This is a review and demonstration of the Thrunite TN 12 handheld flashlight that you see here. The
power switch is in the tip. It's that large button, and it's very easy to push. The silver
button on the top is what you use to cycle through the five light levels. There are five levels:
Firefly Mode which is really dim, Low, Medium, High, and Turbo. I will post in the video's
description how many lumens each of those levels put out. There's the the front of the light with
the lens and the LED. I'm about to hike back through this really remote canyon here to an
abandoned mine. I have to tell you there's a storm raging outside. The winds are around 40 to
50 miles an hour, and it's extremely dark. There are no lights back here, so I'll be using this
Thrunite TN 12 for my illumination so you can see how it works. I won't be able to talk that much
in the video because the wind is going to drown out my voice. Let's get out of the car and start
heading back there to the abandoned mine. We'll take this light with us inside the mine as well.
That is the portal to the Waldeck Mine. I'm inside and the wind has subsided a
little bit. It's not raining, so I managed to stay dry of course. I'm inside this little
alcove. You come down this little inclined path to these big boulders that you have
to climb over. The tunnel is right behind me, so let's check it out. Let's get in here now.
Right now I have both of my helmet lights on, but as soon as I get in here I'm going to turn them
off and only use the Thrunite TN 12 handheld flashlight you see here. I'll show you how it
works. That is the only light that I'll use in this mine. It looks like right here on the right
is some gobbing that goes all the way down there. Right up there is a little bat that's sleeping. We
are headed this way, so I'm going to get down here and turn off my lights. Okay,
this is like a kind of a stope chamber going up, and the tunnel continues straight ahead. Let me
put the light on here -- the Thrunite light -- and I'm going to turn off my helmet lights. There's
one and there's two. Like I said, this light has five levels. I believe it's on Medium Mode right
now which is level three, so this would be High and this would be Turbo which is really bright.
This is Firefly Mode which is hardly anything, and then that would be Low and then Medium.
Medium Mode seems to be the best one -- it's not too bright and not too dim. Here is another shot
looking at that gobbing and then back at the way we came in which is right back there. So
let's keep going down here. We'll check out this mine and you'll see how this light performs. I'm
pretty impressed with it! It's pretty lightweight and throws out a nice beam on the Medium setting
which you can see. This Waldeck Mine -- oh, by the way I'm doing this all in one take with no
breaks in the video. I've had a lot of people ask me about that, and they want to know why I
do edited clips. So I'm doing this video -- that looks like a dead end there and a collapse -- I'm
doing this video all in one take with no stopping of the camera so you can see why I don't do long
videos like that because a lot of the footage is just me walking down tunnels, stumbling, tripping,
and trying to hold the camera straight and keeping the lights straight. It's a little too much. Up
here in the ceiling it looks like there's a vein right there. I don't know if that's a quartz vein
or not, but it looks like it stops right there. They stopped digging the stope right there and
went back into a tunnel that way. Let's keep going down here. Here is more gobbing on the left,
and the tunnel keeps going straight ahead. Yes, it's very hard to be constantly filming while
trying to walk through these these tunnels while stooped over and tripping on rocks. It's hard
to hold the camera steady and the light steady. That's why I don't do the long, continuous videos.
At least this way, however, you'll get to see how this light performs. There is a little bit of air
flow here, so there might be an opening up here to the outside or the bottom of a vertical shaft.
This mine dates back to the 1800s. It's over 150 years old and pretty old. Based on what little
research I did, it was a big gold producer back in the day. Somebody told me that these yellow rocks
you see in the tunnel (I don't know if that's coming out in the video) on the sides there,
but they say where there is yellow rock like that the gold isn't too far behind. I'm not sure if
that's sulphur or something, but if anybody knows leave a message in the comments. got a bat and let
me know. I know quartz is where gold is found but I'm not sure what yellow rock would have to
do with it. There is a lot of it right here in the overhead and in the arch and on the sides.
You can probably hear that airflow over the camera microphone. I think right here is the shaft on the
right. There is something coming down here. I keep hitting my head! So, yes, that looks like it goes
up into an upper area. Can you hear that airflow? This is looking back the way we came. We will
keep going this way. I'm not climbing up in there. We'll keep going down the main tunnel. You can see
more of that yellow rock. Looks like the tunnel is curving up here to the right a little bit, and I
see some timbering. Looks like a lot of timbering and an ore chute on the right. Okay. Wow! Oh,
Jesus! So that goes up into the stope, and you can see up there where my light is all of those
stacked boulders on that big round timber. All of that rock is apparently being supported by this
ceiling made out of wood and timbers, so there's a lot of weight on these boards! So we'll carefully
and quietly go through here, and you can see the tunnel continuing down there. There is another ore
chute like right here. That is breaking. That timber there is breaking. Wow! This is crazy!
That's just a dead end there. It doesn't go anywhere. Here's another big ore chute.
Here they used tree trunks up there instead of boards. That is really old-school! That tells
you this is a really old mine! I'm going to get past this ore chute. This is a really old mine.
Look at that! Look at all those rocks! That's insane! The tunnel continues down that way,
and it looks like there's a ladder here on the right going up into that stope.
Yes, that ladder is totally blocked. You can see the rocks that are resting on these timbers. There
are more of them! See? Right there on the side? Wow! That ladder is totally plugged
with boulders! There is more of the timbered ceiling. It stops right there. Looks like
there's a rope here somebody might have used. Yes, it goes up. Look from this angle -- you
can see that's how much rock is stacked above our heads and that section we just
came through right there. Somebody climbed up there with a rope into the stope. I'm not
doing that! That is looking back at the ceiling and where we came from which is that way. Yes,
that's pretty cool! I think the tunnel dead-ends right down there. Right here
is one of those insulators for the wiring -- the knob-and-tube wiring -- so let's head back out.
Sometimes we can see things on the way out that we missed coming in because we were facing the
wrong direction. Yes, this is crazy! All these timbers up there -- that's really dangerous!
We'll get through here as fast as we can and get out of here before this all comes down.
Here is that ore chute again.
I'm have to get past this chute. Wow! Crazy!
See how big these timbers are? Those cross timbers are about almost a foot
in diameter. They had to put big ones in here to hold up all of this rock. You
can see right here where some of these boards are bending. Do you hear that?
Sounds like.... Is that wind? I don't know if you can hear that on the camera.
Do you hear that? It stopped.
Well, I don't know what that is. That doesn't sound like wind. That's crazy! I don't know if
that's a bird or what. It almost sounds like snakes. Wow! I've heard some weird
stuff in mines but that is definitely creepy! I don't know what that is,
so let's get out of here and head back out to the portal. That was weird. I don't hear it.
Wow! That was strange. All right, so that's the Waldeck Mine's main haulage
tunnel and this is the Thrunite TN 12 flashlight review and demonstration.
I highly recommend this light. The only one improvement would be that it might
need a diffuser tip. See how it makes a white spot that washes everything out?
I think I keep hearing something. That was strange. I hear the air blowing here. Wow!
Anyway, this is a great light. Check the description for more details on the lumens
and a link to the Thrunite website and other links to Amazon if you want to get this light. It is a
really nice light. I'm highly recommending it. I'm getting out of here. You can you
really hear that airflow! I'm getting out of here and heading home. Okay, that's it.