Matt7337
Enlightened
Well, it's about that time again. I keep seeing more and more flashlights here on CPF that I would absolutely love to buy and try, and there are a few that could well be keepers. This week I have thought about the following:
- I would like to try a SureFire E2DL. It seems like a great light and I need another "glove compartment" light in that sort of format for my new car. I think the E2DL is a good starting point for my first SureFire.
- I've seen the new Nitecore line, and really like the look of them. Out of the D11, EX11 and Infilux IFE1, I like the look of the IFE1 the most, although I am sort of inclined to hold off on that until the next generation of them are released, to get rid of the small niggles that are present in this "beta light" as it has been labelled here.
- Speaking of Nitecore, I had contacted JHanko a while ago about getting a custom trit loaded D10 made, but put it off for funding reasons. I'm still dying to get my hands on one of those, and have been thinking about buying a standard D10 to give me that final "nudge" over the line. I'd also love to try a Defender Infinity, as that's where my beloved NEX began life and it is still available in OSRAM GDP flavour. I'm one of the rare few who actually likes a cool tinted LED in at least a couple of my lights. So, D10 to eventually get converted to Titanium by JHanko or a NDI?
- I've also been looking into what I might buy as my first Jetbeam, and really like the look of the TCR3. It's just gorgeous! If I was buying that, I'd be holding onto it forever. In this "form factor" of light, it's between the SureFire mentioned above and this.
- Today I discovered even more flavours of the Liteflux LF2XT - one of my favourite lights because of the versatility of the UI, warm tint and incredible output for it's size. Between the Steve Ku, JHanko and other (manufacturer?) Titanium customs this light is available in, I am completely lost as to what I would get. I have a donor which could be sent off to get customised, but I'd be hard pushed to let it go as I use it almost every day. This is something that I am really stuck on more than anything - what exactly can I have done to an LF2XT or what different versions are available? The custom models I have mentioned above seem to be only a few of the massive number of variations this light is available in. Could someone link me to where all these are? The JHanko one and the Steve Ku titanium one with the tritium tailcap (which I REALLY) want) being the two I am most interested in.
-I'd also like to pick up another (R2 version) NEX and see if I can get it down to bare aluminium somehow, although I'm not sure how this is done. I'd then load up the tail with Red Tritium and see about some custom laser engraving on the head and flats of the body, or maybe even some custom anodizing. I'm really taking a shine to custom flashlights and because I love the Nitecore Extreme so much I would love to create a custom one for myself with the R2 emitter.
Basically as you can see, I am totally lost and spoiled for choice. I can't decide, and every time I visit CPF I see something else I like! The question is not which one of these lights I am going to buy. As I'm sure most of you realize after reading a post from a complete flashaholic, it's a question of which I am going to buy first. :shrug:
Does anyone have any thoughts on what might be a good "starting" point on this list? Or any opinoins on any of the lights that I have mentioned?
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Also, as a footnote, I have a question about something that I have noticed CPF members doing recently - When a maglite is referred to, it is often typed as M*g (like in my sig) and I have also seen ***fire used several times. Does this denote what think? That the light is a custom or modified version of the Maglite or Surefire? I could be way wrong on that but I thought that's what it meant the first few times I saw it.
- I would like to try a SureFire E2DL. It seems like a great light and I need another "glove compartment" light in that sort of format for my new car. I think the E2DL is a good starting point for my first SureFire.
- I've seen the new Nitecore line, and really like the look of them. Out of the D11, EX11 and Infilux IFE1, I like the look of the IFE1 the most, although I am sort of inclined to hold off on that until the next generation of them are released, to get rid of the small niggles that are present in this "beta light" as it has been labelled here.
- Speaking of Nitecore, I had contacted JHanko a while ago about getting a custom trit loaded D10 made, but put it off for funding reasons. I'm still dying to get my hands on one of those, and have been thinking about buying a standard D10 to give me that final "nudge" over the line. I'd also love to try a Defender Infinity, as that's where my beloved NEX began life and it is still available in OSRAM GDP flavour. I'm one of the rare few who actually likes a cool tinted LED in at least a couple of my lights. So, D10 to eventually get converted to Titanium by JHanko or a NDI?
- I've also been looking into what I might buy as my first Jetbeam, and really like the look of the TCR3. It's just gorgeous! If I was buying that, I'd be holding onto it forever. In this "form factor" of light, it's between the SureFire mentioned above and this.
- Today I discovered even more flavours of the Liteflux LF2XT - one of my favourite lights because of the versatility of the UI, warm tint and incredible output for it's size. Between the Steve Ku, JHanko and other (manufacturer?) Titanium customs this light is available in, I am completely lost as to what I would get. I have a donor which could be sent off to get customised, but I'd be hard pushed to let it go as I use it almost every day. This is something that I am really stuck on more than anything - what exactly can I have done to an LF2XT or what different versions are available? The custom models I have mentioned above seem to be only a few of the massive number of variations this light is available in. Could someone link me to where all these are? The JHanko one and the Steve Ku titanium one with the tritium tailcap (which I REALLY) want) being the two I am most interested in.
-I'd also like to pick up another (R2 version) NEX and see if I can get it down to bare aluminium somehow, although I'm not sure how this is done. I'd then load up the tail with Red Tritium and see about some custom laser engraving on the head and flats of the body, or maybe even some custom anodizing. I'm really taking a shine to custom flashlights and because I love the Nitecore Extreme so much I would love to create a custom one for myself with the R2 emitter.
Basically as you can see, I am totally lost and spoiled for choice. I can't decide, and every time I visit CPF I see something else I like! The question is not which one of these lights I am going to buy. As I'm sure most of you realize after reading a post from a complete flashaholic, it's a question of which I am going to buy first. :shrug:
Does anyone have any thoughts on what might be a good "starting" point on this list? Or any opinoins on any of the lights that I have mentioned?
[edit]
Also, as a footnote, I have a question about something that I have noticed CPF members doing recently - When a maglite is referred to, it is often typed as M*g (like in my sig) and I have also seen ***fire used several times. Does this denote what think? That the light is a custom or modified version of the Maglite or Surefire? I could be way wrong on that but I thought that's what it meant the first few times I saw it.
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