New - FENIX TK06

[Labrador72]

It looks like Fenix have a new 1x18650 flashlight in the pipeline.

Judging by the specs, UI will be very similar to the current TK09 but will be carrying a Luminus SST20 L4 and include a Fenix ARB-L18-2600U.


http://blogdenpin.com/gioi-thieu-den-pin-tac-chien-fenix-tk06-cuc-ngon-gia-chi-hon-1-trieu/


https://fonarik-market.ru/fonar-fenix-tk06-luminus-sst20-l4/

 

[DayofReckoning]

Re: New- FENIX TK06

Oh, fantastic! A low mode of 50 lumens on EDC light! Whoever is making this call at Fenix needs canned.

 

[slumber]

Re: New- FENIX TK06

Oh, fantastic! A low mode of 50 lumens on EDC light! Whoever is making this call at Fenix needs canned.

Is it an EDC light?

 

[DayofReckoning]

Re: New- FENIX TK06

Is it an EDC light?

Ok, it's a little big for EDC, but it's a moot point, as Fenix is using this trend on nearly all lights in their lineup, of using low modes that, what seems most agree, are far too bright.

https://www.candlepowerforums.com/v...30-Lumens-is-too-much-brightness-for-low-mode

 

[Labrador72]

Re: New- FENIX TK06

The first TK09 had a 15-lumen low while the current 2016 version a 50-lumen low output.

http://www.fenixlight.com/ProductMore.aspx?id=104&tid=8&cid=1#.XxOJxZ5KjdM

http://www.fenixlight.com/ProductMore.aspx?id=2200&tid=8&cid=1#.XxOJ1Z5KjdM


This is sort of a budget light with only three output levels so it's kinda hard spacing them out to have a true low mode.

That being said, I do find 50 lumens too high for a low output, even in a mid-sized 1x18650 light like the TK09 or TK06.

I think they should have come up with a two-mode light with pre-set output levels like the PD35 Tac. One of them could have had a 10-lumen low level.

They probably wanted to keep the price tag low and margins high so they went for the simplest UI. They seem to do that with nearly all their lights these days.

 

[thermal guy]

Re: New- FENIX TK06

1x18650 Lights are getting a little out of hand. They all come out looking and performing pretty much all the same.

 

[DayofReckoning]

Re: New- FENIX TK06

1x18650 Lights are getting a little out of hand. They all come out looking and performing pretty much all the same.

They are all running out of ideas! Just making them brighter and brighter.

 

[DaveTheDude]

Re: New- FENIX TK06

I noticed that compared to the 2016 version of the TK09 (900 lumens max / 21,000 candela / 85 minutes on max using an 18650 cell), the specs on the TK06 show 800 lumens max / 28,000 candela / and a CLAIMED runtime of 215 minutes on max using an 18650 cell. It would be interesting if someone with access to a TK06 could post a real world report of the runtime for the light...an increase in efficiency like this would be something to pay attention to, if it turns out to be true. That noted, it appears that none of the established sellers in the U.S. have this light available as of July 2020, so it may fall to our colleagues overseas to be the first to inform us whether this light performs according to the marketing department's representations.

 

[Labrador72]

Re: New- FENIX TK06

If that were true, the runtime performance would be interesting for sure.

However, there is some small print referenced to that statement: "*The High output is measured in total of runtime including output at reduced levels due to temperature or protection mechanism in the design."

It sounds like those 215 minutes would be the total time including the output the light steps down to at some point in time. In other words, I suspect it's going to be 800 for a few minutes - at best - and then some 400 lumens till it dies out... hoping the reduced output is at least well regulated and not a series of consecutive step-downs as with some of the recent headlamp models.