Does Cabela's Beat Surefire to the A2 punch?

[Safari]

Re: Does Cabela\'s Beat Surefire to the A2 punch?

Ted D Bear,
Wow! I also need spec's on those streamlights, and where they available.

 

[Daniel Ramsey]

Re: Does Cabela\'s Beat Surefire to the A2 punch?

Safari check out other LED lights first, that SL looks pretty UN-unique /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/popcorn.gif
I just bought the Xenon/3+3 LED rechargeable flashlight from Cabelas, might make an interesting mod with some UV LEDs.

 

[Safari]

Re: Does Cabela\'s Beat Surefire to the A2 punch?

Dan,
I own a couple of SL's and they have been excellent for the cost, but I'm new to this level a flashlight mania. Could you explain why? Although I did order the Cabelas light with the 123 battery. One more thing, can any of these led hobbists mount a wolf-eyes style end switch/ led to a 1watt lux led on the end of a surefire E2e (just dreaming)

 

[NightStorm]

Re: Does Cabela\'s Beat Surefire to the A2 punch?

[ QUOTE ]
I noticed the SL Luxeon at the bottom uses 3-AA batteries, no regulation? Not very efficient IMHO /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbsdown.gif

[/ QUOTE ]

We could always sweet talk dat2zip into creating a 2-stage Wizard for one of these and have an A2 equivalent for less than half the price. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbsup.gif How's that for efficient? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Safari,

See the McGizmo link I posted, earlier in this thread.

Dan

 

[Safari]

Re: Does Cabela\'s Beat Surefire to the A2 punch?

PercaDan,
Checked out the McGizmo link, wow! I guess if they can grow a human ear on a mouse you mod guys should be able a 1watt led on a tail switch for a surefire E2e. Shouldn't be to big a challenge to all the talent I see around this fourm.I would buy one for up to $50.00

 

[bigcozy]

Re: Does Cabela\'s Beat Surefire to the A2 punch?

Wonder if you could put one of those SL heads on an E2 body?

 

[PJD]

Re: Does Cabela\'s Beat Surefire to the A2 punch?

I ordered one of the 1X123 cell lights from Cabela's yesterday. I sold my SF E1 to a fellow CPFer a while back, and other than my Arc LS1rev2, it was the only single 123 cell light I owned, and I've been looking for another one. Granted, it's listed size is only about half an inch shorter than the E2, but I figured that the option of LED's makes up for that. Anyway, my delivery is guaranteed NLT this Thursday, so when it gets here I'll post my impressions. Sorry...I don't have a digicam, so I won't be able to post pics, but I'll try to be as thorough as I can when I post my impressions /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/buttrock.gif...(I REALLY like that gremlin!!!)

PJD

 

[Quickbeam]

Re: Does Cabela\'s Beat Surefire to the A2 punch?

"light with a smaller lamp or led and a bright main lamp (which Surefire holds the patent on). "

Woah now, hang on a sec. Surefire patented having LEDs and incandescent in the same light? The Streamlight Cyclone and Trident have both bright main lamps and LEDs for low level lighting and have been around a lot longer than the (still non-existant) A2. Isn't a patent invalidated when another device with the same feature is shown to pre-exist? Or did I mis-interpret what Brock said... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif

 

[lemlux]

Re: Does Cabela\'s Beat Surefire to the A2 punch?

I think MagLight is famous for filing patents on applications of technology that they believe competitors are about to introduce. Mag is said to receive a lot of these patents that cloud the water and drain competitors' treasuries for legal expenses.

 

[Alan]

Re: Does Cabela\'s Beat Surefire to the A2 punch?

Depends on long ago Sure Fire has filed this patent. Duo headlamp has this design (a smaller lamp and a bright main lamp) years ago that might invalidate its patent.

Alan

 

[treek13]

Re: Does Cabela\'s Beat Surefire to the A2 punch?

According to the Streamlight brochure that Jeff(Mr. Ted Bear) posted, SL is using a "patented LED/xenon combination for super brightness and ultra-long runtime." So unless they are licensing this from SF (extremely doubtful), it would appear that they have a very different opinion about who holds the patent. Which brings up the question, what will this patent holder do about the A2?

Pat

 

[madecov]

Re: Does Cabela\'s Beat Surefire to the A2 punch?

Interesting flashlight.
Where can you get replacement bulbs ? I like to have at least one or two replacement bulbs for every flashlight I have.

 

[Daniel Ramsey]

Re: Does Cabela\'s Beat Surefire to the A2 punch?

It was just posted that the xenon bi-pin bulb from the Legend LX should fit, thats comparable to a SF P-60 in brightness.

 

[GJW]

Re: Does Cabela\'s Beat Surefire to the A2 punch?

There's a SureFire patent from May 2002 that's for:
"A flashlight having a flashlight head with two merged yet independent lamp/reflector systems, the head including a common reflector structure having two reflectors of differing light projecting characteristics, the two reflectors arranged side by side with a common boundary across part of the common reflector structure."

To me this sounds more like the 10X than the A2.

A different patent is from April 2000 for:
"A flashlight beam is cast with a first lamp and reflector assembly, an alternative second lamp and reflector assembly is substituted for that first lamp and reflector assembly and a second light beam of a different configuration is cast with that alternative second lamp and reflector assembly."

That doesn't sound like the A2 either.

 

[leddite]

Re: Does Cabela\'s Beat Surefire to the A2 punch?

sounds like a car head light. if my car is nothing more than a large
mobile flashlight, then it's prior art :>

[ QUOTE ]
GJW said:
The SureFire patent is from May 2002 and is for:
"A flashlight having a flashlight head with two merged yet independent lamp/reflector systems, the head including a common reflector structure having two reflectors of differing light projecting characteristics, the two reflectors arranged side by side with a common boundary across part of the common reflector structure."

To me this sounds more like the 10X than the A2.



[/ QUOTE ]

 

[GJW]

Re: Does Cabela\'s Beat Surefire to the A2 punch?

Streamlight has a patent from 1999 for:

"The invention is a multi-beam flashlight device with a high intensity lamp in a rotatable reflector housing at one end of the device, and a low intensity lamp positioned in the reflector housing to generate a low intensity light beam at an acute angle relative to the high intensity beam."

Sounds a lot like the SureFire 9N so far doesn't it?
/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

It goes on:
"Each lamp bulb is controlled individually by separate switches located on the case of the flashlight. A flat-sided ring member encircles the rotatable reflector housing to prevent the flashlight from rolling when placed on a surface. The low intensity lamp may be designed to produce a colored low intensity beam to reduce visual detection from a distance."

 

[Alan]

Re: Does Cabela\'s Beat Surefire to the A2 punch?

GJW, I think the patent you describe is for Syclone.

Alan

 

[arioch]

Re: Does Cabela\'s Beat Surefire to the A2 punch?

Anybody have info on those SL TaskLights? Namely, are they available yet? If so, where can I get my hands on one? The 3aa LS looks great! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ooo.gif And how come they aren't on the Streamlight website??? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif

 

[JohnK]

Re: Does Cabela\'s Beat Surefire to the A2 punch?

Mr Ted Bear-I can't access the photo link ???

Anybody help here.

 

[4x4Dragon]

Re: Does Cabela\'s Beat Surefire to the A2 punch?

[ QUOTE ]
arioch said:
Anybody have info on those SL TaskLights? Namely, are they available yet? If so, where can I get my hands on one? The 3aa LS looks great! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ooo.gif And how come they aren't on the Streamlight website??? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif

[/ QUOTE ]

I called Streamlight and they told me to call back in about 2 weeks to request a brochure/more information. the rep said they will be available around May of this year.

But for confirmation, they are coming out with them, i've confirmed that with Streamlight.