Surefire Darpa Def2

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A while back I came across a Surefire Darpa Def2. Any idea what they are worth? I have several other lights that have a much smaller head and are much easier to carry.

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Some collectors pay top dollar for rare Surefires. But putting a price on anything has many variables and SF lights are no different. I know the NASA marked 6P lights can fetch up to $150. Got a picture you could post?
 

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Wow, I didn't know there were NASA editions of Surefire.
Darpa sounds as if they were doing research together with surefire.
 

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Here's a couple pics.

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Wow, I didn't know there were NASA editions of Surefire.
Darpa sounds as if they were doing research together with surefire.

During the 90's DARPA was funding many technologies. They developed the GUI (Graphical User Interface) for computer programs. Do you use MatLab? That now famous company didn't develop the technology. DARPA did. Like LabView? Another jonnie come lately. DARPA set the stage. DARPA has (and still does) their fingers in many technologies. Much to our advantage today.
 

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A while back I came across a Surefire Darpa Def2. Any idea what they are worth? I have several other lights that have a much smaller head and are much easier to carry.

Aaron

Nice light the DEF-2 is a very rare Surefire light. To give you an example it took me over 2-years of searching to finally find one in mint condition it was NIB a very lucky score. Because of the military use they are hard to find in mint condition and still very rarely come up for sale in any condition.

Hey one of your small head lights is not a Darpa DEF-1 is it ? I am still looking for the DEF-1 & DEF-3A to complete the set of all six Darpa lights.



Was hoping some of the old timers would chime in but none so far? Your light is a variation of the DARPA series offered by Surefire. There was a series of 5 DARPA models offered by Surefire. Awesome light you got.

Actually there was six most people forget about the DEF-3D as there was only 50 made apparently.

DEF-1
DEF-2
DEF-3A
DEF-3B
DEF-3C
DEF-3D


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