Beautiful collection! All this time, and I didn't realize they made different models of the M6.
Let’s Talk Old Flashlights c. 2005-2015
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SCEMan
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Bingo!
AndyF
Flashlight Enthusiast
That is definitely acceptable. Nice light
Ray_of_Light
Flashlight Enthusiast
There's a few variations between bezel designs and logos.
Here's another flashback
NIP - red CMG Infinity
NIP - white CMG Infinity Ultra x2
Wht led CMG Infinity-M (HAIII)
Wht led green body Gerber
Wht led silver body Gerber
Not shown Red led CMG
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I'm not sure on when I purchased these, but I'm guessing maybe 2008-2010?
I really wanted to like them, from all the talk about them here
I carried them until I realized how much I hated the UI, and I do mean HATED
I could never get the correct amount of light I needed/wanted, when I needed/wanted it
So, after about 3 months of really, REALLY trying, these got retired, as has any desire to ever purchase another Novatac/HDS/ whatever their call them
I realize many folks here luv them, and I'm glad they are available to them, but for me, they're nothing more than a toy, with a ridiculous UI
I really wanted to like them, from all the talk about them here
I carried them until I realized how much I hated the UI, and I do mean HATED
I could never get the correct amount of light I needed/wanted, when I needed/wanted it
So, after about 3 months of really, REALLY trying, these got retired, as has any desire to ever purchase another Novatac/HDS/ whatever their call them
I realize many folks here luv them, and I'm glad they are available to them, but for me, they're nothing more than a toy, with a ridiculous UI
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I posted this picture in another thread, but I think it belongs here too. Two great Malkoffs.
Not at home, so pulling photos off my work computer
I "think" this was/is TNC. Running a Quad in it.
Oveready e-series triple head
Leef C-e body ~20-25 years old?
Leef C tail ~20-25 years old?
Some Moddoolar / torchlab / oveready that have since gone onto others
And other Oveready goodies - some of these I still have (lots of 6P stuff)
And an old school McGizmo, this one's rocking a triple. Conversion by DatiLED (about a decade ago!) and it's the "same" triple as Oveready used.
The 2 Oveready 6P with Extenders (Cerakoted) are sort of for sale. The GITD one goes first, I may want to old onto the orange, but presumably I could be convinced to sell it. They are/were both in the classifieds.
Got a pile of older stuff at home...
I "think" this was/is TNC. Running a Quad in it.
Oveready e-series triple head
Leef C-e body ~20-25 years old?
Leef C tail ~20-25 years old?
Some Moddoolar / torchlab / oveready that have since gone onto others
And other Oveready goodies - some of these I still have (lots of 6P stuff)
And an old school McGizmo, this one's rocking a triple. Conversion by DatiLED (about a decade ago!) and it's the "same" triple as Oveready used.
The 2 Oveready 6P with Extenders (Cerakoted) are sort of for sale. The GITD one goes first, I may want to old onto the orange, but presumably I could be convinced to sell it. They are/were both in the classifieds.
Got a pile of older stuff at home...
I still have a few goodies from the classic days. I even use some of them regularly:
Petzl Head Lamp (my first LED light)
DST TLR Ti (new in the box, versus the modded one I still carry in rotation today)
IlluminaTi AAA
Preon Revo Stainless AAA
Maratac AAA
Eagletac D25A Ti (before they were Eagtac)
Sunwayman V10R Ti with AA extender (still my primary bedside light)
Fenix LD15
Pelican Mitylite AAA
Surefire Sidekick
Not sure where the Mini Mags are....another box somewhere.
Petzl Head Lamp (my first LED light)
DST TLR Ti (new in the box, versus the modded one I still carry in rotation today)
IlluminaTi AAA
Preon Revo Stainless AAA
Maratac AAA
Eagletac D25A Ti (before they were Eagtac)
Sunwayman V10R Ti with AA extender (still my primary bedside light)
Fenix LD15
Pelican Mitylite AAA
Surefire Sidekick
Not sure where the Mini Mags are....another box somewhere.
JediNight
Newly Enlightened
Boy, do I ever REGRET selling this setup 
My U60 GT with a Peu Bezel, Ti clip and green trits.
My U60 GT with a Peu Bezel, Ti clip and green trits.
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I somehow missed this post...I've configured my novas differently...the edc one defaults to about 5ish lumens, with a double click of 40ish lumens, a hold of 250ish lumens, and a triple click of about 0.5 lumens, and has a flush button.
The more "rapid response" nova defaults to 50(or 120 depending)ish lumens, double click to about 5ish lumens, a hold of about 350 lumens, and a triple click of about 0.5 lumen, has a tactical raised button.
My third one has yet to be modded, but I'm likely to try and frankenstein some Anduril 2 build into it.
Granted, the two active Novatacs are modded, the EDC with an older high CRI 3500kish osram square, and the "RR" one with a Nichia 519 A in 4000k, perhaps that might fix the issue? Whatever light I use, I know precisely what lumens I'm expecting to come out of it, and at any given time I'm carrying at least 2 lights for redundancy...
If the real issue is the lack of ease of access to specific modes, I feel you...I typically carry the more tactical one, which defaults to 50 or 120 lumens, simply because if I really need low light, I will push it into my chest, click it on, then double click or triple click accordingly before shining the light on anything.
**incidentally, I'm doing a runtime test with a cr123 on my "edc" one on the 40ish lumen setting as we speak...so far, a little over 4 hours in, and it hasn't dimmed much, if at all. I am also periodically bumping it with a button hold, so maybe thats keeping it from going down too much. It still does go to max with a hold though.
6 hours in and it was still holding at or near 40 lumens, test terminated due to scheduling issues. I will resume the test shortly, taking into account that the cell has "rested"
***Another 2 hours in, and it's holding somewhere around 25 lumens, but bumping it up to max for a second seems to reset it back to 40ish lumens. It's still going. Also, the max is a perceptibly dimmer than on a full cell, but still plenty bright for tac illumination, looks to be about 180ish lumens or so vs the 250-300 it normally is
****10/23/2025 just concluded a back to back runtime test using 920mAh orbtronics, about 3 hours on about 100-130 lumens. Then it tanked to about 8 lumens for a few minutes, i terminated the test, cells were around 2.8V. Right around LVP
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Christoph
Flashlight Enthusiast
I carried this light in Iraq way back in 2006!
SCEMan
Flashlight Enthusiast
One of my favs from around 2005.
6 LEDs and 1 Incandescent bulb.
Still looks & works like new.
6 LEDs and 1 Incandescent bulb.
Still looks & works like new.
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hsa
Flashlight Enthusiast
That's fancy. Love the side switch.
Kitchen Panda
Enlightened
Any flashlight is a keychain flashlight. Here's my 15-year-old TK70 which still puts out a lot of lumens (if I have four charged D size NiMh for it)
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