*NEW* Surefire Titan-A (1*AAA, 15/125 lumen)

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peter yetman said:
You and me both, given up on SF and started following you. You do make me laugh.
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night.hoodie said:
Ostensibly, Surefire is more durable, but ForrestChump is brighter with better runtime, and always in spec.
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I think these are the first compliments I've gotten! Forrest is excited! You guys want a chocolate!? Can we be friends?


 
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Welp... guess I need to backtrack a bit on my first impressions. :ohgeez: After using a lithium cell (e2 Energizer) for a couple of weeks, upon removing the head of the light it looks like it will be pretty tough to remove that battery. Not much to grab on to whatsoever. I hesitate to send this back to SF, as the LED has a nice creamy vanilla tint. Maybe I will just use it with Eneloops from here on out...

Again -- on the plus side, no battery rattle. :p
 
You might be able to get the battery out by placing the host in the refrigerator and see if the metals shrink up a little, just enough to get the cell out. Might be worth a shot.
I would guess that your light has the pressed in ring?
 
If it was me, I would put it the flashlight with the stuck battery in the freezer long enough for the battery to be thoroughly cold, then alternately using each hand to hold the aluminum body, try to warm the light while having the battery still cold. Then, in a motion reminiscent of the old fashioned mercury thermometers that had to be shaken down to get a person's temperature, violently flick that tool! Doing this over a bed might be a good idea to minimize the impact of the battery coming out.
Just trying to help.
 
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That is pretty much what I was getting at Kitro. :)
You explained much more thoroughly and eloquently than I.
 
I received two from Surefire last week. Both were perfect and work with every battery I've tried. On the one I sent back, a few very sharp wrist flicks would pop the e2 loose. It was vacuum sealed in mine and if you could find something thin enough you might be able release the vacuum and flick it out.
 
KITROBASKIN said:
If it was me, I would put it the flashlight with the stuck battery in the freezer long enough for the battery to be thoroughly cold, then alternately using each hand to hold the aluminum body, try to warm the light while having the battery still cold. Then, in a motion reminiscent of the old fashioned mercury thermometers that had to be shaken down to get a person's temperature, violently flick that tool! Doing this over a bed might be a good idea to minimize the impact of the battery coming out.
Just trying to help.
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If it was me I would toss the light in a bag and mail to SF so they can fix it.
 
bigfoot said:
Welp... guess I need to backtrack a bit on my first impressions. :ohgeez: After using a lithium cell (e2 Energizer) for a couple of weeks, upon removing the head of the light it looks like it will be pretty tough to remove that battery. Not much to grab on to whatsoever. I hesitate to send this back to SF, as the LED has a nice creamy vanilla tint. Maybe I will just use it with Eneloops from here on out...
Again -- on the plus side, no battery rattle. :p
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The selling point of this light IMO is that it has great flexibility using the big 3 cell chemistries. Going from 3 to 2 ain't right.

You'll use eneloops and possibly, in a pinch... alkaleaks, lithium primaries are always my go to cells.....

Cell Removal: Tie it at the end with 3 feet of dental floss. Take it outside and helicopter that thing. Beware of flying AAA cell.

Woods Walker said:
If it was me I would toss the light in a bag and mail to SF so they can fix it.
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+1

That said, I would send it back and emphasize you want the same head and a proper cell body. Perhaps you can swap just the body but I think I read they want the entire light.
 
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Design looks good, somewhat basic but nice. If it can produce 125 lumens on a AAA, that's impressive.
 
bigfoot said:
Welp... guess I need to backtrack a bit on my first impressions. :ohgeez: After using a lithium cell (e2 Energizer) for a couple of weeks, upon removing the head of the light it looks like it will be pretty tough to remove that battery. Not much to grab on to whatsoever.
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Sounds like the first Titan-A I bought. It has the spacer on the end of the threaded battery tube, always switches modes reliably and vacuum packs the e2 Energizer when you slide it in. I was able to pull the e2 cell out of my Titan-A with needle nose piers on the + contact but it took some doing.

My second SF Titan-A still almost always goes to high whether twisted slowly or quickly. There is visible flickering as you tighten the head. I may send it back to SF but like others here, I'm afraid of what I will get in return.

Although SureFire has held patents for twisty mode switching for many years, as far as I can tell this is their first attempt to try it using the head and not, for example, the two stage tailcap.

Another observation is that virtually all SF non-specialty lights prior to the Titan series have both removable tailcaps and heads so you can push stuck batteries out from the other end.
 
Rolz said:
it can produce 125 lumens on a AAA
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For the price of One $60 Titan with 2 modes, no knurling, no pocket clip, and no tail standing ability, you could buy Three knurly Thrunite Ti3 lights, that are just as bright on high, plus they have an extra mode, for $20 each, and include a reversible pocket or cap clip, and tail stand capability.
 
It's very loyal of you all to try and find ways of correcting an obviously defective light,
Maybe if you all sent them back to SF, they'd get the message.
They've become far too smug in my opinion.
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