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Full disclosure: no food/beverage products were supplied by any manufacturer for this review (sadly :laughingThat's some serious product placements. Now I feel thirsty and hungry at the same time.
.The detailed graph of the third TM11 sample shows a temperature curve without cooling. It seemed to level out at 59 degree C (surface temp, mid-point of the head).
Image noise seems to be an issue with the sensor in this specific camera model - which is why I've set it to ISO 80, to try and help compensate somewhat (I won't spoil the surprise for those who haven't checked out the metadata yet
). But note the shots are all done in ambient room lighting (i.e. on the corner of my desk, near a large window). Given the volume of lights I process, I don't have time for a more professional lightbox setup.
Hmmm, true ... and if it did bother you, you could always cover it up with your thumb while carrying the light (as long you were extra careful not to accidentally switch modes
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A good point, I would think springs would be better for longer term durability (and would also have presumably helped with supporting shorter length 18650 cells). Don't know why Nitecore went this route, but there is a presumably a reason. :shrug:
The only real issue I see is the variation in "cycling" behaviour between samples. I don't how easy this would be to resolve, but I've made the suggestion to their engineers that it might be simplest (?) to program the circuit to prevent restoration of Turbo once the thermal protection has tripped, during continuous operation (i.e. would need to turn off/on to reset the thermal control). In essence, treat it more like a breaker than a thermostat. But of course, I don't know the intricacies of how the thermal control works, so don't know how feasible that suggestion is. Seems to me like it would simpler (and more elegant) than adding time-dependent cut-offs or new monitoring features to the circuit, etc., but I'll leave that to the circuit experts to figure out.Now when I know what the issues with this light was and that Nitecore has fixed this bugs I can buy one for my birthday
LOL, I would have thought the "4x18650, 3xXM-L" in the title would be a bit of a give-away. :laughing:The uniqueness of this light makes it deserving of many hits. I suspect that if you put "2000 lumens" in the title it would attract flashaholics like moths to the flame
Hmmm, well, you could always run in on primary CR123As. But as mentioned in the review, I don't recommend anything less than the full complement (i.e. 8xCR123A) if you plan to run on Turbo.
I was watching a DVD of "Madmen" and the idea of selling the product briefly overcame common sense!
You're already messing with li-on batteries is if you have any laptop computer, any mobile phone, any power tool, any iPod or pretty much any portable device. That should be almost 100% of the civilised population. Have you experienced any explosions yet? Perhaps not, since li on is safe as long as it isnt abused.
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