Originally Posted by
JinbaIttai
I think you have a dud. Or maybe a crappy battery. Never tried a TR-801, but it sounds very similar to a Fenix L2D Q5, which I do have.
My P7 (
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.15691) blows away my Fenix.
Now that I look I see the TR-801 uses an 18650, unlike the Fenix using two AAs, so it's not an equal comparison. Well, similar.
TR-801 is comparable to L2D. I have both, TR-801 is maybe 20 lumens brighter and more throw-ey, but it is less than half the output of either of my 5-mode P7s.
The L2D is pretty floody, in fact my P7s out-throw it slightly (and my P7s are really floody). The TR-801 is better as a helmet light than the L2D as the spot is a little more intense.