Compared My Fenix TK70 To My Better XM-L Throwers

[ILIKEFLASHLIGHTS]

@NightCrawl

Damn, now I also want a TK70… what are you powering it with? Ever compared it to an XRE thrower?

Tenergy D nimh 10,000mah

I think it will hold its own with the Dereelight.

[ILIKEFLASHLIGHTS]

@VIET PRIDE BULLIES

@ILIKEFLASHLIGHTS

Yea this TK70 is gonna throw farther than I gave it credit. 600yds I believe would still be obtainable with this light.

I picked up my TK70 today and tried out, I have to say I really disappointed…………………
The reason is this only my 4th light since moving to Led but have to say I may not getting any light anytime soon LOL………it just amazes me. Satisfy is the only word I could say right now. Went to the beach just now and played with it for a long time, the premium TENERGY is worth the money and costly shipping as well

Thanks to you that made me decided to get this light after your review. Even it a bit costly not just the light itself but the batteries and charging had to ship from the States back to VN, no place selling them here. Almost 400 bucks but all well worth it.

That’s great to here. And thank you.

I’m telling Rick who is on the phone with me now that the TK70 has quickly become one of my favorite lights of them all. Get over the 3lb weight with batteries and you see just what a great bright beam it has compared to other XM-L lights.

[ILIKEFLASHLIGHTS]

@NightCrawl

Damn, now I also want a TK70… what are you powering it with? Ever compared it to an XRE thrower?

And I’ll tell you something else about XRE throwers like the Dereelight. They are one of the best thrower lights out there no doubt especially if you go by size alone. But that beam is all too concentrated like a laser and totally useless for much of what I like in a flashlight to do. That’s why I got rid of mine and traded it for another XM-L thrower.

[NightCrawl]

@ILF: Yeah, I know about the focused hotspot. Sometimes I like that or its all I need…

Your pics are really great and if the TK70 wasnt 200€ + about 100€ for batterys and charger, well…

[ILIKEFLASHLIGHTS]

@NightCrawl

@ILF: Yeah, I know about the focused hotspot. Sometimes I like that or its all I need…

Your pics are really great and if the TK70 wasnt 200€ + about 100€ for batterys and charger, well…

I know what you mean.

I only had to pay $172.50 shipped for mine. But then there’s the batteries. I got 4 sets of 4. I had the charger. But I got a great deal from a guy on ebay for the last 8 for like $28 shipped.

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@ILIKEFLASHLIGHTS

Get over the 3lb weight with batteries…

Here are two suggestions for significantly lowering the length & weight of this leviathan to behemoth size :).

anybody ever run a TK70 on a SINGLE 32650 or 32600 or 26650 or ....

Thanks to ILIKEFLASHLIGHTS for getting me thinking about this great light again. I've lost track of how many times I've talked myself out of it: "you won't use it, it's too heavy...." There are probably all sorts of reasons this is a bad idea that I'm too ignorant to know, but notice the following parts that all come with a Fenix TK70 (except for the one in red which we'd have to Jerry-rig somehow): [image] The small tube that I've put after the head allows you to use a 4th D cell. Otherwise …

@NightCrawl

Some German guys use the TK50 tube and put two LiFePo4 32600 in. LiFePo4 is important so you wont exceed the 6V max input.

anybody ever run a TK70 on a SINGLE 32650 or 32600 or 26650 or ....

Thanks to ILIKEFLASHLIGHTS for getting me thinking about this great light again. I've lost track of how many times I've talked myself out of it: "you won't use it, it's too heavy...." There are probably all sorts of reasons this is a bad idea that I'm too ignorant to know, but notice the following parts that all come with a Fenix TK70 (except for the one in red which we'd have to Jerry-rig somehow): [image] The small tube that I've put after the head allows you to use a 4th D cell. Otherwise …

@2100

It can use 8.4V no issue with 2 x 32650. You use the 3 cell tube and i just use a dummy cell stuffed with alu foil and another neodymium disc magnet to help with the connection (it’s optional)…or you can use a solder blob. There is no danger of the magnet dislodging and creating a short as i put my dummer cell closest to the head and the disc magnet is used further back. (the tube internally is anodised as well). Others and I have used that won’t burn out. I use the Kaidomain’s 32650 but care must be taken for the voltage.

1 x 32650 cannot work in Turbo.

[luvlites]

@ILIKEFLASHLIGHTS

@luvlites

Thanks! I’d love to see the TK70 against the Thrunite TN31 when you get one. I’d bet on the TK70 but don’t think it will be nearly that lopsided. For its size the TN31 is awesome.

That may be true, but you got to remember the TK70 still puts out 130,500cd. The TN31 only puts out 75,000cd. So it still wouldn’t be much of a contest. The way it smoked the Crelant really surprised me.

Of course the TK70 puts out a lot more light but I was basing that on Selfbuilt’s beamshots comparing the TN31 to an Olight SR90. It might do better than you think. You did say you’re getting a TN31, right?

[ILIKEFLASHLIGHTS]

@luvlites

@ILIKEFLASHLIGHTS

@luvlites

Thanks! I’d love to see the TK70 against the Thrunite TN31 when you get one. I’d bet on the TK70 but don’t think it will be nearly that lopsided. For its size the TN31 is awesome.

That may be true, but you got to remember the TK70 still puts out 130,500cd. The TN31 only puts out 75,000cd. So it still wouldn’t be much of a contest. The way it smoked the Crelant really surprised me.

Of course the TK70 puts out a lot more light but I was basing that on Selfbuilt’s beamshots comparing the TN31 to an Olight SR90. It might do better than you think. You did say you’re getting a TN31, right?

I told my mom that was light I would want for Christmas. That’s a long way off. And that may change by then.

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*Ilikeflashlights:

thanks for this thread. I was thinking of getting these so-called throwers. I already have a TK41, but surfing around cpf and blf wet my appetite for more throw. So I heavily considered getting these throwers. Someone in my place was selling a brand-new TK70 at a very good price. Admittedly I was not considering the TK70 ever since because of its size. But now that I got it, I might have regretted NOT getting the TK70 after this thread. Nice to have guys like you around here…keep it up gentlemen!*

[ILIKEFLASHLIGHTS]

@tatasal

*Ilikeflashlights:

thanks for this thread. I was thinking of getting these so-called throwers. I already have a TK41, but surfing around cpf and blf wet my appetite for more throw. So I heavily considered getting these throwers. Someone in my place was selling a brand-new TK70 at a very good price. Admittedly I was not considering the TK70 ever since because of its size. But now that I got it, I might have regretted NOT getting the TK70 after this thread. Nice to have guys like you around here…keep it up gentlemen!*

Your welcome.

Glad you bought it. They are too good to pass up even if it is a big light.

[rikr]

@tatasal

*Ilikeflashlights:

thanks for this thread. I was thinking of getting these so-called throwers. I already have a TK41, but surfing around cpf and blf wet my appetite for more throw. So I heavily considered getting these throwers. Someone in my place was selling a brand-new TK70 at a very good price. Admittedly I was not considering the TK70 ever since because of its size. But now that I got it, I might have regretted NOT getting the TK70 after this thread. Nice to have guys like you around here…keep it up gentlemen!*

+1

[luvlites]

@ILIKEFLASHLIGHTS

I told my mom that was light I would want for Christmas. That’s a long way off. And that may change by then.

You may want to check this out. Two people in this thread are saying their TN31 out throws their TK70.

Crelant 7G9 65mm 1020Lumens XM-L U2 3x18650 Flashlight

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@tatasal

@luvlites

@ILIKEFLASHLIGHTS

I told my mom that was light I would want for Christmas. That’s a long way off. And that may change by then.

You may want to check this out. Two people in this thread are saying their TN31 out throws their TK70.
Crelant 7G9 65mm 1020Lumens XM-L U2 3x18650 Flashlight

The TN31 should out-throw the TK70. I have yet to see a multi-emitter thrower. What should be compared to the TK70 is the TN30. Remember, apples to apples…7G5 to the TK41…Fenix…are you reading this? Why don’t you make a single emitter with a 10-cm head like the TK70? Maybe call it a TK75 UT perhaps?

[ILIKEFLASHLIGHTS]

I’m not so sure the TN31 will out throw the TK70. I can assure you that I doubt very seriously if the TN31 will light up that barn even close to what the TK70 did at 350yds on the same manual settings.

It smoked the Crelant 7G5 and Olight M3X.

[luvlites]

@ILIKEFLASHLIGHTS

I’m not so sure the TN31 will out throw the TK70.

Well, Sparkymarky1954 and rufus001 have both lights and they say it does. More light does not necessarily mean more throw.

[scaru]

@ILIKEFLASHLIGHTS

I’m not so sure the TN31 will out throw the TK70. I can assure you that I doubt very seriously if the TN31 will light up that barn even close to what the TK70 did at 350yds on the same manual settings. It smoked the Crelant 7G5 and Olight M3X.

Maybe you should just order the TN31 and test it. :P

[ILIKEFLASHLIGHTS]

Well my Crelant 7G5 puts out probably close to 58,000lux@1m and I would say it’s safe to say that the M3X is very close to 56,000 lux. And you can clearly see how the TK70 made them look like a old time MagLite. I know all about throw all too well. You got to remember I have some of the best XM-L throwers they make. The TK70 destroys them all at 350yds. Now that would be the exact same at 400yds or 500yds as well. I can’t see a TN31 that puts out in the 80,000 lux range passing the TK70 by too much if in fact that it does. I’ll believe it when I see if for myself where I know for sure.

[luvlites]

Really? Why do you think you know better than two people who have both lights (which you do not) and have said otherwise?

Like I said, more light does not necessarily mean more throw.

[ILIKEFLASHLIGHTS]

@luvlites

Really? Why do you think you know better than two people who have both lights (which you do not) and have said otherwise?

Like I said, more light does not necessarily mean more throw.

Well I had a Dereelight, and I don’t believe that it lit the barn up any better than the TK70. That light was useless to me with its pencil beam. And it supposedly is one of the better throwers out there.

[ILIKEFLASHLIGHTS]

And the TK70 supposeldy throws to 700 meters.