ThruNite T1 Magnetic Tailcap Flashlight - 1500 Lumens USB Rechargeable EDC Flashlight with CREE XHP50 LED, Stepless Dimming & Pocket Clip - Perfect for Camping, Hiking, Emergency and Everyday Carry (Black, Cool White)

I hate writing reviews like this, and rarely ever do. I bought two of these T1 CW lights in mid December 2019 (as is my habit to have a backup). I’d always been a Fenix guy, but for whatever reason the latest Fenix releases haven’t really spoken to me. So, I kind of went all in with Thrunite. In the space of a month or so I bought two each of their Archer 2A V3, T10 II NW AND CW, TN4A, Catapult V6, TC20 & T1 models. I also picked up two each from their sub-brand WowTac models: A4 V2, A5, A6, and A1S.I was very, very pleased with the UI and performance of all the lights. I’m very cautious (probably overly so) with my lights, and don’t do wild tests or even normal “heavy” use. This T1 was my bedside/nightstand light. I used it almost exclusively inside my house - in moonlight mode. It was perfect for that role. I loved the size, floody beam, and sub-lumen mode. I loved the built in shortcuts to moonlight and turbo (even though I very rarely used turbo). I recharged the battery precisely once in the slightly over 1 month that I had it (the battery was MAYBE at 50% when I recharged it). About a week later I wake up in the middle of the night, put the light in moonlight mode so as not to wake my wife, come back to bed a bit later (back in moonlight mode), put the light on my nightstand. Everything worked fine, and the routine was normal. Fast forward to early that next morning (still dark in the room) I reach over and hold down the button for moonlight...nothing. I let go and hold it down again for longer thinking maybe I accidentally locked it. Nothing. I click, double click. Nothing. The indicator light in the button doesn’t light up red to show low battery or locked status. I take the battery out, put it back in, tighten the head...nothing. I try to tighten the head more...nothing. I plug in the provided USB cable...nothing (not even the purple light to indicate charging failure). So I remove the battery and put it in my external charger which shows that the battery IS very low. I charge it with the external charger, and put it back in the light...nothing. I take THAT battery out and grab the battery from the other (so far unused) T1. Still nothing. The light is dead. The battery WAS dead too...it had drained from nearly full over night. But the light wouldn’t charge it, nor would it work with a charged battery. I’m guessing that the circuitry somehow opened and drained the battery and fried itself overnight. Pure speculation there though. All I know is that I have a light barely a month old that is dead. I email Thrunite via Amazon on January 23, 2020 Get a reply back from Eva asking me to check the charging port and make sure the contact is positioned correctly in the tail. No problems there, and I even take a picture of the spring/contact and attach it. On January 25, 2020 Eva emails me and says that she will send out a new light for me “soon”.It’s been a month since that e-mail and I have yet to receive the light or another email about the status of shipment. I’m sure some think that I’m not being reasonable by reviewing after “only” a month. However, at this point, I’ve had a non-working light as long as I had a working one. If they were having stocking troubles with a new product I could understand. And I realize we are talking about small, battery, electronic devices. Any of them can and do fail. That said, I’ve never had a Fenix (or even Nitecore) light fail - and certainly not in such a mysterious manner. I have Fenix lights that are over a decade old that HAVE been dropped (unlike this Thrunite) and are still going strong.I’m not here to bash the company - I really like all of the other lights I’ve bought from them (especially the TC20 and Catapult V6). However, this has made me trust all of them a bit less. The other lights will have to prove themselves to me over time. I HAVE lost faith completely in this particular model though. I gave the 2nd one I had to my wife for use as a bedside light (she’s never really used or wanted one - but I simply didn’t want it anymore).I appreciated the politeness and promptness of response from Thrunite customer service. And their solution would have been satisfactory to me had it been completed in a timely fashion.The light might come in tomorrow, or it might come in 2 weeks or 3 months from now. Or never. If it DOES I WILL update my review to reflect that and probably raise the rating by a star.I also realize that I could and some would say should contact the company again about my replacement. But, to be frank, I don’t really want the replacement now (I’ve since purchased an Olight S1R II) and I’m not going to brow beat a company into sending me a light that I’m not going to use now. Even if they do technically still owe me one under the terms of purchase/warranty.Would I buy another Thrunite product? That depends. If the other models I’ve bought from them ALL continue to work - I will probably consider them again in the future. If any of the other lights fail...then no I won’t consider them in future light purchases. I hope that’s not the case and it’s a fluke, or problem specific to this model.Update 3/27/20: It’s now been (slightly over) a month since my original review and 2 months since my contact with Thrunite. No further contact on their part (or mine to be honest - see above) and no replacement has arrived. Truly not expecting one to at this point. I’ll not waste your time or mine with monthly updates. I just thought that I would do this first one in case anyone wondered whether Thrunite reached out or sent the light. I probably will check back in at the 6 month mark and at similar intervals in the future (I guess until they discontinue it). And, as before, if they do send out a replacement or make contact again I WILL update immediately.My previous viewpoint still stands though: I’m not going to make contact a second time to ask for a light that I now have no faith in or desire to own. I do feel that they should honor their warranty, and I do feel that I wasted and lost 50ish dollars. I still understand that anyone can send out a dud light, and that customer service can have slip ups. But when you get a double whammy of both right together...it makes you (or me at least) less enthusiastic about the company. And that feeling seems to grow over time. Now I find myself not reaching for the other lights I own from them in situations where I know I might really need them. For instance, we had a round of severe weather recently and I was packing some items in case of emergency. I started to pick up my Thrunite TC20, but thought “Nope. What if that thing just mysteriously dies like the other one?” So I’ve been replacing the entire line with similar lights from Olight. In this case, I grabbed a Seeker 2 Pro. I was concerned because Olight didn’t have a “thrower” comparable to the Thrunite Catapult V6...but then they released the Warrior X Pro. The Catapult still out throws it (slightly), and I like the way it feels in the hand better. BUT I trust the Olight and it doesn’t form a ring of condensation on the INSIDE of the glass lens once it heats up. When the Catapult does that, the Olight WILL out throw it. I’m not here to do commerical for Olight, and I actually used to not care for them. Hated the proprietary batteries and chargers (still wish they could find a work around on that), and thought they were overpriced (they are high...but if that’s what it takes to get some piece of mind...they aren’t THAT much more). Maybe Fenix will step it back up with their designs. At least they built a solid, reliable light though. To sum up, the jury is still out for me overall on Thrunite. I know I don’t trust this particular light. But that, plus this customer service snafu, and the internal fogging on the Catapult has my opinion of their company and lights sliding downhill. Such a shame. Good price, nice designs, great power and run time for size, and I loved the UI. But, if you don’t trust the light AND have doubts whether the company will stand behind it - that negates all the positives.Update 8/13/2020: It has now been over 6 months since I contacted Thrunite about the dead light, and was told that I would be shipped another. No new contact, no new light. Based off my experience, and the troubling amount of similar experiences of other users, I will steer people away from this light when possible. At this point, the dead light, the failure to follow through with sending a replacement, and the issue with my Catapult V6 (internal condensation) has soured my opinion on the company as a whole. I hate that as I felt they have some interesting designs and I THOUGHT reasonable prices. But if that cut in price means: sloppy customer service, quality control, and the unwillingness to acknowledge and remedy a design that clearly has what should be an unacceptable number of failures - then I will not consider that company in future purchases. And I buy/collect (relatively) expensive lights regularly.Update 12/17/2020: Well, I’ve owned the light for slightly over a year now. That means I’ve owned a dead light for about 11 months. It’s still dead, and I’ve still had no further contact from Thrunite and obviously no replacement. My decision (and the reasoning behind it - see above) to not contact the company again remains. It appears we are at a stalemate. They got my $50(ish) dollars. I got a month’s worth of working flashlight, and a broken pledge to send a replacement. I now view it as my divorce settlement with Thrunite. If you’re looking for a Christmas present...I would keep looking. Probably Olight or Fenix. Either way, Merry Christmas. Yes, that includes you as well, Thrunite.