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Newly Enlightened
Just got my surefire E2DL in today. It's a lot smaller than I thought. Here's what it looks like compared to the novatac 120p and a sharpie marker.
The knurling is a lot deeper and sharper than the novatac, which leads to a much grippier feeling.
The tactical switch is a little softer with less knurling than the novatac tactical switch and is easier to press. The momentary on the novatac activates when the button is actually pressed in. The momentary in the surefire turns on about halfway through the button press, there's no feedback, it just turns on. However, when you press it all the way in, it feels more like a switch has turned on rather than a button being pressed.
The batteries are a lot easier to replace because the surefire doesn't have a spring floating around the battery like the novatac. The threads are also a lot more coarse (spaced further apart), making it smoother to turn and also harder to cross thread.
The clip however, is surprisingly smaller (shorter) than the novatac's by about 1/4".
Instead of an orange peel reflector like the novatac, the surefire has an optical lens inside that's maybe 1-2mm wider in diameter to throw a beam of light forward.
It's not exactly a laser beam of light but what it does is concentrate MOST of the light into a central spot that's approx 5 degrees while keeping a small cone of side spill that's approx 30 degrees.
Here's what it looks like against my door at around 3ft.
Novatac @ .33lm
Novatac @ 5lm
Novatac @ 60lm
Novatac @ 120lm
Surefire @ 5lm
Surefire @ 120lm
The hotspot is much tighter and more intense in the surefire than the novatac. I haven't had a chance to test it outside yet but it seems to out throw the novatac by about 2-2.5 times. However, it still leaves enough of a side spill to see by. Runnning the light at 5lm is a joy and I'm glad they had this mode in there in case I got caught with the surefire as my only light.
UPDATE:
This shows a better beam shot of the novatac vs E2DL both churning away with at least 120 lumens out of the lamp. It's 30ft across my living room. You can probably tell which one's which.
The knurling is a lot deeper and sharper than the novatac, which leads to a much grippier feeling.
The tactical switch is a little softer with less knurling than the novatac tactical switch and is easier to press. The momentary on the novatac activates when the button is actually pressed in. The momentary in the surefire turns on about halfway through the button press, there's no feedback, it just turns on. However, when you press it all the way in, it feels more like a switch has turned on rather than a button being pressed.
The batteries are a lot easier to replace because the surefire doesn't have a spring floating around the battery like the novatac. The threads are also a lot more coarse (spaced further apart), making it smoother to turn and also harder to cross thread.
The clip however, is surprisingly smaller (shorter) than the novatac's by about 1/4".
Instead of an orange peel reflector like the novatac, the surefire has an optical lens inside that's maybe 1-2mm wider in diameter to throw a beam of light forward.
It's not exactly a laser beam of light but what it does is concentrate MOST of the light into a central spot that's approx 5 degrees while keeping a small cone of side spill that's approx 30 degrees.
Here's what it looks like against my door at around 3ft.
Novatac @ .33lm
Novatac @ 5lm
Novatac @ 60lm
Novatac @ 120lm
Surefire @ 5lm
Surefire @ 120lm
The hotspot is much tighter and more intense in the surefire than the novatac. I haven't had a chance to test it outside yet but it seems to out throw the novatac by about 2-2.5 times. However, it still leaves enough of a side spill to see by. Runnning the light at 5lm is a joy and I'm glad they had this mode in there in case I got caught with the surefire as my only light.
UPDATE:
This shows a better beam shot of the novatac vs E2DL both churning away with at least 120 lumens out of the lamp. It's 30ft across my living room. You can probably tell which one's which.
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