Thanks for the review. It was nice to see what the ACTUAL lumens are.
After this,I think my comments will be done on this light! I don’t want to offend the op and the people that like it.
Mine looks like Glens,7 fins. Got two of them last November.
I got mine[Two] from T-Mart for $35 U.S.Dollars each. For that price I should not complain but I will!
It is NOT 3800 Lumens as T mart advertizes!! It also does NOT throw 1000 meters as they advertize!! I do NOT buy any more products from that company! Phony Batteries, Distorted and deceptive specs…………….you get what you pay for! :_(
I am probably not too popular!
Every time I see that light or hear that companies name it reminds me of my Freshman year of mistakes in the Flashlight world!
However, even though I was MISLED, for $35.00 it is a bright light and a good weapon for my Girlfriend! I gave her the other one!
Ah OK, you can see how many cr123’s I use (zero). I assumed the rechargeable ones were 4.2V lithium. 6 in series is kinda dangerous too…
That’s still something though, that means you can add another 18650 to the chain if you wanted with extension or use 4x18500 maybe… Is it perceptibly brighter in stock form with 6xcr123 than it is with 3x18650 or 4xcr123?
I really can’t say if 6 cr123’s or 3 18650’s give the highest brightness as objectively measured but my subjective impression is that the cr123’s give a longer throw than the 18650’s
I received mine from Fasttech (SS bezel, sticker on the reflector, seems genuine to me) a couple of days ago and measured it:
with 3x 18650 it draws 1.4A
with 2x 18650 : 3A
with 1x 18650 : 0,8A
In the voltage-window with 2 to 3 18650 the driver seems to be designed to draw less power with more voltage. The interesting benefit is that the lifetime at high nearly doubles by adding only one additional 18650 and not much loss of light (my 3T6 really does seem brighter with 2 18650, but it’s hard to distinguish by the naked eye).
What the driver does with any additional voltage above that is hard to tell and depends on the programming, but even brighter with 4 18650 would be really nice.
Everybody seems to forget that the TR 3T6 has an additional advantage; with its 29 cm length ( extensor tube included) and heavy, crenelated, reflector house it is an excellent baton for self defence .
