Sgt. LED
Flashaholic
I love anglehead lights! Especially the Fulton. In my flashlight collection there will always be an A2, M6, my departed grandfather's Rayovac Sportsman 2C, and a Fulton anglehead.
I just had to make a thread about these nearly forgotten wonders.
Recently I dug out my old Fulton that I got when I was in the Army and decided I had to put it into service. It was never very impressive in it's original form honestly, the output is very ordinary. What it does have is a good tight spot with wide stock flood and an easily modded platform with an uber strong body! I have heard that some had bad switches but I have never experienced it personally, maybe I am just lucky. The momentary button is a neat touch but I hardly ever use it. I have knocked it around and it always comes back for more. I've had many lights but I would have to say that this is the light that got me used to EDC'ing a light in my adult years.
The shape is very utility oriented. It can fit into tight spaces and works fantastic clipped to your vest or belt lighting up your way. It tail stands and shoots over low obstacles like grass, will never roll away, and the flat clip on the back can keep it stable for ceiling bounce too. The switch is protected by ears so it's not coming on in your pack. The Fulton comes with colored lenses so you get an odd clear ringy diffusion, white, red, and blue all in the special tailcap compartment. Not only can you use the rear clip but it has a stowed away tailcap loop for hanging it too. Spare bulb space is in the tail that's convienent for bulb swaps and it's better protected than the mag's foam which gets brittle and disintigrates with age.
Modding it is fairly easy. You can use a 8AA to 2D adapter and using 7x NiMH cells and a dummy AA cell running a 6 cell bulb. I have my Fulton running right now on a 6 cell Xenon bulb powered by 7 2000maH Eneloops! There is also the regulated powerstick that gives you 3.6v for 5/12 hours and it comes with 2 Xenon bulbs that lets you choose the runtime. Most things you can do to a 2D Mag you can do here. You can fit a good number of reflector types/sizes in there. My stock metal reflector looks very very lightly stippled, I just wish I had a source of glass lenses for it! Battery options are all over the map! CR123's 4-8AA's 3/4thA's 3C's 2 D's and more.
LED mods are do-able too. Fulton has an LED model out now but I have not gotten to play with one yet. There isn't any way for heat to get out so you need a beefy heatsink. Wayne (ElectroLumens) makes a KILLER survival light giving you 100 lumens of Seoul beauty with a runtime of 24 hours to 50% from 2 plain D cells! I have one on order actually. Many CPF'ers have done LED mods and if you keep the output reasonable and the heatsink big the rest is easy. Because of the lack of a thermal path out of the body this is never going to be a screamer of an LED host but around 100 lumens is just fine.
Sure there are cooler, smaller, brighter lights but there really is something wonderful about the old anglehead. I just thought I'd throw this thread out to list everyone who likes the Fulton or any angle head and maybe compile a bunch of mods while we're at it.
:twothumbs
Anybody got pics?!
I just had to make a thread about these nearly forgotten wonders.
Recently I dug out my old Fulton that I got when I was in the Army and decided I had to put it into service. It was never very impressive in it's original form honestly, the output is very ordinary. What it does have is a good tight spot with wide stock flood and an easily modded platform with an uber strong body! I have heard that some had bad switches but I have never experienced it personally, maybe I am just lucky. The momentary button is a neat touch but I hardly ever use it. I have knocked it around and it always comes back for more. I've had many lights but I would have to say that this is the light that got me used to EDC'ing a light in my adult years.
The shape is very utility oriented. It can fit into tight spaces and works fantastic clipped to your vest or belt lighting up your way. It tail stands and shoots over low obstacles like grass, will never roll away, and the flat clip on the back can keep it stable for ceiling bounce too. The switch is protected by ears so it's not coming on in your pack. The Fulton comes with colored lenses so you get an odd clear ringy diffusion, white, red, and blue all in the special tailcap compartment. Not only can you use the rear clip but it has a stowed away tailcap loop for hanging it too. Spare bulb space is in the tail that's convienent for bulb swaps and it's better protected than the mag's foam which gets brittle and disintigrates with age.
Modding it is fairly easy. You can use a 8AA to 2D adapter and using 7x NiMH cells and a dummy AA cell running a 6 cell bulb. I have my Fulton running right now on a 6 cell Xenon bulb powered by 7 2000maH Eneloops! There is also the regulated powerstick that gives you 3.6v for 5/12 hours and it comes with 2 Xenon bulbs that lets you choose the runtime. Most things you can do to a 2D Mag you can do here. You can fit a good number of reflector types/sizes in there. My stock metal reflector looks very very lightly stippled, I just wish I had a source of glass lenses for it! Battery options are all over the map! CR123's 4-8AA's 3/4thA's 3C's 2 D's and more.
LED mods are do-able too. Fulton has an LED model out now but I have not gotten to play with one yet. There isn't any way for heat to get out so you need a beefy heatsink. Wayne (ElectroLumens) makes a KILLER survival light giving you 100 lumens of Seoul beauty with a runtime of 24 hours to 50% from 2 plain D cells! I have one on order actually. Many CPF'ers have done LED mods and if you keep the output reasonable and the heatsink big the rest is easy. Because of the lack of a thermal path out of the body this is never going to be a screamer of an LED host but around 100 lumens is just fine.
Sure there are cooler, smaller, brighter lights but there really is something wonderful about the old anglehead. I just thought I'd throw this thread out to list everyone who likes the Fulton or any angle head and maybe compile a bunch of mods while we're at it.
:twothumbs
Anybody got pics?!
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Thanks for the idea.
