My Extreme Fenix TK40 Torture Test.

[Saint_Dogbert]

I would have submerged it deeper to see how water proof it is. Can it be called diving torch perhaps?

I wouldn't take it deeper than 20-25ft and that is definitely pushing it. The light is rated at IPX8 which means that it is safe to get wet. It has not been officially tested at diving depths or conditions.

 

[Locoboy5150]

Can it be called diving torch perhaps?

No. Dive lights are a totally different category of flashlight that the TK40 is not a part of.

 

[Archie Cruz]

I need to chime in that I'm really into this light and have used it every day for two months on set. I have one request but I've DIY'd a solution. Just love it!

 

[fishinfool]

:bow: Thanx aussiebob! Reading through this is why I decided to buy my TK40. :twothumbs

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[drb]

Awesome testing! I was already a huge Fenix fan and basically only look into more Fenix. I just got my TA30 today, 630 lumen watch out.

 

[drb]

I guess everyone has their favorite brands, but cant really seem to find any reason not to stay with Fenix! Ive been on this forum everyday since I joined and havent really seen a bad review of any Fenix light.

 

[NightKids]

I guess everyone has their favorite brands, but cant really seem to find any reason not to stay with Fenix! Ive been on this forum everyday since I joined and havent really seen a bad review of any Fenix light.

I have other brands such as Quark, Surefire, even a Mac's custom flashlight but I find myself always wanting to come back to another Fenix. They just have this certain appeal about them...

 

[Locoboy5150]

It would have been cool to see a test like this one done by at least one of the people that got a TK45 from Fenix for testing. People have been outright babying those things. The worst torture test that I've seen of a TK45 was when a reviewer had the audacity to put Duracell alkaline AA batteries in it.

Come on fellas...you got those TK45s for 100% free! Put 'em through their paces! :thumbsup:

 

[Cataract]

It would have been cool to see a test like this one done by at least one of the people that got a TK45 from Fenix for testing. People have been outright babying those things. The worst torture test that I've seen of a TK45 was when a reviewer had the audacity to put Duracell alkaline AA batteries in it.

Come on fellas...you got those TK45s for 100% free! Put 'em through their paces! :thumbsup:

Sorry dude... I like my TK45 test sample better than my TK40 (you'll understand why when I put my review up). I did drop it several times : on the table, on a rock and on a gravel path. Only minor marks, just like any other Fenix, and it still works like new. I also cleaned it under the faucet and no signs of intruding water.

I can say the tube is just about the same thickness as on the TK40 and a little shorter, so I expect it would be able to endure the same torture. The heads being smaller, the lenses should be tougher. I'll let you know if I ever put it through more torture by accident.

 

[Locoboy5150]

Sorry dude... I like my TK45 test sample better than my TK40 (you'll understand why when I put my review up).

Hehe yeah, I can totally relate because the TK45 is such a nice light! Dinging up one of those would be really painful, even if it were free. I'm hoping that someone else will have the guts to do it since I'm too chicken to do it to one.

 

[jax]

good review,got a few smiles outta it....and as for the comment's about the maglite's durability...well my 2d led was babied for a year,dropped maybe twice(only enough to make tiny scratches) but one day it just wouldnt work,something about the switch assembly,took it apart cant see why it isnt working....
anyway next time you torture test a light,you should first turn to it and do your best russian impersonation from rocky 5..
"I MUST BREAK YOU"

 

[subwoofer]

Is the TK41 just as tough?

 

[kj2]

Nice test but I wouldn't do that to my lights.

 

[blah9]

subwoofer, I would imagine the TK41 is just as tough since it is constructed very similarly to the TK40.

 

[EnduringEagle]

Hello, this is the final test for the TK40.

I dint record what i done this time, but it included mostly spiraly drops from various heights, and driving some nails into wood. I got a vid of this, ill see if i can utube it.
The light still worked after all this, however the eneloops had their negative end severly dented and the spring in the battery carrier wernt pushing hard enough to make a reliable contact, and the light would flick on and off, and needed shaking occasionally to fire up. I threw in some unabused eneloops and the light worked like new. So your cells will fail before the TK40 will in my opinion.

Today on the way home i was gunna dangle it of a bridge into the river with fishing line, but before that i decided to drag it behind the car again. I towed it along for about 10 min over ashphalt at first then big mud puddles and mudy wet rocky road.
I was going threw a rather large mud hole when i heard the line snap.
I got out and had a look, it was gone, i spent about half an hour looking for the bloody thing, poking the mud with sticks, but gave up and went home.
If anybody wants to find it, its at 32* 51' 52.30 S 151* 42' 44.23 E , on Ramsar Rd, Ash Island, NSW.

This concludes my torture test, even though it got lost before i got to kill it, im happy. Im suprised what it would take to kill one of these lights.
Im definatly doing this again, but with a cheaper light.

Regards.

You Are My HERO!! :thumbsup:

 

[EnduringEagle]

I hope that wan't a borrowed light!

Yeah.. Send it back to Fenix and ask them to fix it? Lets see what they do!

 

[EnduringEagle]

You Sir are my Hero!!!

I started a whole thread trying to figure out how tough my TK40 is (https://www.candlepowerforums.com/threads/232674) and you have answered brilliantly. Perhaps you where referring to me in your first post as one of the people trying to find out.

Anyways, Please Please Please BEFORE YOU KILL IT try a higher drop test.

Ie, 5 drops at 4ft, 5 drops at 5ft, 5 drops at 6ft. If it survives 6ft i'm satisfied, you can go kill it then

Regards,
Kipper

Go to YouTube and checkout the Olight M20 Torture Test. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYiBvkbfx6A

 

[silentlurker]

Go to YouTube and checkout the Olight M20 Torture Test. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYiBvkbfx6A

Too bad they didnt' actually run over it with either vehicle. The first truck almost completely missed it and the light snuck between the treads of the second.

 

[Toohotruk]

Still a very cool video! :thumbsup:

 

[EnduringEagle]

Too bad they didnt' actually run over it with either vehicle. The first truck almost completely missed it and the light snuck between the treads of the second.

They ran it over with the tractor. Pretty amazing test. Really thought about buying this light in the M20s version based on this video. Checked YouTube last night and there is no other flashlight torture test that comes close. That being said I opted for a 4sevens G5.