New Surefire in August?

[7k7k99]

Is there another SureFire LED due to be released in August?

Any details?

 

[elgarak]

Still scheduled, the LED version of the G2 and 6P. LApolicegear has them on pre-order.

 

[carrot]

80 lumens and some absurdly good runtime. Uses an SSC LED.

 

[Warp]

I like the way that looks.

I got on to research a replacement for my EDC Surefire G2. LED, bright, longer runtime....

What is the 'max output runtime' supposed to be?

We all know the 11 hours they claim is 'usable' output...how logn to expect closer to 80?

 

[carrot]

My WAG (wild a** guess) is 5 hours.

 

[lightr07]

Do we have any pictures of these? The one's on the LApolicegear website just seem to be "squished" version of the current G2 and 6P. Unless thats what they look like. If these do come out in August these could even push back my purchase of an E1L Cree, As i'm quite the fan of the G2 and 6P (even though they are older designs there still very good designs)

 

[elgarak]

Yes, externally they look like the usual G2 and 6P, as I understand it. It's some kind of drop-in module. Supposedly for sale without the bodies later on.

 

[mega_lumens]

Will this G2 have a pyrex lense or a plastic lense, also will it be able to run on rechargeables?

 

[Size15's]

Indeed the 6PL and G2L will have the P60L LED Lamp Assembly (SSC LED in a reflector).

I suggest we wait for CPFers to plot output/runtime charts so we can determine the runtime to 50% output which should give us a better understanding of the output/runtime characteristics

 

[o0o]

Isn't the SSC (or Seuol?) the LED that has had issues with premature browning and color shifts?

If so, has Surefire tested for long term durability?

 

[carrot]

Isn't the SSC (or Seuol?) the LED that has had issues with premature browning and color shifts?

If so, has Surefire tested for long term durability?

Yep, but at the drive level Surefire will be using to get 80 lumens, I wouldn't worry about it. To my knowledge, tint shift on the Seoul only occurs at higher drive levels (that the Cree would just shrug at).

 

[lightr07]

Isn't the SSC (or Seuol?) the LED that has had issues with premature browning and color shifts?

If so, has Surefire tested for long term durability?

Same as what carrot said, I think is was when it was being pushed more, Only problem with a cree is you probably couldn't get the price down to 60.00.

 

[o0o]

Yep, but at the drive level Surefire will be using to get 80 lumens, I wouldn't worry about it. To my knowledge, tint shift on the Seoul only occurs at higher drive levels (that the Cree would just shrug at).

Surefire understates actual lumens in my opinion, so they may actually be running at 100 lumens or more. What level has had a tendency to damage SSC LEDs? Would we be talking 130+ lumens to cause damage?

 

[lightr07]

Surefire understates actual lumens in my opinion, so they may actually be running at 100 lumens or more. What level has had a tendency to damage SSC LEDs? Would we be talking 130+ lumens to cause damage?

Its possible that they are understating the number but recently with the intro of the new cree lights they've been much more acruate in numbers. So they might not be understating this time, On LED damage it would be 140ish to do anything to the LED

 

[carbonmetrictree]

Yeah, LApolice has them for presale. I don't know about them though, I've tried to purchase SEVERAL items and they were all backordered and they never contacted me back until I called two weeks from order date. Too bad though, I like their selection and the fact they're 50 miles from where I live.