Recently ive bought another E2e
Its believed to be the latest and final batch of E2e series since SF officially discontinue them in June-July and the battery inside rated at B.B. 2021-05
Lets review it now
1. Body construction
This HA layer of the newer one is really thick i can say, even tougher than C2-HA as you can see its almost black instead of OD
the texture is a bit "resistance", not as smooth as my C2-HAOD and E2e-SG, i can say its a newer version of HAing, like UB3T
Notches are more "pointy" so that it wont slip easily, again, its pointer than my E2e-SG
Another major change is that the surefire logo is a new one, same as the one on UB3T, the dealer says this is a newer version
The new(black) one has much thicker words while my SG one has thin one.
2. Tailcap
The tailcap hasnt changed since the last one, my SG one has an older one as mine was a older version but ive got a replacement from them
Version of LOTC is same as present one, When viewed horizontally, the new(present) TC has a fatter and shorter boot
Again, the engraving only says:
www.surefire.com for both version
3. Bezel
My old(SG) E2e has a beam artifact, where you can barely see it on the photo, it has a green diffraction, unseen on the new one
Unphotoed: the new one has a smaller spill than old one but its not significant, the radius is 1cm more about 1.5inches from the wall
AR coating: the new one has a green AR coating while old one has none, its also unphotoed
Tint difference for bezel ring and reflector-part is still here but not obvious, the bezel ring is darker than the reflector part
4. Other issue
The threads werent seemed to be well-lubed, the o-rings were dry and i must be xtremely careful when i take the Tc off
Ending:
i could say that SF improved their craftsmanship on this little light, maybe due to they are DCing it
This one is totally different from the older generation E2e-HA-OD, i dont know whether the older E2e-HA-OD has the same TC with my SG or not since i dont own em
But this one is really a great deal which i bought for $630 HKD (US$1 : 7.8)