Surefire TITAN

This is my TITAN




The lux reading at 1meter is about 1112 lux, I estimated the total output should reach 80 lum in beginning.

5m beamshots, left to right: TITAN, 2007 INOVA T1, Surefire L4


10m beamshots, left to right: TITAN, 2007 INOVA T1, Surefire L4


Runtime, abound 1 hour regulation in max output, not bad, though surefire says 65 lum/2h.
**11/8 add panasonic CR2 runtime


In brief, this small beautiful light is very bright, tint is very white, beam is very smooth, the UI is perfect.
I am #0164, who is my neighbor :wave:

Updated information 11/2:
Forgot to mention this, TITAN seems has low battery indication, it will start flicking when lose regulation, if turning head to decrease the output when flicking, the lower light is stable.

Chao,

We are going to give this another go.

Everyone involved.. Lets not head down the same track as before. There is an appropriate place to post and a proper way to present it.
There is a lot of usefull information in the old thread. It will remain viewable but locked.

Lets give this another try and keep it civil. :thumbsup:


Please report trashing, baiting or trolling so that those problems may be removed from the thread and if necessary from CPF. The reviews forum is not the place for it.

Thanks for posting the great comparison pics. It's interesting to see Surefire produce a CR2 light after so many years of the CR123. It's neat though and I hope that Surefire makes more small lights in the future.

Chao,

Thanks for your review and beamshots of the Titan. I am new to "higher end" lights and have found your review threads very useful in deciding whether to get light or not. I especially like the way you set up your beamshots so that you can get a realistic picture of what each light is capable of. While I may never own a Titan I got my first SureFire a L1 Cree partly because of your review. Since then two more have followed a E1L cree and a 6PL, I am very happy with all three. So keep up the good work and thank you for taking the time for these reviews.

Hello Chao,

Thank you for another fair review with pictures, beam shots, and runtime.
These and the light specifications would give us enough data to draw our own conclusion.
Keep up the great work, as it is the stuff that makes CPF first-class, and encourage us to come back for more.

Chao said:

This is my TITAN

The lux reading at 1meter is about 1112 lux, I estimated the total output should reach 80 lum in beginning.

5m beamshots, left to right: TITAN, 2007 INOVA T1, Surefire L4

10m beamshots, left to right: TITAN, 2007 INOVA T1, Surefire L4

Runtime, about 1 hour regulation in max output, not bad, though surefire says 65 lum/2h.

In brief, this small beautiful light is very bright, tint is very white, beam is very smooth, the UI is perfect.
I am #0164, who is my neighbor :wave:

Updated information 11/2:
Forgot to mention this, TITAN seems has low battery indication, it will start flicking when lose regulation (after 60 min), if turning head to decrease the output when flicking, the lower light is stable.

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Can you compare the light output with some keychain 1AAA such as L0D Lightflux and Jet-u?

garfieldso said:

Can you compare the light output with some keychain 1AAA such as L0D Lightflux and Jet-u?

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Sure, but I only have L0DCE.


Left: L0DCE-high with fresh alkaline battery, Right: Titan-max

Excellent photos as usual. Have you tried a RCR2 yet? Do you plan on it?

Thanks.

Curtis

cue003 said:

Excellent photos as usual. Have you tried a RCR2 yet? Do you plan on it?

Thanks.

Curtis

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Thanks Curtis, and I do not have plan for try RCR2 so far:thinking:, although it is said and been tested RCR2 should be fine.

If you have a Titan please take a minute to post it here

This is a really nice light, but has two downsides.

It has a good size, but is a bit large for a CR2. It is the electronic control that pumps up the size.
I like lights really small.

Even more of a problem for me is the price!

But - People spend thousands on things like cabinet saws and bandsaws, lathes, digital cameras, etc.

Incidentally, I have a couple of Lux meters available to me, and neither gets as high readings as in the linky above on some of the same lights.

Chao said:

Sure, but I only have L0DCE.
Left: L0DCE-high with fresh alkaline battery, Right: Titan-max

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Do you have a lithium 3v AAA for the LODCE?

WadeF said:

Do you have a lithium 3v AAA for the LODCE?

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Do you mean 10440? I don't have that battery

Chao said:

Do you mean 10440? I don't have that battery

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Oops, I was thinking AA, not AAA. Yeah, that one.

WadeF said:

Do you have a lithium 3v AAA for the LODCE?

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I have the L0D CE, the output different between AAA Ni-HM and 10440 is not significant; but the in compare with Titan is dramatic.
As I know my L0D CE is using P4.

I also heard that the TITAN may not be in mass production yet. Surefire will push the HA version first in the market; anyone can verify it?

garfieldso said:

I also heard that the TITAN may not be in mass production yet. Surefire will push the HA version first in the market; anyone can verify it?

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Surefire shipped the first 300 to dealers only. The next shipment will go to individuals. If you really meant _mass_ production, there will only be 1000 TITANs produced. There are rumors of an aluminum version, but nothing verified.

is it got thermal issue? will get hot keep running at Max brightness?

yoyoteen said:

is it got thermal issue? will get hot keep running at Max brightness?

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In my felt, it just warm when keep running in max

sounds great, cant wait mine to arrived :devil:, thx Chao