Lurveleven
Flashlight Enthusiast
Funny you mention user programmable.
A hint of what to come? Is this in the pipeline or under development?
Funny you mention user programmable.
A hint of what to come? Is this in the pipeline or under development?
One of the main reasons I've shifted away from LED's is just as you say, the bright is just to stinking bright. The E2D (excellent product, for sure) seems ridiculous, this is essentially that with a different UI in a shorter form. These are tactical lights though, just as Surefires always have been. I would bet for an operator the mode spacing is excellent; from read a map up close to blind a perp bright. Yeager's light seems to be better suited to split duty between EDCers and armed professionals. It's unlikely they'll make a single-cell length version though.
::shrug:: depends on intended use, market, and what EDC means to you. I will say, these lights are designed specifically for people that carry a gun as part of their day to day life, and specifically for managing unknown contacts (as discussed in the EDCL-2T thread). They'll keep improving, and overall I'm happy with the new stuff we've got on the way.
At all the EDCL1 is noting really new, but after SF shrinked the flashlight lineup ~2 years (?) ago it is good to see they remmber their roots. :thumbsup:
Funny you mention user programmable.
so we finally would see this,,, WOW it's only been 6 years (2012 Catalog) since this was "promised"
LX2 Ultra , EB1, UM2 Ultra, ZM2 , DM2 ect... ect
Quote : "All SureFire flashlights are pre-programmed to optimize output and runtime for specific applications fromcombat to police work (both tactical and administrative) as well as outdoor and everyday-carry uses. New
for 2012, any SureFire light identified by a "programmable" icon can now be custom programmed by the user
via a new SF programming dongle that's easy to use. You set the precise output/runtime balance that's right
for you. Just connect the dongle to your computer via its USB port, set the output levels using the software,
and then position your light—bezel down—on top of it to complete user programming. Light from the dongle
will literally flash into the flashlight's optic and re-program the output levels to the parameters you defined."
This right here!::shrug:: depends on intended use, market, and what EDC means to you. I will say, these lights are designed specifically for people that carry a gun as part of their day to day life, and specifically for managing unknown contacts (as discussed in the EDCL-2T thread). They'll keep improving, and overall I'm happy with the new stuff we've got on the way.
Backorders will mostly be filled by the end of this week, with the rest by the end of this month.
so we finally would see this,,, WOW it's only been 6 years (2012 Catalog) since this was "promised"
LX2 Ultra , EB1, UM2 Ultra, ZM2 , DM2 ect... ect
Quote : "All SureFire flashlights are pre-programmed to optimize output and runtime for specific applications fromcombat to police work (both tactical and administrative) as well as outdoor and everyday-carry uses. New
for 2012, any SureFire light identified by a "programmable" icon can now be custom programmed by the user
via a new SF programming dongle that's easy to use. You set the precise output/runtime balance that's right
for you. Just connect the dongle to your computer via its USB port, set the output levels using the software,
and then position your light—bezel down—on top of it to complete user programming. Light from the dongle
will literally flash into the flashlight's optic and re-program the output levels to the parameters you defined."