Streamlight Polytac CLICKIE fits Surefire G2.

[Niconical]

I discovered today that the tailcap from the Streamlight Polytac fits the Surefire G2. It seems a perfect fit. The switch is firmer to push, presumably due to its spring being under slightly more pressure when on a G2, but that's actually quite good, as on its own host, the Polytac, it is quite soft, especially compared to a firm SF clickie on a SF host.

As we know, Surefire call it nitrolon, Streamlight call it Polymer. I don't know what the difference is, but the end result is that the SL tail looks like it was made for the G2.

All good so far, a nitrolon (on near enough) clickie on a G2, nice

Not so good the other way around though. The G2 tail fits just fine on the Polytac, but it doesn't screw down far enough to make contact. Even with the G2 fully tight on the Polytac, a press on the momentary switch still doesn't get contact.

So, I have seen people discussing sanding (or grinding, filing, not sure what the word is) some generic C series tailcaps to get a proper fit on other SF hosts, but is that something that can be done with nitrolon? Is it possible to shorten the G2 tailcap so that it can function on the Polytac with momentary and constant-on?

Thank you

 

[Niconical]

Grinding down nitrolon, doable?

 

[Sgt. LED]

Yes you can do it! Cake

 

[Niconical]

Yes you can do it! Cake

Well, I'll give it a try, no promises though, knowing me it will not end well

 

[Schuey2002]

That's cool!

I think my next light will be a Polytac. I keep puting it off, but I really should just buy one to try out..

 

[elumen8]

Glad I found this thread. Two of my favorite lights are my Polytac and my G2/Malkoff M60/FM34 diffuser/aluminum bezel/Pelican pocket clip with a Z59 clickie tailcap (I'm a fan of plastic lights). I wanted a forward clickie on the G2 in the first place, hence the Z59...but the aluminum tailcap seemed out of place on the nitrolon body.

I placed the Polytac tailcap onto the G2 and it worked great. Then I put the G2 tailcap onto the Polytac and I immediately began to throw a tantrum because it wouldn't light up.

Now for the good news...you don't need to grind down the G2 tailcap in order to use it on the Polytac. The inner edge of the tailcap seems to have a metal surface that needs to come into contact with the metal sleeve inside the body. Simply roll a piece of aluminum foil about an inch long by 1/8 inch diameter, then bend it to form a circle (A washer of some sort would be cleaner of you could find one that size). Place it into the tailcap's inner edge, then screw the tailcap back onto the body...and VOILA!!! You have a twisty tailcap on the Polytac that works as if it belonged there. Momentary works perfectly as well. Its just basically filling the gap inside the deeper G2 tailcap.

I actually like the twisty on the Polytac a lot.

Made quite a LEGO...Surefire/Streamlight/Pelican/Malkoff

Thanks for the great idea.

JB