Into the Light: Tain Custom Lights (Corona & Aura)
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- Опубліковано 21 сер 2024
- An in-depth discussion about two unique Tain custom light models, the Corona and the Aura. We'll take a close look at each, discuss their pros & cons as well as take them outside and let the lights speak for themselves.
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Jim, you don't shut up and I love it! Much love from Texas!
Cool Tool!,
Greatings from Switzerland!
Good overview and first 'official" light video.
I always assumed Jim lived in a mansion on a hilltop, surrounded by majestic fields & primordial forests. Surprisingly nice to see a "normal" backyard.
Excellent vid Jim....Really impressed at how much you've learned in such a short period of time...Nice work..
Thanks Gerry! Enabler...
Bwahahahaha!!!
Jim it is awesome to see you on CPF. Tritium vials are hard to find nowadays wish I could find some. Other than that these lights are titanium its soft metal that will ding and scratch very easily. Sure the detail of the machine work is first rate but there are now a good amount of factory lights that match that now. Today in 2016 it kind of doesnt matter anymore who came first the modders or the makers when it comes to innovation. The manufacturers have made stratospheric strides in design, quality and performance for the most part. Jim here is a challenge for you. Find a custom maker that will make you a titanium knock off of the Zebralight SC600 MkIII HI. The MkIII is pretty small, has something like 15 modes, is programmable, fully potted, thermally regulated, amazing ergos, an XHP35 HI emitter that comes even close to matching the 99 dollar ZL. Sure Id love to have the cash for say a Spy but I dont and where I am I need a lot more than little thumb size lights with low output. That bigger light was on the big side for you? You must where some tight pants man. The Olight R40 is an easy light carry for me. I am a big guy and wear big pants with big deep pockets its no problem. Your adventure into flashaholism is very interesting. I am actually hoping it pushes the custom makers to get off their butts and finally innovate again instead of cranking out the same lights they have been making for the past decade. Exotic in my case would be for instance a cerakoted Nitecore MH20...
Really cool lights ! Thanks Jim
"It's not about the length, it's about the girth. giggidy."
Very nice collections of lights. Im starting up my collections with olight, manker and convoys. I only see myself carrying 3inch edc flashlights at most.
no clip, means no go, for me... without a clip I wouldn't carry it and if I didn't carry it I couldn't justify the price. I guess I will just have to be satisfied with custom knives and my Olight S1 that does have bead blasted titanium and copper bezels that add a little more flavor than your average EDC flashlight I guess. I still enjoyed the video though. keep cranking them out please!
Jim, the damascus looks to have been deep etched and then repolished leaving the relief but of course not the contrast.
That's exactly what I thought!
It's possible, but if it were etched better, the lower portions (that a polishing wheel couldn't hit) would be much darker. The highs being bright, I could see from polishing, like Damasteel, but like damasteel I've seen some etched poorly with little contrast, and proper etching which is black/silver. Like how Brian Tighe etches.
I doubt that it is shit damascus... -it's not worth the hassle of completing machining operations, only to find an unfixable void or inclusion. Some people like a low contrast etch and stainless can be harder to etch in general. My guess is it's deliberate...
(corona & aura) me: Coronavirus
Awesome!
AWESOME LIGHTS! but can you do a video on your guns please! also, are these lights "Weapons Grade"?? if not I'll settle for my Surefires!!
Holy Crap! Jim speaking in metric.... Thank's for some cool flashlight eye candy!
wow!
Beautiful lights. How do you buy direct from Tain? I can't find a website for them.
Do you know if they are upgradable as time goes by and tech keeps advancing? What would be nice if you can swap out the diode and driver with a newer one.
man.talk about art.
have you ever reviewed old style ka-bar usmc knife or any of the other older best ever knives?
Nice video Jim! but there's a reason, why you got into flashlights so lately lol, they are much less fun than knives..
thats unfotunately true, but they are nice to have and the gimmick with the tritium is really cool
Happy 4th everyone
Now onto actual EDC lights from Vinhnguyen54
Great work, no argument. But what is "actual EDC"?? I "actually" EDC these lights. Carry them daily. That's the definition of EDC.
I should have clarified. The comparison of high end production knives to custom knives I believe is apt. Of course you can carry these but wouldn't it be nice to use a light that costs significantly less and performs infinitely better? What is also cool is that you can essentially customize any light from Vinhnguyen54 with your own preferential LED, engraving, and heat treat. It's going to take someone who is actually interested in learning about flashlight technology to understand the differences in leds, drivers, and batteries, heat conductivity of certain materials ... but man was it fun adding that knowledge to my EDC repertoire. I mean I get the appeal of custom anything, and I have even bought tritium just to stick on many lights, but LUX/Lumen/Beam matters just as much as say the Grind/Steel/Handle material of any particular knife.
Jim, can you please show the olight vs these lights!?
Too late for this video, but I will do some comparisons when I do the video on my Olights.
cool
I think tritium in a spinning top would be something kind of unique- do you know if anyone has come up with a top that glows in the dark?
Ben Tan has made a living from making tops with lots of Tritium, I bought one from him a few months ago. Also check my video on the BilletSpin Wraith, I have tritium in that one too.
Jim Skelton Thanks for the info! I watched your video dealing with the Wraith and have to say your one lucky man to have friends that would give you something like that.
Aikidobear129 Bin Haad Bad makes a strap on Tritium emitter for either leg which produces amazingly beautiful auras of your piss both coming out of your penis AND dripping down the specific leg. OR.......customize TWO of Bad’s emitters, one for EACH leg. Simply stunning !
You kind of sound like Brian from Family Guy.....
I'm down with expensive knives, but 1500 for a flashlight?? is like those dudes who spend all their money on 200-1200 spinning tops thats just silly
and how many lumens is this? i have a streamlight protac, yes its not titanium but i guarantee its brighter lol
+Nick Gwiazdowky So.... what your actually saying is that you didn't watch the whole video. I spent a lot of time explaining the differences between custom and standard light prices and referenced the things you're asking about here. Specifically lumens and how that's an inaccurate system to use.
i wasn't bashing your channel or anything man, i find it crazy that an asian country makes such good flashlights, i love the tritium lit backs and glowing front and such...
plus they are super hard to find and i haven't found a authentic website that sells them
Sorry to ask Jim, but how much did you really pay for those??
I discussed that in the video
did Lewis Black and Dane Cook have a strange love child I was not aware of?
"sex with an extra handful of spit" ... You have a way with marketing.
4:30 XD
Sucks that tritium doesn't last longer. It will never be as bright as day one. Still cool lights.
It's a half life of 12.5 years. I don't really envision using any of these longer than that anyway, I'll have traded them for a new design by then I'm certain. So at around 12 years, they are about half brightness, and still serve as locators for another decade. I'll be in my 60s then and won't give a shit LOL
Tritium aside, quality looks about the same as my solarforce limited edition stainless steel, and I guarantee the custom p60 dropin I made for it was kicking out way more photons.
Just buy a solarforce with a nice nailbender dropin, it'll be brighter and your wallet will thank you for it.
It resembles Iron Man arc reactor.
I'm sorry but tain is only one letter away from taint.
Did ya come up with that all by yourself?
@Jim Skelton hahaha
AND ONLY 6 LETTERS FROM PUDDINTAIN.
If you paid more than $80 for that you got ripped off.
defenately
Please stop. The raw materials cost more than $80. Go to Motor Trend's channel and tell them that a Ferrari is only worth $50k because that's what *you think*.
+Jim Skelton "as long as you can find a reason to buy it". Why not just say that you want to spend money on cool new toys. No matter how much you try to reason your purchases, all you are doing is buying new toys and admiring them while arguing that it does not matter whether or not they are practical (in their relationship to their price). While I do enjoy your videos to a certain extent I do not see how you can justify $80 on a flashlight like that. Even if the raw materials might cost more than $80 that does not justify such a purchase. I could plate my feces in gold worth $500 and it still would not be worth any more than that (no investment value).
+Jim Skelton Collectors are really in the crudest sense geeks about whatever they collect. Nothing wrong about that, just that the things they collect only have value to their geek mindset. Again in the crudest sense.
Your argument is completely invalid. If you gold plate your shit, it is shit. It is worthless and doesn't do anything. A light made of titanium is a light, it has value as do the materials.. and it does something, it performs a function.
I was pretty damn clear in the video that in many cases (but not all), a production light for $125 will perform as well as these do, and we are paying extra for the customization (choosing our own emitters/drivers/tritium accents/etc) and for the aesthetic beauty we find in them. You're only reinforcing *what I already said*... you're not creating an argument, you only sound like you are.
JIM THESE ARENT KNIVES. I DONT LIKE CHANGE!!!
I have a $800 titanium finger nail clipper I would like to sell you....
I kid. But seriously its a flashlight. I'll keep my streamlight and my $660... haha
Yea,quality beam and such,but I've noticed all of these customs generally are crap at being lights,which for the price
Should be a priority.these are ok,but I think since you are new to this,you will dump them quickly like the douche,I mean
Dude you bought them from.live and learn,just like anything that's collected.
I haven't found one yet that's "crap at being a light". As my tastes settle in and my preferences evolve, I'm sure I will buy, sell and trade many times over... that's what we do as collectors of anything. But I don't look at any of these and feel a need to let any go because of their performance.
This one dude sells replica lightsabers for $15,000. Graflex Saber. Even a master replica for $1000+ is too deep for my pockets. Every time they go on ebay they sell. Someone buys them. A millionaire sitting at home fondling his $15,000 replica hilt. Same with these here lights. I like the Muyshondt Aeon. Thats about all I will ever need from light. Niche and well made. All the tritium vials are cool and shit. But they dont give me a itch to scratch. Mcgizmo's lights never gave me a itch either. When you catch the bug you must answer. Ever seen those coin collectors? Fucking $5000 for some stupid ass coin that you cant even touch. Hey man to each their own.
wtf? are they made of fucking platinum?
i'm pakistani and i cringed when you combined "pakistani" and "shit" together.
maybe try to speech it in a way/manner that doesn't make people believe pakistani's are shit?
This is stupid, 500$ for a flashlight? Nonono that's simply crazy
Balinoob Only crazy to you because that’s not what you’re into. Maybe something you bought at a premium price because you like it and recognize it’s worth, someone else wouldn’t understand. So chill with the “stupid” remarks.
@@JimSkeltonKnives true, stupid was a strong word, but the video aged badly with flashlight with auxiliary light coming up in budget lights (Like flashlights from emisar)
@@balinoob1837 have you seen the tritium price lately? that tailcap alone is worth more than $500
LOL Flashlights, No thanks!