Blast from the past - FL7 and FL10

[VegasF6]

These are some of my very first lights, had them for years now. I have had to rebuild one of the battery packs, I think it was the FL7 I don't recall. A search through the archives found very little information from 2003, I was wondering in these more modern times what could I do with these things? Either LED or xenon bulb upgrade.

Any ideas, or even replacement bulbs at least as good as stock?

Thanks!
VegasF6

 

[EssLight]

What are the FL7 and FL10? What company made them? Voltage, bulb type? Pictures would help.

 

[Illum]

I'm thinking Lumaray...but can't be sure

 

[250Brider]

They were marketed by Smith and Wesson, made by ? I have heard Bell sports was a distributor but who knows. I have a new FL10 battery stick and a good charger but my complete light has gone missing Dammit I loved that light! If anyone has a good head for an FL10 I would like to buy it.

 

[VegasF6]

Bah, I just lost a big long reply to this.
To summarize, yes, smith and wesson, 3 and 4 cell sub c packs. Cradle type charger. T1.5 bulbs, glued into reflector. I popped the bulb in my FL7 trying to run it off the FL10, so now I chipped it out and am going to try a streamlight strion bulb. It is either that or the poly stinger bulb, read the strion may look better.

Would probably make a nice host for a LED mod if I knew what I was doing, but space is somewhat limited. 1 inch body, head tapers from 1 inch to roughly 1.75 inches.

 

[EvilLithiumMan]

Bah, I just lost a big long reply to this.

Been there. Done that. I now do my posts in Notepad and then copy & paste. Saves a lot of aggrevation.

FL7 is three cells, FL10 is five cells. (3.6v and 5.0v nominal rating) Threads on the FL10 were left handed, to prevent screwing a FL7 head on a FL10 body. But yes, if you disassembled the head and swapped reflector assemblies, you could run the 3.6v lamp on 5.0v for up to what, 3ms?

The FL was not a successful item. I bought a pair of FL10s about three years ago when both models were being dumped by someone at a huge discount. They both still run fine. I liked that they used NiMh cells. Also kind of neat having a light with the S&W logo. Almost wish now I had got the FL7 as well. Although not really much of a collectable item now, I guess they could become so.