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

mgracia85 · 2018-12-12T15:15:19.000Z

Lux-Perpetua:

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.

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.

Jack_Kellar · 2018-12-12T15:49:37.000Z

mgracia85:

Lux-Perpetua:

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.

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.

MascaratumB · 2018-12-12T16:08:28.000Z

aginthelaw:

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?

:smiling_imp: I’m with you on this

mortuus · 2018-12-12T16:15:02.000Z

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

Pocketlight88 · 2018-12-12T17:22:22.000Z

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!

Lexel · 2018-12-12T17:33:32.000Z

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

Dioda · 2018-12-12T19:49:50.000Z

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

Newlumen · 2018-12-12T20:40:17.000Z

Lux-Perpetua:

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

Franz · 2018-12-13T05:00:05.000Z

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

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

T18 · 2018-12-13T05:28:38.000Z

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.

mortuus · 2018-12-13T09:05:05.000Z

Franz:

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:

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:

Threadneedle · 2018-12-13T09:08:48.000Z

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.

mmalive · 2018-12-15T03:46:51.000Z

The light looks soda can style. Wonder it compares with Imalent, Acebeam, Olight, etc…. and other high output lights with proprietor battery packs.

teacher · 2018-12-15T17:52:46.000Z

I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder, I like the looks of this light. I don’t see anything ugly about it. It looks kinda streamlined to me, for a semi-large light anyway….

the4ds9 · 2018-12-17T18:07:18.000Z

I wish Selfbuilt was still reviewing flashlights. The last major big-ticket ThruNite model that he reviewed was the TN42. In my opinion, this TN50 is the first major big-ticket ThruNite model since the TN42. I highly value Selfbuilt’s reviews. In fact, all my past ThruNite purchases was after seeing Selfbuilt’s videos and studying his measurements.

Will you ever work your magic on the ThruNite TN50 Selfbuilt?

“Superman, where are you? Superman!?” - Superman II

Jerommel · 2018-12-17T18:23:19.000Z

Looks cool and without BS.

This is a strange choice of optics though:

Lots of unused frontal surface, LEDs very close together, so big cut offs for each reflector, giving 4 huge petals in the beam, no doubt…

Brainsick67 · 2019-01-06T15:59:59.000Z

Anybody order it yet?

the4ds9 · 2019-01-10T12:43:47.000Z

Brainsick67 · 2019-01-10T12:44:58.000Z

the4ds9:

Nice man, hope its good…did you get the CW or NW? Can you tell me what the tint is like? Imma order one Tomm. Thanks

the4ds9 · 2019-01-10T13:23:45.000Z

Hi B67, I purchased this ThruNite TN50 in the Cool White. Tint should theoretically have a tiny bit of green. However, to me there is no green tint. The beam pattern is excellent. There is practically no overlap, and also there is no donut hole. It lights up everything like no other flooder I have ever used. It is definitely a step above the TN36! My initial impression is that it’s as good as it gets. Its beam pattern is better than a full-functioning Imalent DX80, which means much, because burn-out defect aside, the DX80’s beam pattern had previously been my favorite, until this ThruNite TN50. You can’t beat the 4X21700 design of this ThruNite TN50. It’s the baseline going forward. ThruNite did it. They beat everyone else to the future of flashlights.

I got it with the pre-order discount from ThruNite Direct, but that might be over now. I think there is still a regular coupon discount of 5%.