For people who watch these reviews regularly, youll notice first they havent gotten any
better, and also you may be familiar with flashlight maker Silent Thunder Ordnance.
Which is a Merica based company that build nsane modified lights and unique small production
original design flashlights.
They concentrate on beam intensity and throw over lumens usually that is well until now,
where they combine big lumens and big throw through flashlight magic, and maybe pig blood.
In fact, the Storm of Ra happens to have an important distinction among production flashlights.It's
actually throwier than the Thrunite TN42, and way brighter.
The BLF GT is coming out soon, so technically right now it's the throwiest production light
you can get your hands on.
The Storm features a large Partially 3D printed body, with an integrated handle, a very large
lens in front of a compound optic system.
It uses a Cree XHP 70.2 emitter, and it's operated off a 3 position toggle switch, which
is pretty cool, if you're into switches.
It features a cooling system with a fan and heatsink, so you can run it full chooch as
Silent Thunder Ordnance put it.
The light can be powered off 2 18650s or alternatively 20700s for maximum runtime and power.
The Storm is programmed with Guppy DRV Revision 2 software with a 6 volt low voltage protection
built in.
To non flashlight people that means it can be programmed simply with 1 mode or up to
7, modes with a few button clicks.
I have linked the page below that details all the options.
Anyway I chose easy 3 mode operation with Moonlight 30% and 100%.
So let's look at those with my figures on screen, and Silent Thunder Ordnances when
they've provided figures.
Moonlight... very usable and low.
30% still throwy with a bit of longer runtime.
Then 100%.
No turbo is on this light...
so that means the light drives the batteries as hard as the batteries will allow.
The beam pattern is unique because of the optics Silent Thunder Ordnance uses, it throws
well with very little spill, all the light in the beam.
But you can still easily see the ground in front of you and this particular version has
some translucent parts too.
I would almost describe it as a light projector more than a flashlight...
but that's my opinion.
Operation is super simple with it's 3 position switch.
Put in the batteries below, which are in series.
Remember 20 amp cells or higher.
Screw down the nut, flip it over and push the brass switch forward to turn it on.
The switch is 3 position, off, on, and mode toggle.
When the light is on click forward one more to switch modes, it springs back as you click
through modes.
I turned mode memory off and set it to start on low, with only 3 modes.
So it just scrolls through all modes from moonlight to 100% and it loops over and over.
I noticed the fan operates at higher levels, but not moonlight.
Smart.
Runtimes.
For this I used 2 20700 Efests.
You can also use 18650s in a pinch, but use cells rated for a 20 amp draw or more.
Unprotected and flattop is fine, the light has low voltage protection built in.
There are some Sanyo NCR 20700A cells that are really good, but they're hard to fine
right no.
Not to be confused with the NCR20700B cells which will not work.
Ill link batteries in the description.
First up is full chooch or 100%.
In the first minute we have a 7 ish drop that's 6000 to about 5500 lumens.
Turbo is direct drive, so the light dims as the batteries drain.
3 minutes in we're at 5100 ish lumens. 10 minutes in we've seen a 28% drop or we're
still putting out 4300 lumens.
And at about 14 minutes in it shuts off.
Putting out about 1000 lumens.
Yep folks that's it... about 15 solid minutes on turbo.
That's why you bought more cells.
This light is the real deal it drains batteries fast.
And it stays easily holdable the whole time cause the fan.
Ok let's do 30% mode.
After about 2 minutes we have a 6% drop...Or 1924 lumens to a little over 1800 lumens.
Again these are just estimates, and I'm just translating numbers I read to lumens figures.
Different batteries and conditions, or if you're a jerk or not will yield different
results.
10 minutes in we've lost 16% brightness or we're at 1614 lumens...
Then 30 minutes in we're at a little over 1300 lumens.
The dimming instensifies close to the hour mark and at 1 hour in we're at 800 and 30
ish lumens.
And he light cuts off with light at 1 hours in 10 minutes with about 300 lumens still
coming out.
Now the beamshots.
Here are the lights you'll see me compare the Storm of Ra to.
All of them are considered throwyish to very throwy.
A lot of different styles of light here.
First is the Storm, the throwiest light here, also a larger hotspot than the throwiest light
here, and it's very defined concentrating all those lumens in a hard cut of light.
Then we have the Acebeam K70, a much smaller hotspot, and very typical of a beam pattern
over 500,000 candela.
The Storm of Ra's beam pattern is atypical for such a thowy light.
I really like it.
It's a wow light, and fun to walk around with at night and point at things- if that's what
you do for fun.
Although it burns through those batteries quick.
Now the modified Brinyte B158 which is an asperic lens, so the closest sort of style
light to the Storm in this group because it uses a lens to throw the light far and not
a reflector.
Tiny hotspot closeup.
Now the Nitecore TM16GT a combination of throw and flood, and you can see it isn't a defined
hotspot quite like the Storm.
It's cool, but also not quite as bright overall as the storm.
Longer runtimes though because of less lumens and more batteries.
Logic Brah.
Then the least throwiest of all the lights the Convoy L6.
Good if you don't need a super throwy light.
Ok, lets throw in one big lumen light after Going to the Storm for a second.
The Storm is the brightest light in the whole section, again the caveat being that its all
in a large focused area, no other light comes close to having this many lumens in this high
a candela.
There is some tint shift across the beam, so people who endlessly scrutinize tint, well
this may not be the light for you.
The Noctagon Meteor here is about 1000 lumens more, but it scatters the light it actually
has optics too.
Technically the Meteor is the least throwiest now.
Ok so the storm of Ra is a pretty impressive light, none of my lights have such a concentrated,
large throwy hotspot...
My second throwiest light after the Lance of Ra, but that has a much less useful beam
pattern at closer range.
The storm is an excellent long range light.
It is not meant to be a rough and tumble light, as the heat sink is thin, to allow for more
surface area and more fins.
More cooling.
The exposed fan is not sharp so it's not dangerous, but grass and leaves get caught in it if you
set it down in tall grass.
On flat surfaces it's fine though.
It's very comfortable to hold and never really gets hot like many of the small lights do,
the cooling system works and is necessary to maintain brightness.
The switch up front is nice change up to a button and it makes the light very easy to
operate and changes modes.
I have a lot of lights now and this is definitely the coolest and fun to use.
I can't explain it other than it puts a smile on my face when i use it, as I say it out
loud it sounds creepy.
It can be ordered in much more opulent finishes, as this is the peaseants low end model.
Finished wood, and all kinds of bespoke options are available if you're rich or have bad spending
habits.
Contact Silent Thunder Ordnance to see what else they offer.
The 3D printed body here is still very sturdy, as it seems to have a solid frame under it,
its not a light flashlight, and doesnt feel cheap.
Its a durable composite material, and not thin.
Also I dont think this light is waterproof rated, so use it in dry conditions.
Everything about this light is different than any other, and if you like this review subscribe
to my channel, give the video a thumbs up, and leave a comment.
Unless you're that jerk who commented on my Lance of Ra video about how he could put three
lights together, to triple the candela, and it be better than that light.
Cool story.
Thanks for watching.