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Blog about outdoor products I personally believe fit under the category of "HARDCORE" By this I mean not only well-made but totally functional for serious pursuits, either on land or beneath the seas. As a diver, caver and scientist, I want to be able to rely upon my gear.
Saturday, 25 June 2016
Friday, 24 June 2016
Thrunite TI5 Flashlight Review
Recently I was asked by the flashlight company Thrunite if I was interested in reviewing a small penlight torch of their' the TI5. It's been doing the rounds on YouTube land and I saw a couple of those reviews, checked out their website (Thrunites) and thought, Ok, why not.
Thrunite is a CHINESE company, not a foreign company trying to make their goods cheaper in China. First thoughts were it looks well made, sturdy, good components (at least the light source, a CREE XPG2, i.e. CREE's second generation follow on from their successful XPG in the XLAMP line. Industry proven single die LEDs.
I still have a FENIX flashlight which is now over two years old, again made by a CHINESE company, FENIX BTW is now well established in the lighting industry. That Chinese made Fenix torch is still going strong and I've beaten the daylights out of it. The Thrunite TI5 looks to be of similar quality and therefore I see no reason why it won't go the distance.
I see that CHINESE companies are slowly but surely trying to shake that "Chinese made crap" which is so acknowledged from the "Made in China" tag. In fact nowhere is it stated the TI5 is "made in China" simply the company address is listed at the end of the torches user manual as in China. This is understandable.
Main features are:
120 hours (from 900mAH battery) on 0.03Lumen mode (Thrunite's FireFly mode setting and the default on setting at power up).
6.5 hours at 10 lumens their "Low mode" followed by, 100 lumens for 30 minutes burn time and 100 lumens strobing at 1 hour duration. Anyway check out my review and see what you reckon.
The torch/penlight/flashlight can also be seen here:
http://www.thrunite.com/thrunite-ti5-series-penlights/