I dont think I will stretch to $300 for one. $200 probably but hey ho.
I’d love it if they did something with deeper reflectors and gave it more of a throw. Make the head bigger, bigger reflectors etc etc. Oh my I’d love it!
i agree with you about the price… i did have a tm11 at one point, but I got it on the gun safari promo for $150… if it was $300 the skyray king would be ~15% the price of it (albeit with many less features) and 60% of the lumens. you could even get 2 blackshadow terminators for less than $300… but lets see what nitecore sets the msrp at
i do have a soft spot for 4x 18650 side by side lights that have great high outputs and extremely long low runtimes though
Just a question with turbo modes on flashlights, can it be run consistently flat out in turbo mode until the batteries die or would it step down before that (due to heat or something?)
Because the difference with this flashlight between high and turbo is DOUBLE.
I remember when giant Search and Rescue lights were few and far between. Now it seems like everyone and his dog is making these monstrosities with 2k+ lumens.
I guess that’s a good thing as they are fun to play with. However, how many huge flashlights do you really need anyways? Plus as lumen count increases, it becomes harder and harder to get a significant Percentage advantage.
Going from an 800 lumen light to a TK70 with 2300 and highly focused is a significant gain. It should look about twice as bright (since we perceive 4x lumens to be about 2x as bright), but due to its Throw and focus, it appears brighter, but not 3x as bright.
Going from a 2000 lumen light to say a 3600lumen light just won’t be all that impressive though. Its not even double the lumens and its not a tighter package (in fact they are less throwy due to smaller reflectors), so for those who expect to get blown away by their upgrade, I believe they will be disappointed.
Anyone gotten a second huge light and can speak up on this subject? i.e. TK70 then got a 4xXML for example?