Fenix TK45 - anymore news on this new light?

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Thanks for the photos and details/opinions. Here's a simple question:

Does the TK45 come in a hard plastic carrying case?

The TK40 did and I liked that extra feature.
 
Huh, I was thinking it was gonna have an overlapping tri circle pattern like a 3 leaf clover or someting. how did they get a perfect circle from 3 beams??

The light looks like a set of booster rockets from a scifi spaceship:thumbsup:

I like it

Thanx for the pics, enjoy the light you lucky bastaahd!!
 
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Mine did not come in a plastic case, but remember, it was a giveaway from Fenix at the SHOT show. By no means was it a retail package. The winner of the giveaway got nothing more than the light itself. So it could still come with whatever packaging you are expecting when you buy it retail.

They did an excellent job at making the beam. At about 12 inches, the beam really begins to take a single light shape. By 18 inches, you have to know it has three heads to tell it is such a light. By 24 inches, its over. It looks like one single light source no matter how you look at it. Pretty impressive.

-Cameron
 
Paulinski said:
How come no 18650 support for both Tk40 and Tk45?
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The AA platform was on purpose and is directed towards availability worldwide to feed the light, especially in search and rescue.

Say you were working in Haiti right now doing rescue work or building a tent city.

It might be kinda tough to find 18650's, but you can always find AA's

Same for a survival scenario.

AA is part of the point of this light. I'm not saying it's better, just that it has it's niche, and Fenix marked it's territory with this light.
 
One problem I see with this light is that it would not be held with a loop on a belt, you would have to have a heavier, bulkier, and less flexible holding system to wear this on your belt, or strap it over a shoulder.
Considering that it is supposed to be an upgraded TK-40, it is too bad that the form factor doesn't match up to the TK-40 in practicality.

It does look brighter and I like the side button.

I think they had a few good ideas in that upgrade, but they blew it with the form factor unless it comes with some sort of belt swivel fastener that I haven't seen yet.
 
Since I didn't take a picture of this side of the light, I figured I should.

It sort of addresses your issue. As you can see, it has something to attach a split ring at least, maybe more.

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Yea, but did you see how fat the tailcap was? I guess you could rig something up easy enough, but it is nice to be able to put a light in your Mag style duty loop and have it stay put and be able to us all your lights in the same loop. I don't think I could get that fat tail cap thru the loop too easily and although the loop MIGHT be narrow enough to hold it, it would be a pain to get in and out (maybe).

I wish I had one to try it out on :laughing:
 
Yeah, it is by no means meant for belt carry. I just wanted to make sure everyone saw it had that hole on that side. I had yet to take pictures of it.

Here are a few more beamshots.

TK45 vs Quark 123

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And -2 stop underexposed

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So the light itself doesn't get warm much at all. But the batteries sure do. They don't get hot, but they do warm up significantly. That sound normal? Forgive my ignorance if so. I have checked polarities and such over and over. They're good. I had it on for 7 minute on high and the battery portion of the light was warm to the touch. I am going to guess the light is pulling a lot of power from them causing the heat.
 
Yea, it's pulling some juice I bet.

Make sure you are using batteries that can handle a little current.

If so, a little warming won't hurt them much and feels nice in the hand on a cold night.🙂.

Thats a nice light with a nice beam, despite my first impressions about how akward it would be to lug along it's a first class light when it's IN your hand.
 
Yeah, right now there are just some Duracells in it. Nothing fancy. A few hours before I won this I ordered my first set of Eneloops. Not enough to fill the light, but assuming I like the Eneloops, which I know I will, I am sure I will order more to feed this light.
 
You should use a full set of the same type of cells, and it will be hard on any cell to be used on "one side only" in this light, meaning 4 to power the light instead of 8. In fact it might reuin them if you used it on Turbo mode with only 4 powering it.

It would be bad to use half duracells and half enelopes as well, or enelopes and anything else mixed.

Al batteries have different internal resistance and this light is wired to a parallel power pack so it is not 8 in series but 4s+2P.

I'd order those other enelopes now and hold off on using them in the light untill you can put em all in at once.

And trust in the reviews on this board that it is an excellent choice!.

For charging I'd go buy a 2 dollar radio shack 8AA series holder and charge them up all at once with a smart charger.

Cheers!
 
Databyter said:
For charging I'd go buy a 2 dollar radio shack 8AA series holder and charge them up all at once with a smart charger.

Cheers!
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I would just look at a new charger like the maha c9000 which i got for my tk40. I was going to do a 4aa series holder but you can't charge the batteries above much more then amp other wise you risk melting the holder.
 
It's an interesting light and I love the beam. It's either the coolest looking light I've seen in a while, or the ugliest. I can't decide.
 
Vesper said:
It's an interesting light and I love the beam. It's either the coolest looking light I've seen in a while, or the ugliest. I can't decide.
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It's both 🙂

Hey, what's the difference between the maga and the lacrosse BC-9009

..oh, and congrats on the light 🙂
 
T-roc87 said:
I would just look at a new charger like the maha c9000 which i got for my tk40. I was going to do a 4aa series holder but you can't charge the batteries above much more then amp other wise you risk melting the holder.
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The Maha C9000 will only charge 4 batteries at a time. This light holds 8 batteries.

The advantage of buying a smart charger like one of these..

http://www.batteryspace.com/smartchargersfornimhcdbatterypackseries.aspx

Is that they are designed to charge packs in a range ov voltages/cells which they automaticly detect.

Your assumption that charging a larger pack would have to be done at a higher current is incorrect. I have a CHUN-180. It will detect the voltage to apply and the higher the pack the more voltage, but it will limit the current to a charging current that you select.

http://www.batteryspace.com/multi-c...6v-18vnimhbatterypackstamiyaplugullisted.aspx

which I use for a variety of lights and other devices, in fact all my NIMH needs (including TK40 and Mag85)and I charge at .9 Amps. I use the radio shack 8 cell holder so I can charge them all at once and insure they are balanced. The CHUN smart charger just clips right on, and in the case of my FIVEMEGA battery holder for my Mag85 it plugs right in (thanks Fivemega).

It's quicker and easier, although if you don't mind doing 2 complete charging sessions with your Maha C9000, which only holds 4 cells, it should work, but if your willing to put out almost $50 for that charger I don't know why you wouldn't just get one that will do the job all at once.

You really don't want to charge enelopes at more than an amp. anyway, unless you want to substitute safety, longevity and a complete charge, for speed. And if this is the case, then why buy a charger that can't charge your whole pack at once?

There is no chance of melting the holder at NiMH charging amperages.

Anyhow to each their own, I'm just recommending a solution that I've been using for 6 months with 0 problems. I sure wouldn't want to pay 50 bucks to double my charge times by only charging a half of a pack at a time.
 
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Hi guys,

does anybody know when the sale of this light will start? Sorry if was posted in reply before but I do not have the time (at work) to read every post.
thanks
boostax
 
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