*NEW* Surefire Titan-A (1*AAA, 15/125 lumen)

[Noctiluco]

I don't get your statement. You found the light... As in walking the parking lot and found it on the ground? Or opened a drawer in your kitchen and found it there? Or found it on the SF Website?

That's the SF Titan Pink they had since the Breast Cancer Awareness month back a few months back.

?.Bill

I have found mine from over there were you found yours, at Surefire web. Not easy from Spain, so I'm happy.

 

[Swedpat]

I think I would like this light! The question is how scratch resistant is it.

 

[HistoryChannel]

I have found mine from over there were you found yours, at Surefire web. Not easy from Spain, so I'm happy.

Oh got it. Lol. Welcome to the Titan Pink club! I like the Titan A better so far than the Titan B because of the weight. The Titan A is so much lighter and easier to carry and use for me. The pink attracts attention.

 

[Noctiluco]

Oh got it. Lol. Welcome to the Titan Pink club! I like the Titan A better so far than the Titan B because of the weight. The Titan A is so much lighter and easier to carry and use for me. The pink attracts attention.

Agree, black anodized is very common (and resistant and elegant), but the pink surface is nice and scarce.

 

[Noctiluco]

Received my Titan Pink last 12-30-2015. Very nice, anodized with intense fuchsia that looks thick and very resistant; no problem regarding the centering of LED, O-ring or tube capacity to accommodate any battery. The light tint is between cold light and neutral, I think it's a nice 2B, + - 5500K, slightly greenish on low and pure white in high. high level is enaugh powerfull for Outdoor, and low for indoor indoors, it's a very good deal of levels. The light beam is impeccable, perfect, not too bubbler or too concentrated, I think it's the best I've seen.

Only one problem: The low level not entered at first. The threads came very lubricated with oil, the head of the flashlight turned very gently, but did not fit the low level except if you wait at least 10 seconds with the flashlight off. I cleaned several times the threads with tissues, but the problem is not resolved.


After three days, I returned to clean, viciously, insistently, the threads, until they were completely free of lubricating oil. Now the flashlight does not thread in a gentle way, but in a somewhat rough, but the problem of the low level has been resolved. Just twisty, low mode, another twisty, high, another twisty, low again. Now it works perfectly. ¡hears: I have had to clean the threads with great fury!

Some pics:

The purple conexion:

Left, Titan Pink; right, XP-G2 2B:

Left, Titan pink; right, XP-G2 3D:

Comparison of beams and tints (not power, because the batterys aren't equivalents). Left, Titan Pink; midle, LD01 SS XP-G; right, Maratac Rev3 XP-G2

 

[warpdrive]

I remembered that I had an old SureFire L4 buried somewhere in one of the drawers on the nightstand. After reading your post I pulled it out and yes, the tiny Titan-A has a very similar floody beam. Also, the runtime performance and output of the SF L4 on two CR123A's is comparable to that of the Titan-A on high mode on the NiMH AAA cell.

These lights have different form factors, prices and target markets of course. I wax nostalgic for the classic SF CNC knurling as I hold the L4 in my hand for the first time in a couple of years...

My first Surefire love was the L4 with the original LuxV emitter....60 lumens before it dropped out of regulation at 1:15 hours. To think that my Titan Plus can do medium for 1 hour at around the same output on an alkaline or 2 hours on NiMH with the same kind of beam is pretty amazing how far we've come

It brings me full circle to get the Titan which is effectively the L4 on a keychain.

 

[Kestrel]

Nice pics and mini-review, Noctiluco. :thumbsup:

 

[RobertM]

So, are we past most issues now? Where are we at with new lights and the mode switching and battery fit issues?

I have a Titan-B that (SN 07xxx), so far, is great. Just curious about the Titan-A. Can any recent purchasers weigh in?

Robert

 

[the0dore3524]

So, are we past most issues now? Where are we at with new lights and the mode switching and battery fit issues?

I have a Titan-B that (SN 07xxx), so far, is great. Just curious about the Titan-A. Can any recent purchasers weigh in?

Robert

My Titan flickers frequently when I'm changing modes. It doesn't happen as much when I give it a sharp, complete turn, but it happens especially when I'm turning with one hand. I think it's because the inside is making partial contact with the battery as I turn slower with one hand.

Edit: I received it just a couple days ago, model #A15649.

 

[the0dore3524]

Also, sometimes when I turn it on to high, turn it off, then on again it'll come back on to high. I have to wait at least 3 or 4 seconds to turn it back on to low. I don't think that's how it's supposed to be, but I could be mistaken...

 

[Vox Clamatis in Deserto]

Yep, the Titan-A is a great light as long as you don't need it to change modes reliably. :shakehead

I'd still love to see an AA variant.

 

[SVT-ROY]

You will eliminate the mode change issues with a clicky

 

[the0dore3524]

Yep, the Titan-A is a great light as long as you don't need it to change modes reliably. :shakehead

I'd still love to see an AA variant.

Me too! Surefire AA w/click

 

[the0dore3524]

Well, all I can say is that I am VERY dissapointed with my Titan A as of now. It already had some mode switching issues, but just today I dropped it from about 2 and a half feet (no joke!) onto concrete. Everything looked fine, but upon closer examination, the modes are all screwed up again...in fact it no longer has high mode! The only thing that it will turn on to is low now. I tried changing the battery, turning it more tightly, etc. Nothing has worked thus far. Any advice? Very dissapointing as my other Surefires have been excellent...

 

[archimedes]

Call SureFire customer service ?

 

[the0dore3524]

Call SureFire customer service ?

I hope this is covered under warranty, because there's no way this can count as "abuse". It's still an inherent defect if it was dropped from less than 3 ft. and started having issues, right?

 

[archimedes]

Let us know ....

 

[newbie66]

Ouch. I dropped mine between 4-5 feet several times before and it's still working fine. You probably got a bad one.

 

[SVT-ROY]

Just dropped mine on the head from 4ft and all is well.

 

[marinemaster]

Had mine for a couple of months works great no issues.