. I believe the weight difference would have implication regarding stepdown vs. Nightwatch Chaos for example, but I haven’t done comparison yet.
The strap that comes with the light is not very good, so I replaced it with my Canon DSLR strap, and then could carry it comfortably. Words can’t describe the look on my wife’s face when she saw this behemoth of a flashlight needing camera strap to carry 
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TS32 with 519a is an awesome light. I ended up going with the LEP route paired with 519a (Jackson’s modified Thor Pro).
Yeah, it’s really too bad. Are there any soda can types that are known to be actually water resistant? I don’t need it to be submersible but I do want to be able to do things like run water over it in the sink or get splashes on it while working outdoors, which I feel like the letter of “IP68” should allow.
I really don’t think they should advertise these lights as “IP68” since as far as I can tell that means they should survive submersion in fresh water to a depth of 1.5 meters for 30 minutes, and there’s absolutely no way most of these classes of lights would tolerate that.
I have a couple of older generation tail clicky ones like the “brass beauty” 18650 and AA bodies which I’ve left on at the bottom of a swimming pool for hours and were totally fine.
I think there are (those $400 lights?) but it won’t have Nichia 519a, and/or it’s not $100 w/ USB-C charging. Diving lights come to mind also, some surprisingly cheap on Amazon (for shallow depth only?), but I’m no expert. Even if tested ok, I wouldn’t take a chance with any USB-C light as I think that rubber cover piece will degrade with heat.
This discussion reminds me of that saying I once saw in a sports car forum. Something like FAST, CHEAP, RELIABLE; one could only have 2 of the 3. You could have a fast and cheap car, but it won’t be reliable. Or a cheap and reliable car but it won’t be fast. True as gospel. 
I trust BUDGET lights’ water rating as much as I trust their oft-inflated output specs (except for Wurkkos TS32 and TS30S). Agreed w/ you that water resistant rating shouldn’t be there.
I took the Lishen battery that Neal/nealsgadgets had included with my Nightwatch Chaos and tested it in my Lumintop D3 and Mateminco PD90S. I don’t know what model it is (it’s pink and has no meaningful number or name on the label) but it very clearly and repeatedly gives the highest “Turbo” output when compared to Samsung 30T/40T and Molicel P42A.
Neagsgadgets Lishen vs Samsung 30T and Molicel P42A:
For Mateminco PD90S: Lishen ~7400 lm, Samsung 30T ~6700 lm
For Lumintop D3: Lishen ~6500 lm, Samsung 30T ~6200 lm
For Nightwatch Chaos: Lishen ~29300 lm Molicel P42A ~22600 lm
Samsung 30T vs Molicel P42A:
Haikelite HK05: Samsung 30T 23500 lm Molicel P42a 20700 lm
Capacity seems low as the Chaos seems to go into LVP a lot. But of course this could be the monstrous Chaos consuming unusually large amount of energy.
Of the batteries I recently got, the Lishen is the “star” of the show, at least when it comes to output at Turbo start. I have no idea what model it is; got it because Neal says it’s needed to get highest output from the Chaos. If you look closely on top of the Lishen there are little copper buttons that Neal has soldered on, for use with Chaos. The Lishen has not disappointed, easily besting Samsung 30T as mentioned in post above.
But there is a trade-off. I just tested with my Opus and the Lishen’s capacity is ~2800 mAh. Now I know why the Chaos seems to want to go into LVP mode all the time lol.
For the Haikelite HK05, Neal recommends Molicel P42A. It also has a little button added on to work with the Haikelite.
My Chaos came with light grey Lishens. 2170HP or something is the model.
Speaking of high power budget lights. Is this for real?
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Thanks for sharing; your Nightwatch was first batch? Tim did mention in his Chaos review that there are two battery versions, pink and grey. Whatever the mystery, the pink Lishen I have is literally “killing” both Samsung 30T in Mateminco PD90S and Lumintop D3, and especially Molicel P42A in Nightwatch Chaos. I’ll post numbers a little later.
BTW this testing, Turbo brightness @ turn-on with fully charged batteries, is a. for my own curiosity re. the battery, and b. to seek best possible throw and output specs for the light being tested. YMMV but that extra turn on brightness matters VERY little to me. In fact the bright Turbo would just cause faster & more severe stepdown.
Unfortunately one of the lights, I think Lumintop D3 with its 21700 adapter, caused the top plate of my beloved Lishen to cave in. I almost had a heart attack when Chaos didn’t light up anymore and finally suspected the cause and lifted up the plate with small screw driver.
“2170HP” might just be a name Neal created? My number for capacity, 2800 mah, suggests something similar to LR21700LH? OTOH it most definitely doesn’t have weaker turn-on power than 30T in my lights.
I just added to the post above comparison of “Mystery” Nealsgadgets Lishen versus Molicel P42A.
The improvement is unequivocal and the largest I’ve ever seen from any battery comparison for output @ Turbo start:
Nealsgadgets Lishen: 29300 lm
Molicel P42A: 22600 lm
I had a day off from work and was able to run the Nightwatch several times to establish patterns of the outputs from my TA lumen tube. Keep in mind this mystery Lishen has a weakness: 2800 maH capacity. It does not last long in the Chaos if you get too happy playing with its astounding amount of light. 
The plate that converts flat top to button top in TS32 fits Haikelite HK05 perfectly. This is how I could test the green flat top Samsung 30T vs Molicel P42A in Haikelite.
Haikelite HK05:
Samsung 30T 23300 lm
Molicel P42a 20700 lm
I bought a similar plate from Convoy; hope it fits and will update when it gets here: https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256803807367805.html?spm=a2g0o.order_detail.order_detail_item.3.6349f19chlzSMN&gatewayAdapt=glo2usa&\_randl_shipto=US .
I also ordered this button from Simon/Convoy that would allow me to use flat top button with the Nightwatch Chaos https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256803132204249.html?spm=a2g0o.order_detail.order_detail_item.9.786af19cXcLOAq&gatewayAdapt=glo2usa&\_randl_shipto=US
Lenses
Jin Heng JKK76: Purple Reflection AR
Haikelite HK05: Non AR (no change using ceiling light bulb reflection test)
Wurkkos TS32: Purple Reflection AR
Nightwatch Chaos: Green Reflection AR (good job Nightwatch)
Haikelite indicates in the HK05 manual that it has “double sided AR coated toughened glass lens 98% light transmission”, but it seems this is not the case. Using ceiling light bulb reflection test (put flashlight under a ceiling light bulb and using lens as mirror, look for the color of the light bulb reflection in the lens), I see no change in color. If I am wrong with my test please correct as needed. If you own HK05 I would appreciate your feedback. What kind of lens does yours have?
Wurkkos TS32 uses a Purple Reflection AR lens, IMvHO NOT A GOOD IDEA since the TS32 has green tint at non-Turbo output level and Purple Reflection AR lens makes the tint more green. About 20 points more positive per my home amateur test click here .
The Nightwatch Chaos otoh is the only one of the 4 that uses “green reflection” lens. Chaos btw is a very pretty light to my eyes; something about the several closely spaced concentric vanes. Like a sculpture & straight up flashlight porn 
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Weights (probable implication for more stepdown with lower weight)
Haikelite HK05 511 gm (712 gm w/ Molicel P42A batteries)
Jin Heng JKK76 496 gm (702 gm w/ Samsung 30T batteries)
Wurkkos TS32 439 gm (651 gm w/ Samsung 40T batteries)
Nightwatch Chaos 355 gm (492 gm w/ Neal’s Lishen batteries)
The Chaos has highest output & lowest weight = it seems to stepdown quicker than the other lights in this group. That form is wonderful to hold, but 2 batteries means it runs out of gas all the time. That the brightness is so fun to watch doesn’t help. 
Haikelite is huge and feels like a solid rock. I don’t think picture fully reflects the “monster” proportion. This one needs a shoulder strap or camera belt holster for long term carry. The size and weight help improve stepdown.
If you haven’t seen petals and/or pinwheel effect clearly before, you’ll see the most vivid example here. My other lights with multiple LEDs also have these patterns, mostly very faint and nearly invisible. One example is my D4V2 - turn to lowest brightness and rotate on wall to see pinwheel with 4 blades. Same with Convoy S21D.
In these particularly super-bright monsters, the pattern is visible when white wall hunting. In actual use, petals and pinwheels in all lights are faint and at the edge so they don’t bother me. I am showing them here just for “academic” interest.
The beamshot is VERY over exposed just to bring out the pinwheels and petals in hiding.
Beamshot for TS32 - smaller less visible petals.
Haikelite has a green tint, somewhat visible here. So does TS32 but only in sub-Turbo brightness. IMHO both of these lights would benefit greatly if they had green reflection AR lenses, instead of their purple reflection AR lenses.
I like to try a holster to better carry the Chaos and my new Mateminco PD90S. Got these two, one is from Convoy; hope they fit.
Light bulb reflection test for these 4 super-lights, plus some others for comparison. All of my eyeglasses has green reflection; maybe that should be a sign as to which one is best?
Of these 4 lights being reviewed, only the Nightwatch Chaos uses green reflection AR lenses. Wurkkos TS32 and Jin Heng JKK76 uses purple. Whether or not it is responsible, the Chaos has the nicest color among the 3 Chinese-LED lights.
Haikelite, despite of manual specs touting double-sided AR coated toughened lens, unfortunately seems to use non-reflective lens (wt* ) from this test. Unfortunately because the beam has a very green tint and this light would benefit from a green reflection AR lens.
(Could it be double sided AR coating makes it behave like non AR? I don’t think so, my B+W F-Pro and other camera filters all show color reflection. But anyone pls correct me as needed.)
