KL3 -> KX3?

[RyanA]

Any chance we'll be seeing a new cree based KL3 (KX3 I guess)?

Your thoughts?

Any secret (or un-secret - fine as well) rumors spreading about?

 

[Size15's]

The KL3 gives users the option of a long runtime (low output) LED bezel for the standard body models (6P/G2/C2 etc). It is an alternative to the KL5 bezel.

SureFire have shelved the KX5 (replacement for the KL5) and released an updated version of the KL5 - the KL5A as an interim measure.

SureFire have not even hinted at a KX3. They haven't updated the KL3 (to become the KL3A).

The question is whether there is a need for a current long runtime, low output LED bezel for the G2/6P, and if there is, whether SureFire should consider making an releasing one.

So we're looking at a bezel with an output less than the P60L and a much longer runtime.

Are we looking for a KX1/KX2 TIR optic type beam, or a reflector?

If we assume at "KX3" or "KL3A" will be priced the same as the KL3 then does this mean simply getting a whole E2L instead is an option?

Do we want to give SureFire more to do when they are busy preparing to release stuff we also want? (such as the UA2/UB2/P61L/KL9 etc)?

 

[monkeyboy]

I'd would be interested in such a bezel or even a long running version of the P60L dropin. Compared to the P60L, I would like:
1) Half the drive current, twice the runtime.
2) The same wide spillbeam
3) a much more floody hotspot

Unfortunately people seem to want lights that impress rather than ones that are actually useful so I'm not sure if this would sell very well. Although having said that, I can't wait for the KL9

 

[RyanA]

The KL3 gives users the option of a long runtime (low output) LED bezel for the standard body models (6P/G2/C2 etc). It is an alternative to the KL5 bezel.

SureFire have shelved the KX5 (replacement for the KL5) and released an updated version of the KL5 - the KL5A as an interim measure.

SureFire have not even hinted at a KX3. They haven't updated the KL3 (to become the KL3A).

The question is whether there is a need for a current long runtime, low output LED bezel for the G2/6P, and if there is, whether SureFire should consider making an releasing one.

So we're looking at a bezel with an output less than the P60L and a much longer runtime.

Are we looking for a KX1/KX2 TIR optic type beam, or a reflector?

If we assume at "KX3" or "KL3A" will be priced the same as the KL3 then does this mean simply getting a whole E2L instead is an option?

Do we want to give SureFire more to do when they are busy preparing to release stuff we also want? (such as the UA2/UB2/P61L/KL9 etc)?

Good points. Very good points, as always.

 

[BBL]

The KL3 is far too big - that makes it obsolete imho. A P60L lamp assembly would be the logical replacement. It would make sense, if surefire made a P60-style LA with extended runtime and lower output - like 30lm.

 

[RyanA]

Eh, I'll admit it, I'm a crackhead for lights with optics.