Richwouldnt
Enlightened
I have a new TK60 on the way from Battery Junction who have had it on sale for a while, presumably a clearance item. I have had a TK50 since it first came out and really like it so decided to get it's big brother before they all disappear as Fenix has stopped production of ALL of their D cell lights, unfortunately from my perspective. They may be bulky but IMO have some advantages.
I like the long run time of the TK50 on D size NiMH batteries and note the same to be true of the TK60 even in turbo mode with 4 NiMh batteries per it's specifications. I also have a set of 3AA to D cell adapters so if necessary can run it on 9 or 12 AA NiMH cells. With two of the adapters loaded with AA standard Eneloops the TK50 runs for 3 hours in Turbo mode.
In addition to the TK60 that is coming I have a 4 cell Mag-Lite that has the Terralux TLE 310M-EX drop-in installed. It gives an almost all flood beam and while it claims up to 1000 Lumens I judge it to be about half that or a little more with 4 NiMH batteries in the light. The paperwork with the Terralux module notes that the 1000 Lumens is per LED makers claims so is certainly LED Lumens rather than OTF light output which means a best case OTF output of 700 Lumens or so. Be interesting to compare the lights when the TK60 arrives, a thrower versus a almost pure flood beam. I also ordered the diffusor for the TK60 so it can be a pure flood beam too.
If you want a Fenix D cell light get it soon as they are getting scarce and there is nothing directly comparable n the market that I know of.
I like the long run time of the TK50 on D size NiMH batteries and note the same to be true of the TK60 even in turbo mode with 4 NiMh batteries per it's specifications. I also have a set of 3AA to D cell adapters so if necessary can run it on 9 or 12 AA NiMH cells. With two of the adapters loaded with AA standard Eneloops the TK50 runs for 3 hours in Turbo mode.
In addition to the TK60 that is coming I have a 4 cell Mag-Lite that has the Terralux TLE 310M-EX drop-in installed. It gives an almost all flood beam and while it claims up to 1000 Lumens I judge it to be about half that or a little more with 4 NiMH batteries in the light. The paperwork with the Terralux module notes that the 1000 Lumens is per LED makers claims so is certainly LED Lumens rather than OTF light output which means a best case OTF output of 700 Lumens or so. Be interesting to compare the lights when the TK60 arrives, a thrower versus a almost pure flood beam. I also ordered the diffusor for the TK60 so it can be a pure flood beam too.
If you want a Fenix D cell light get it soon as they are getting scarce and there is nothing directly comparable n the market that I know of.
that tk60 is a beast
