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Thanks for the info. Gives great context for us that do not have the light. Best.
My surefire turbo mini arrived. It is advertised as 95k LUX with an 18350, and 55,000 with cr123.
My first move was to test this. I measured 100k LUX at 1m with 18350 fully charged, and exactly 55,000 with a new cr123. My modlite plhv2 dual fuel measured 80,000 lux with a new molicel p28a, for comparison.
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More to follow.
Can you take a photo of the LED? And then I remember that I had something like a dispute with one of my friends, will there be Cree XP-P or Osram inside?
Although, it could be Luminus SFT
It looks like an Osram to me.It looks like XP-P, but I'm not completely sure yet. Thanks for the photo and other information![]()
It looks like an Osram to me.
Bummer on that P3X.What worries me, there is a feeling that the diode is sitting on thick solder pads. Usually there is some bare metal on the sides of the diode to allow excess solder to come out, as in the photo of the osram above on the red board. Of course, maybe they do not overload the diode and everything will be fine with long-term operation, but it still worries me. Previously, there were processors that sat on balls of solder (BGA), they sometimes had problems with contacts due to the thickness of the solder ball, the contact was broken. Well, a thick layer of solder is a degraded heat transfer. Also on the forum there were already reports of burned out LEDs in the SF and I saw similar ones burned out on sale on the local flea market, like this P3X
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Even though it could all be my OCD. Practice will show when there will be a lot of them on hand and users and some time will pass
SF does a good job of repairing/replacing if they responded to a call/messageBummer on that P3X.
I have a P2X Fury Defender and a Fury DFT that burned their LEDs like that.
Both are pending being sent back to Surefire (have a RMA) for fix and replacement.
How long has opticsplanet had these on their website?
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SureFire 18350/123 Everyday Carry Dual-Output LED Flashlight, Hard Anodized, EDC1-DFT-HA — Battery Type: Lithium Ion — EDC1-DFT-HA — 10% Off
SureFire 18350/123 Everyday Carry Dual-Output LED Flashlight, — Battery Type: Lithium Ionwww.opticsplanet.com
Well too late for SF to get my money's, I spent my coin on a cloud defensive mch hc duel fuel.How long has opticsplanet had these on their website?
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SureFire 18350/123 Everyday Carry Dual-Output LED Flashlight, Hard Anodized, EDC1-DFT-HA — Battery Type: Lithium Ion — EDC1-DFT-HA — 10% Off
SureFire 18350/123 Everyday Carry Dual-Output LED Flashlight, — Battery Type: Lithium Ionwww.opticsplanet.com
In firearms circles, Optics Planet is known to straight up lie about in stock. Stuff will say "in stock" then shortly after ordering, shipment ETA will be weeks. General advice is to buy somewhere else. Case in point, they recently had a sale on a 1600rd pack of crappy plinking .22LR ammo for $56. They ended up shipping people 400 rd boxes instead, and when people complained, they said it was a typograpical error and the price was for a 400 rd box. Well that would be believable if there wasn't a separate listing for the 400rd box ($35). Avoid Optics Planet if possible...
Optics Planet has taken my money on items that have showed as in stock when they were not. Then come the looooong backorder delay.
After the second time that happened, I crossed them off of my list of companies I buy from.