Surefire E2E and Outdoorsman

[stuart]

Louis got it right. Going from distant memory but I think the ribbed head was my first e2 upgrade. Want to say it was either 17 or 25 lumens. The head on the outdoorsman looks to have a domed lense, if so I think it was the ribbed heads replacement and may have been around 40 lumens. I remember they both had an extremely purplish tint.

 

[stuart]

Also, had an outdoorsman with the bezel up long clip. That one was the first 2 stage. I think it was 60 high 3 low. I miss my flat sided e2 as well. My first surefire back around 2003. Kind of glad I sold it to avoid any deep emotional attachments in case something happens to it. Its hard enough as it is to part with lights even without the attachment.

 

[thermal guy]

And at the time we're state of art. Just incredible where we are now.

 

[stuart]

correction, I said louis, I meant louie.

 

[stuart]

And at the time we're state of art. Just incredible where we are now.

Exactly. I remember thinking, wow, Im going from 60 lumens incan to 20 lumens led, but no bulb to replace AND it runs for 4 HOURS!!!

 

[peter yetman]

I dearly miss my incandescent E2e. I quite literally bonded with it when I landed on it after being thrown from a moving car. Good times.

I hope it wasn't like in Parenthood where the guy get's thrown out of a car and the dad says "Who did that?", he says"Friends" and the dad says 'Friends normally stop"
Tom Hulce and Jason Robards, I think.
P

 

[thermal guy]

Lol I remember that. Friends slow down they even stop. 😂😂

 

[peter yetman]

That's the one.
P

 

[Modernflame]

I hope it wasn't like in Parenthood..
P

Very close except that it was a Mustang convertible going faster. The road subtracted quite a lot of skin from me but only a little anodizing from the flashlight. The bulb didn't even break. They built them right in those days. As much as I miss that light, I don't recall what became of it. I sold a number of SFs circa 2009, so maybe it was among them. Anyways, I remember it fondly.

Threads like this one crop up from time to time. My advice is always to keep your vintage Surefires, especially the incandescent ones. If I had one today, it might displace anything else in my pocket, at least for a while.

 

[thermal guy]

I absolutely understand what you mean about getting attached to a certain light. I had a A2 god, 15 years ago. Loved that thing. Went on a lot of ghost hunts with me. Sold it for some stupid reason and a few years back decided I better get another one. It was identical in every way. But it wasn't the same. I never got the same feel with it that I got when I used my old one. Sounds crazy but never use it.

 

[kelmo]

Welcome to CPF!

The lights are worth $10. I'll give you you $20! Just kidding.

kelmo

 

[louie]

My owners manuals for 4-rib KL1s show a graph of a whopping 17 lumens output. Later catalogs for no-rib KL1s state 30 lumens output, and I think they changed to SSC LEDs.