legendofzelda
Newly Enlightened
any pics of it in action?
any pics of it in action?
Not that I know of. Did you check back with the seller?
The cool white XHP70 is not very cool; instead, it appears to be in between cool and neutral. A side by side comparison with other cool white XPP70 should be telling.
Unfortunately this is just one of the many lights which is over powered for it's size. It becomes too hot after a short while and the brightness drops dramatically as well. In practice Mini TN30 is almost as bright(and has better runtime) but much lower price.
Only better run times with lower lumens??? 470 medium on the TN 30 is 15 hours runtime, and for a night camp and fishing area light a bit low for my liking. The TN 36 on the other hand give a med setting of 850,, good setting for an area flood light in these situations, and will run for 10 hours which is plenty for my needs, but the real reason I like the TN36-UT more is for the useful low setting of 130 lumens for 54 hours the TN30 with a low setting of 46 lumens @ 123 hours to me is a useless setting, even with great runtime, just not useable light fer me, for my purpose even as a candle light inside as a tail stander the 130 is more useable than 46,, just me. The TN30 I do believe has the better Moonlight setting,, and 3 months worth on one set of batteries!
I am so happy with everything I have used from Thrunite,, what the heck,,,, I bought em both!! NW of course,,,,
My disappointment is that Thrunite like most other brands today compete in the lumen race stating as high lumen value as possible as a selling argument. What is not obvious at a first glance is that the increased brightness is on a big sacrifice of runtime. Example: while a certain light may provide stable output for an hour the successor provides twice the brightness but only for a few minutes and then the brightness drops down to 60% for an hour. This is typical today, and in this case TN36UT isn't so much more powerful compared to TN30 as the lumen value indicates.
This is not fair marketing and many people becomes deceived if they don't read a review with runtime graph before purchase.
Having that said: I really like Thrunite and my TN32 Neutral and TN35 are awesome flashlights! I would like a 7000+lm light but not in an undersized design as TN36UT is. Small powerhouses are cool but I would prefer a TN36UT with larger mass body and head for better heat dissipation and why not 26650s instead of 18650 to really manage to give the required power. Then 7300lm could be used continuously instead of a short "burst".
This is what sell's. Most buyers could care less about usefulness today,, they only care to say I have the brightest,, and most have no use for it. I see the same thing in archery equipment, the best bows that are the most accurate and reliable are of moderate speed, but many companies only advertise there bows using the lightest possible arrows in them to make the speed as higfh as possible,,, speed sell's. While doing this they are suggesting the hardest thing you can do on your equipment,, but sales are everything,,,,,:thumbsdow
But in the case of the Thrunite TN36, this is perfect for me, and I live the fact it will be there if I need it, but still come in a very compact size! I seldom need or want Turbo,,, when I do I have it anytime I want, and never use it for more than a few minutes if that,, it is only really needed in very limited cases. Those that don't look at specs are the only ones that buy a light for the chest thumping mine is brighter thing,,, Like I say, I never buy a light for its brightest setting to be used the most with. Like you I love the TN32 but didn't buy it to see 1/2 mile away most of the time, but wanted to be able to when I need it. 90% of the time it used on a med setting with less use on med high setting, but very seldom on high or turbo, and when it is, it is for very short periods.
But it does not matter what you are selling today, lights, rifles, bows, cars, it aint being advertised as what you can use or need, but what every is the biggest, baddest, fastest,,, most powerful is what sell's,, no matter how wasteful it is!!