tomL
Newly Enlightened
Hi,
I have an elderly but still very nice Surefire 9N with both the original head and the turbo head. Both bulbs still work, and I have upgraded the battery pack to NiMH by cutting apart a set of RC batteries.
All in all I am happy with the flashlight, but I would like to improve and upgrade it a bit. I'm asking for ideas.
#1 Is there any way to get more lumens from my 9N? Any replacement lamps or any way to retrofit a bright LED?
#2 Is there any way to use Lithium batteries in it? I suppose they won't work with the 9N's slide-in charger, but that's a small price to pay for progress. The NiMh seem to make it brighter than the original batteries, but self-discharge too fast.
thanks in advance, Tom
I have an elderly but still very nice Surefire 9N with both the original head and the turbo head. Both bulbs still work, and I have upgraded the battery pack to NiMH by cutting apart a set of RC batteries.
All in all I am happy with the flashlight, but I would like to improve and upgrade it a bit. I'm asking for ideas.
#1 Is there any way to get more lumens from my 9N? Any replacement lamps or any way to retrofit a bright LED?
#2 Is there any way to use Lithium batteries in it? I suppose they won't work with the 9N's slide-in charger, but that's a small price to pay for progress. The NiMh seem to make it brighter than the original batteries, but self-discharge too fast.
thanks in advance, Tom