SureFire M6 rechargeable options – SHOOTOUT (Part 2)

[325addict]

exactly the same here. I have several LF-lamps, none of them gives problems and/or is black. They are just extremely bright and white and they ALL throw like crazy

But, back on topic: I always wondered why LF only had ONE lamp for the M6... but when you look better, this is not true

The M3T shares the same head with the M6, so the HO-M3T and EO-M3T also fit

I pulled the trigger on the HO-M3T. This one draws 2.0 Amps, and has been designed for 2X 3.7V rechargeable Li-ion cells... that's 2X 18650 in a Mdocod-holder

I installed the lamp and two 18650s, turned it on and.... simply amazing!
According to DM51, Lumens Factory lamps are known for their throw, and this one is, again, no exception

The combination of this extremely good throw and relatively moderate current draw make it to my favorite lamp on two cells at once.
Seeing is believing.

I think, I should buy another, just in case this one pops... I don't want to be without one
(just the same with that high output lamp for the E1E on 3.7V... I bought a second as a spare. This lamp just breathes new life into that E1E, because finally it has guilt-free Lumens too!)

Timmo.

[Illum]

But, back on topic: I always wondered why LF only had ONE lamp for the M6... but when you look better, this is not true

the other lamps were designed for the M3, therefore excluded from operation as an M6 option for this review, but yes its an astutute argument

With that in mind, David how about you do an add on with the new LF-IMR-M6 lamp?
the runtime of about 15min is going to look very very bad on the comparisons, but for LF to produce a lamp of this caliber there must be something inherently unique about it.
I speculate that, at 3.7 amps it'll resemble the same profile as the WA1111 and might rival the WA1185

[Outdoors Fanatic]

Well, if you don't mind blowing $33 for every few seconds of runtime...

Not to mention blowing a $120 KT Turbohead or a $195 Millennium Turbohead.

[grayhighh]

OMG!!! This thread is awesome .

[run4jc]

OMG!!! This thread is awesome .

+1 - and it's pushing me towards an M6!!!

[Solscud007]

cmon, you know you want it. everyone else has one. You should too haha Peer pressure and drug dealer tactics!!!

[IcantC]

Anyone still able to find the HO-M6R anywhere?

Ps one of my all time fav threads!

Nothing beats the M6 incan IMHO.

[phoenix1]

Is this the one we want now? Seraph XM-L M Series Turbo Head. It has the new emitter and looks pretty good.

[Patriot]

DM, sort of off topic with regards to the shootout but having viewed your thread pictures again it kind of looks like you have at least two M6's with a slab side and no laser etching on them. I bit hard to tell since you've got a clear identifying label with white lettering over the spot where the laser etching would normally be, but it's my understanding that there were very few M6's made with a plain, un-etched side. I found one a couple of years ago and still own it and it was the first I had ever seen outside of a SF catalog. Just curious if my eyes deceive me.

[Greenbean]

I just want to say Thank You again, to the OPs, DM51 and adamlau

Yes I am resurrecting this, I love the M6 and the many of you who tested and played and
made things so we could have rechargeable options, It's because of this thread I still have my
M6 and run a FM Bi-Pin holder in a 3x17670 holder, Love this light....
I am saving to get the PhD-M6, lol... but alas that would help me "HAVE" to purchase another M6, hehehe

And because of this thread I recently got a hold of an M4 to run another FM Bi-Pin on 2x17670
to power a WA1111,

Long live the Icans!!!

[Brigadier]

Just ordered an PhD-M6, a LF HO-M3T and 6 AW17670's. New life for the old M6.

[Brigadier]

Received the PhD-M6 yesterday. It is an impressive piece. Very high quality design and build. And the LF HO-M3T - very impressive. Set the Phd DIP switches to 7.5V, and it produces a very nice, tight beam, much better than the MN20/21, and throws much farther. And the color - I have never seen such a pure white incan. I am looking forward to the next Seattle GTG to show this bad boy off.

Hats off to Will and all involved in the design and manufacture of a wonderful piece of kit.