Ever have that one thing you really love? Well, this is one of mine. Does it shine red light? Yes. Does it do it in a shocking and "holy cow" kind of way? Yes.
Welcome the Fenix TK25 Red.
The TK Series of lights are Fenix's tactical line. If the light has TK in it's name, rest assured that the light was built for battle. And if you've read my TK15UE review you'll know I LOVE this line of lights.
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| I will try this again at night :) |
So, here's what you get.
Box.
Lanyard.
Belt clip.
Spare O rings
Fenix holster
Warranty card, manual.
Note that his light does not come with a battery, nor is this light rechargeable capable.
For the battery on this light, I've been using the Fenix ARB-L18-3400 Battery. I've two of these, and have had excellent success with them.
So, how does this light work?
The head unit of the TK25 is on a swivel of sorts. To turn onto red mode, simply pull back on the head and twist. The reflectors will then center over two red LED's, turn it again to center it over the white LED's. This is a nice little system. It works well, and feels incredibly smooth and sturdy. If you move the head while the light is on, it ill detect that and fall back to it's memory settings you had in that previous mode.
You have two different types of LED, and two of each type.
White: CREE XP-G2 S3
Red: CREE XP-E2
Here's some pertinents.
You're curious about run-times, right? Here ===>
Notice how intense that red is for the amount of lumens, the beamies will show you how very powerful this light really is!
The light is also compatible with the AER-03 remote pressure switch.
The size of the light, probably not an EDC light, but the TK line wasn't really designed with EDC in mind. Here's the TK25 with it's Cousin, the TK15UE for size comparison.
So, how about the UI?
So, about those modes?
I love the UI on this light. It has two tail switches.
Looking at the above pic for reference...
Light off:
Press or tap lower button for momentary strobe.
Upper round button; half press for monetary on. Full presS to turn on.
Light on:
Tap lower button to cycle through modes.
Press and hold lower button to get strobe
Lower button to turn back off.
Simple. And of course twist the head to get red or white light.
You may have heard or read about double wall lights. Ths light is one of them :)
You can kind of make out the double wall in this pic ===>
In order to capture this lights essence, we need beamshots.
So, one last artsy pic and we'll continue!
"When it absolutely, positively must be in red"
Information/trail kiosk about 100ft out.
Information/trail kiosk 25ft out
Somewhere along the Adirondack trail :)
Group shelter, about 45ish ft out
Playground area, variable distance.
I always take pictures of that trash can. Over 60ft out.
I ran into some hikers night hiking on my patrol tonight. He said "good god wtf is that red light I saw!?!?"
*Tears of pride...
Summary:
One of my absolute favorite lights, bar none, this thing is a blast to night hike with.
I had mentions that it was overkill on the high red settings. Although for night vision preservation, this is true; this light at 310 lumens on red is putting out a staggering 10000cd, the red is far more intense than the white at 1000 lumens, even on strobe. This thing will thoroughly wreck your retinas. So, for a blinding wall of red doom, this light is your guy. Which I think was the point of this setting.
On lower red settings @100 & 10 lumens, night vision preservation is quite good. I can hike along at 10 lumens on moderate trail at a slow pace quite fine. If I'm moving and the terrain is sketch, I'll turn on 100, and still have decent peripheral night vision.
Not to forget the white settings here; the two emitters do a fantastic job at illumination. Nice mix of throw and flood. Coolish white, which I like out here, I need good color rendition
Fenix also has it's other brother, the TK25 R&B. Same light, but with a lower red lumen (150) setting and the addition of a blue light.
The other other brother is the TK25 IR with an infared illuminator.
These guys are not cheap, with the average price of these three at about 90$ each, but so worth the money.
A perfect 10 for me. .
It's the Fenix TK25 Red!
Check it out @
http://www.fenixlight.com/ProductMore.aspx?id=2265&tid=8&cid=1#.W6D5BfZReM8
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