Hey Surefire!,where's the new A2?

[Sgt. LED]

Also, what about an A-MT? You've all seen the E-MT, the A-MT could be downright stupid-simple - it doesn't need any smarts, just one resistor and a Rebel. After all, all of the regulation electronics is already present in the light. Just need to bridge it to the LED with the proper voltage -- does anyone know what the A2 runs at in regulation?

Mily is working at that now for me!

 

[mwaldron]

Perhaps if you're talking about the single cell Surefires that's near true, but two cell lights like the A2L would be significantly longer. The 60 lumen E2L is 11hrs. And even the latest L5 is 100 lumen for 5hrs advertised.

I suppose I was jaded by my L2. It doesn't perform nearly so well on high. Now that you point it out though it is an old Luxeon...

 

[GarageBoy]

Anyone just plain remove the LED ring?
Or how about 1x17670?

 

[zipplet]

Anyone just plain remove the LED ring?

Now what purpose would that serve?

 

[Bullzeyebill]

Now what purpose would that serve?

It extends battery life when running A2 incan lamp. Some people remove ring when they run RCR123's which is ok with the A2 circuit, but not that ok when running the ring.

Bill

 

[greenLED]

They overdrive and can degrade the LED ring, however.

Art, I belive this answers your question.

From what I've gathered, long-time users of R123's in the A2 haven't reported severe LED degradation (at least that I'm aware of).

 

[ampdude]

Aren't there enough LED lights out there already, that we need to ruin one of the best incans.


Art Vandelay, RCR's do overdrive the LED's quite a bit, but they are Nichias in the case of the newer ones and seem to be tolerant of high drive current.

I would guess the LED's are nearly twice as bright when I put RCR's in as they are when I use primaries.

 

[Chrontius]

Aren't there enough LED lights out there already, that we need to ruin one of the best incans.


Art Vandelay, RCR's do overdrive the LED's quite a bit, but they are Nichias in the case of the newer ones and seem to be tolerant of high drive current.

I would guess the LED's are nearly twice as bright when I put RCR's in as they are when I use primaries.

I suppose they have to be able to handle severely hot operating environments, operating in close proximity to - what, a 5 watt, 5000°k tungsten lamp?

 

[electromage]

It looks like the A2L is finally close to reality. I'm glad to see someone at SureFire felt the same way as a few of us. https://www.candlepowerforums.com/threads/219975

 

[Bullzeyebill]

I suppose they have to be able to handle severely hot operating environments, operating in close proximity to - what, a 5 watt, 5000°k tungsten lamp?

I think tungsten melts at about 3600K.

Bill

 

[Art Vandelay]

Last call for Classic A2s.

 

[Tempest UK]

Last call for Classic A2s.

They'll be around for a good long while. I doubt SureFire will discontinue the A2 after the introduction of the A2L. At least not right away. Even if they do, the A2 has been such a popular light for so long on CPF that there's bound to be ample supply of them on the Marketplace.

Regards,
Tempest

 

[Outdoors Fanatic]

They'll be around for a good long while. I doubt SureFire will discontinue the A2 after the introduction of the A2L. At least not right away. Even if they do, the A2 has been such a popular light for so long on CPF that there's bound to be ample supply of them on the Marketplace.

Regards,
Tempest

Not to mention Ebay!!

 

[electromage]

I wouldn't worry about the A2 disappearing any time soon. It doesn't look like they have discontinued any incandescents in favor of their LED counterparts.

 

[Illum]

They'll be around for a good long while. I doubt SureFire will discontinue the A2 after the introduction of the A2L. At least not right away. Even if they do, the A2 has been such a popular light for so long on CPF that there's bound to be ample supply of them on the Marketplace.

Regards,
Tempest

the only things that can possibly go bad in the A2 is the tailcap and lamp...everything else, even if discontinued, should survive at least till my grandchildren is born