You know, i kinda prefer the various UI that these brands (fenix, 4sevens, etc) offer over surefire

Ah yes..

This post has been edited by pseudoblue: Sep 10 2009, 06:54 PM

did u ask for the new warm white led for ur replacement P100A2 head

Opps, here's the picture of the broken P100A2 head.
The broken area is where the thread is, the "neck" of the light.
The moral of the story is: If you are angry at a person, throw the light at him, not to the floor

I own multiple Surefires (8 of them and two more coming) and I would second what polkiuj states below. I also own 2 Fenix lights, 3 Jetbeams, 1 Olight and 1 Nitecore with a Tiablo coming as well. I never regret spending on Surefires.

But take note, surefires are also NOT dive lights.
Some of them have unfortunately consistent bad tailswitches that leak.
Can't recall the name of some divelights but i'm sure a quick google will net u quite a few that's made specifically to withstand deep dives.

The pain of waiting for the Ti quarks is killing me...

Some dive lights that are on top of my head are Underwater Kinetics, or if you have the money Barbolight.

I'm also waiting for the Ti Quark, which would be my first light this year as I haven't been buying any new light lately. But < $100 for a Ti light is just irresistable.

Found some discussions for Dive lights from CPF. Pelican, wolf-eyes mentioned and one guy recommending Intova dive lights with a Cree LED which he has been using for a year. Well if Friedricetheman still looking for dive lights

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Added on September 11, 2009, 12:21 amHey btw, once all the Quark Ti arrives and distributed, want to have a Gathering?... Or earlier also can.

Would like to checkout some range of lights you guys have, and been playing around, modded and NEW ones. Would be cool to just chat and chill. I'm sure it'll benefit everyone and nothing's like real life BEAMSHOTS

I'm just suggesting and it'll would be awesome if a gathering like this can happen again.

This post has been edited by pseudoblue: Sep 11 2009, 12:21 AM

Most Surefire light's UI are simple and bombproof. E.g 6P, L1, etc. If your life depends on it and you are in the middle of a do or die mission, you don't wanna cycle thru modes. Then again, most of us are just normal folks. =D


I thought the moral is not to throw your light. xD


I'm dying too. xD You can organize one. =D We're mostly waiting for Philightsophy and Refnulf to get well. =)

Is there any Surefire lights which are reliable in terms of mid to high lumens and long burn time. I'm actually going to use it for a trip to the Taman Negara in Pahang. I'm looking at around 12 hours burn time so I think I might need a high intensity LED bulb. My Pelican Nemo has only 85 lumens, so not very good in misty and foggy enviroments. Any suggestions?

If you plan to use your light in foggy and misty areas, it's better to get an incan. But then again, incans only have an hour's runtime.

It would be kinda expensive to maintain but more appropriate for foggy areas.

Unless a neutral white LED may be a type to cinsider... Better runtime... I have nevver tried a neutral white in misty environments so i don really know... haha

I have tried my G2 in Genting and the beam just cuts through the mist!! Cool.. Whereas the beam of my G2L dispersed instantly

+1 on incan!

My 0.02 lumens:
- An LED lantern for chores - you can easily get 1 from GW2U
- An incan (Xenon) for scouting - Surefire G2/6P/G3/9P, available from Ace Hardware, if moola is no issue, go for M6!
- A Fenix TK40 (GW2U) or EagleTac M2XC4 Neutral (Philightsophy) or JetBeam M1X (nexro) for that extra coolness (or to show-off), longer runtime and signaling
- Keep your Nemo as backup

remember...
One is none.
Two is one.
Three is key.
Four is more.

Hi. Hope everyone's having a great time with their lights. Here're some of my lights when I'm not working and go night-cycling with the family

For my little girl


The wife's folding bike



And on my 13-year old MTB.

Philightsophy, how about getting Eagletac to make a bike mount for the M2X series. By the way, my T20C2 which lost the emitter dome is still alive and well after 2 weeks of constant use.

Suggestion:

For the price of the M6 from Ace Hardware (RM2k+??). You can get the EagleTac M2XC4 Neutral White (from Philightsophy) and get the JetBeam M1X (from Nexro). Those two lights reach 600-700 lumens max. You'll need lights that have different modes to preserve runtime. M2XC4 and M1X (with extender) runs on 2x 18650 batteries each. The neutral white on the Eagletac might be easier to see in fog/rain. The Jetbeam M1X has a cooler tint but it also has a tighter beam and it's a thrower light. You don't get as much of the beam bouncing through the fog compared with the Fenix TK40 (I have TK40 btw, loving it, it's more of a flood light, good thrower too). The user interface and handling for the M2XC4 and M1X will be a little confusing for a newbie handling such high powered lights! You'll get used to it.

Next, buy Ultrafire Li-ON charger Model WF-139 and 8x (or more) AW18650 Li-ON protected batteries from Gadgetworld2u, or whoever has. If you're gonna use more than 200+ lumens constantly, you'll need spare batteries.

To calculate your runtime configuration and how often you are using it in between your 12 hours required period, I suggest some research:
Jetbeam M1X review
EagleTac M2XC4 Cool White review (But get the neutral white)
Info from EagleTac website. See under specifications for runtimes and neutral white lumens.


Some additional info I feel people should know about their lights: Jetbeam M1X has no parisitic drain! But the EagleTac M2XC4 has a small amount in little miliamps.
Info here

Sorry if it's too much info and I don't know about surefire lights If you are new to Lithium ION batteries, I have info on that too! Care and maintenance.

where to get those bike mounts?

The one holding the Streamlight TL-3 made by joining two bicycle reflector mounts (sold in Tesco - two reflectors per pack) after removing the reflectors. The others are from Dealextreme.

Hi friedricetheman, is your trip to taman negara the regular tour trip or hard core trip ? 12 hours burn time is very long and i don't think any incan light can last that long.
I would go for a high intensity LED running on AAs as the workhorse and incan for backup. Batteries should be your bigger concern. You might want to look into headlight to keep your hands free for kepping mossies out of your face

If your trip is the regular tour trip, your Nemo should do fine. unless you're using this as an excuse to get new lights , then TK40 would be a sweet light to get

Hi eow1973,
That is a good suggestion to ET. I have other ideas for them to ponder too

Hi pseudoblue,
The EagleTac M2 models includes a clicky switch which enables users to cut off parasitic drain. The newer M2S has halved the parasitic drain when the light is in standby.
By the way, the parasitic drain is quite minor for the lights listed and I doubt it would affect the runtimes that much if you are hiking for 3-4 days. Either way, one should always bring along spare batteries and lights.

*Edited because the Jetbeam model shown is the RRT-1, not M1X. My mistake

This post has been edited by Philightsophy: Sep 11 2009, 09:36 PM

errr... actually there are... check out the MagLite 4D, 5D and 6D, and some Pelican's bigger brother.

With incan light, there's bulb fragility to worry about. Of course, this depends on the nature of the outdoor activities.

And I'm not sure how serious is he into this flashlight world, i.e should he buy some non-regular batteries and a charger or should he stick with AA/C/D batteries.

I personally recommend few of 2AA flashlights from Fenix/Quark/etc, with warm tint if he prefers and that should be sufficient. Normally, people who are into outdoor activities are very particular about weight, so no 6D or any other big light.

hahaha...
let's not start a LED vs Incan war here... else we will have 2 different threads like cpf >>> "The Bright Side V2 - LED" and ""The Bright Side V2 - Incandescent"
the MagLites posted above is not a recommendation, just wanna to share that such options are available should one wanted to explore the path... and not forgetting that customs are always available if one is bold enough to take the challenge
I think friedricetheman already has more or less an idea that a "high intensity LED" will work for him, the incan is just our recommendation of an alternative "misty and foggy environment" navigation tool as we found that incan works better in such environment.

This post has been edited by RookieDaddy: Sep 11 2009, 10:09 PM