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Posted: 11/22/2005 5:28:55 AM EDT
I like their lights.  Unfortunatly, even for some of their larger and multicell lights battery life is only 20-60 minutes depending on the bulb used. Do they have any lights that last longer? I know the batteries are cheap but still... Thinking about trying to fit a resistor in there to tune down some of the light output and extend battery life. -Foxxz |
Look at the LED lights The L1 has a longer run time. ETA" The L1 produces useable light for up to 90 hours on the low-beam setting; high-beam runtime exceeds four hours. |
Batts are cheap, but if you MUST go with an LED, then look at the Gladius (as it has the most throw of ANY LED on the market). C4 |
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With surefire lights, you are getting a specific set of options typically. You are trading throw for a smooth beam, and high intensity over runtime. Their main market isn't exactly for an everyday long runtime light, especially at those output levels. Surefire does have a few lights with longer runtimes: The KL1 and KL3 LED heads give a moderate amount of light for a long duration. The E2e/E2o lights have the option of an extended runtime lamp, the MN02, that gives you about 2.5 hours of rumtime. The A2 also gives you the option of a long runtime set of LED's. The resistor option isn't always the nicest, you get a really weird looking yellow beam. Some people mention it might reduce lamp life, who knows. For getting more runtime, LED is really the way to go. A variable power LED makes a huge improvement on battery life and is very effecient at low output levels. I found that I seem to change cells less often in the gladius, mostly as I get to adjust the light to what level I want, within the limits of the lights range. |
+1 for the Gladius. I purchased a Gladius yesterday and just love it. __________________________________________________________________________________ As my wife Cathy puts it so eloquently, if you beg for permission to do something it’s already your right to do, you deserve to be told, “No.” — L. Neil Smith, Lever Action: Essays on Liberty (2001) |
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