SureFire E1B lockout tailcap issues???

[jog31]

I got a e1b a few days ago and the lockout tailcap seemed to be working as it should. Then today I started playing with it and i noticed that if I click the light on then start unscrewing, I have to back it off almost the whole way before the light will turn off.

I am wondering is this normal?

I have a few other surefire lights and they do not have this issue.

thanks for any input on this matter.

 

[BigHonu]

Just tried it with mine.

Click on

1/4 turn or less, and the light is off.

 

[Braddah_Bill]

+1

1/4 turn is all it takes.

I think you need to take a close look at your tail cap.

Just tried it with mine.

Click on

1/4 turn or less, and the light is off.

 

[jog31]

weird. I click it on and can unscrew it about 1 and a half times around before it turns off.

I just tried it again and I turned it about 1/4 and it turned off then back on...

Clicked it on low and started unscrewing and it switched to high by itself.

Tried it again and it just seems to be doing whatever it wants...

Could it be a faulty lockout cap?

 

[yaesumofo]

The LOTC feature on my E1B takes slightly more than 400 degrees of twist,
I would prefer 180 or even 270.
Yaesumofo

 

[jog31]

I have messed with this tailcap for the last few days and i cant seem to get it.

I can tell you that the spring inside is not straight. its like angled.

Is that normal ?

 

[yaesumofo]

Re: Surefire E1B lockout tailcap issues???

I have noticed that if I use the E1B's tail switch on another body like a leaf single cell body I only have to twist the switch 1/4 - 1/2 turn before the lockout occurs. I believe that this has to do with the amount of anodizing both on the inside and outside of the threads. Needless to say the lockout feature seems to work BETTER on my other NON surefire single cell bodies.
As I said before it takes about 400 degrees of twist in order to engage the lockout. A bit much for my taste.
That said I have not been finding myself using this feature. The way I have been using the light I just don't need to lock out the tail switch.
What ever.
Yaesumofo

 

[dougie]

jog31,

Mine does the same. It's not an issue and seems to be due to the way the coils of the spring rest on the metal switch plunger.

It doesn't affect the operation and is nothing to worry about.

Doug

 

[jog31]

thanks guys. Yeah the light works fine, I just wish the lockout cap worked the way its suppose to.