SureFire Dominator is coming

[Rich2250]

I used to be a complete surefire snob, but I'm beginning to expand my horizons a bit, but surefire completely changed the illumination industry, and I still love the quality and precision. They are soooo damn pretty.

 

[PocketRocket]

*Poof*

 

[tab665]

how much longer before the dominator can be called vaporware?

 

[PocketRocket]

*Poof*

 

[pjandyho]

I already consider a product vaporware once it has failed to make an appearance after two years of it first being introduced.

If it's finally released then good. If not then meh.

You mean 2 years have passed since the announcement of the Dominator by SF? OMG, how time flies...

 

[PocketRocket]

*Poof*

 

[pjandyho]

I have seen that video. My goodness! It's been two years! When is the dominator ever coming out?

 

[Phry]

So, Surefire announce a 2000 lumen light. Made from aluminium and with several modes and re-charging. Much like many others now long established.

Difference being, they want $2k for their version. Lupine charge only $780 for their 2600 lumen light, and they are tiny and lightweight, not this heavy monster SF are talking about.

Two years later, they have STILL NOT RELEASED the light!

Well done SF :shakehead

 

[MDJAK]

I think for a lot of people its like watches.

A Rolex might cost several thousand dollars, and yet the time it tells you might be the same as a $10 Timex....and people will say "Hey, I get get a watch that tells me the same time as that $2000 watch for only $10, WHY in the world would I spend $2k?

My Rolex costs 10k. (7k when I bought it) so it's gone up in price and I can sell it at a profit. But that's not why I bought it. I like it, plain and simple. And I totally get your point and agree with you. Heck, it doesn't even keep accurate time. It runs 2 mins slow every month or so. But I use my phone when I want accuracy anyway.

To each his own. If you got the scarole, more power to ya. Buy what you want. Life is not a rehearsal.

 

[PocketRocket]

*Poof*

 

[pjandyho]

Looking at how much they are pricing the UB3T, I would not be surprised at all if the Dominator's pricing is north of $1000. Damn pricey for me but I really wanted one. Have been eyeing and waiting for it since I first got to know about it.

 

[PocketRocket]

*Poof*

 

[pjandyho]

I bought mine at the launch price and a month later the price went down.

 

[fordmechanic]

The dominator and what looks to be an even brighter (4000 lumen)annihilator is in the 2013 catolog

 

[pjandyho]

The dominator and what looks to be an even brighter (4000 lumen)annihilator is in the 2013 catolog

I am not sure if the Annihilator would ever make it to production. According to Surefire in the SHOT Show videos, they claimed that the Annihilator is using a proprietary LED and many at the SHOT Show are complaining that it is very greenish. I believe that if the Annihilator is not garnering enough positive responses during the SHOT Show it would probably never make it into production. Of course, anything can happen.

 

[The_Driver]

I am not sure if the Annihilator would ever make it to production. According to Surefire in the SHOT Show videos, they claimed that the Annihilator is using a proprietary LED and many at the SHOT Show are complaining that it is very greenish. I believe that if the Annihilator is not garnering enough positive responses during the SHOT Show it would probably never make it into production. Of course, anything can happen.

It has a 1000 Lumen white led and 4000 Lumens from green leds. Of course it looks greenish when you turn those on

 

[fordmechanic]

It never made sence to me why they put it in their "new" catolog if their not even sure that its gonna be released. They did that to me a few years ago with the replacement for the U2.

 

[Phry]

It never made sence to me why they put it in their "new" catolog if their not even sure that its gonna be released. They did that to me a few years ago with the replacement for the U2.

Makes them seem like they are innovative when they are in fact mostly talk.

 

[Patriot]

I am not sure if the Annihilator would ever make it to production. According to Surefire in the SHOT Show videos, they claimed that the Annihilator is using a proprietary LED and many at the SHOT Show are complaining that it is very greenish. I believe that if the Annihilator is not garnering enough positive responses during the SHOT Show it would probably never make it into production. Of course, anything can happen.

It's a 1000L white but they're "marketing" the proprietary emitter as a tactical deterrent of some type, for military and LE. The green will be useless for most people's purposes but apparently it's the only color this particular LED is capable of producing at this time. There's a long discussion over in the spotlight section about the Annihilator, posted by a exuberant member who thought it would be the end all flashlight and death of HID and short-arc.

 

[pjandyho]

It has a 1000 Lumen white led and 4000 Lumens from green leds. Of course it looks greenish when you turn those on

It's a 1000L white but they're "marketing" the proprietary emitter as a tactical deterrent of some type, for military and LE. The green will be useless for most people's purposes but apparently it's the only color this particular LED is capable of producing at this time. There's a long discussion over in the spotlight section about the Annihilator, posted by a exuberant member who thought it would be the end all flashlight and death of HID and short-arc.

This is something new to me. I have no idea that the Annihilator actually uses two different LEDs. Honestly, when I heard that it is greenish I immediately lost interest in it. Maybe it might make it to production, maybe it might not, but I am quite sure it is going to be a long while before we see or hear anything from SF. Maybe by then manufacturing standards would have improved so much that the greenish LED would have been corrected for white? Who knows?