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BlueTom
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Apr 23, 2020
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I'm buying flashlights of one description or another all the time. Just picked up a new(er) Nitecore offering, the TM9K (freakin' UNREAL lumens ((9500!!)) from such a Tiny little Monster!), and I have at least one of all the other minis that Nitecore offers, except for the TUP. I'm not a Nitecore freak as much as I'm an impulse buyer, and I can always find a good use for a small light from the junk-drawer to the glove-box to the saddle bags to the shed, I spread 'em all over the place. I was intrigued by the TUP over the last year or two since it came out, but as I was watching the video posted in the Overview, I realized that once I get used to knowing what info is showing in the OLED screen, I probably won't need to ever look at it. It's pretty easy to know when your LED flashlight needs charging, because it won't even turn on the Turbo or High modes once it gets below a certain power-level remaining. I think the attached wire (that I actually put on) will alert me to the fact that the light is being charged. The light getting hot enough to turn itself off will tell me to anticipate it going off, and I'll probably be anticipating it before the OLED warns me of its coming, and either way, I won't be looking at the OLED when it happens in any case. If I have the light turned on to where heat will turn it off, I'm actually looking for something in the woods or someplace I need that much light to see.
Bottom line, after at least a year (probably longer) I've come to the conclusion that this light would serve no distinctive purpose for me. I'm fine with taking a chance on Nitecore products, even though the first one I had failed completely as a weapon light and never worked very well as an EDC after taking it off the weapon either. I can't think of any situation where a square-bodied, 1K light with a screen that I'd almost never look at after the novelty wore off would be the "perfect" light to have on me. Guess I'll pass on this one. Drop should take a close look at the TM9K and other of the more "conventional" LED lights Nitecore is offering these days. They are getting tons of lumens out of small bodies with big, long-lasting batteries, and while they're not exactly comparable to the TUP, they are more useful as EDC or heavy and regular-use lights for the "average" user.
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