deranged_coder
Enlightened
Surefire \"LEGO\"
No, Surefire has not started selling LEGO blocks but it sure feels that way the more I play with their Executive series lights. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
So, I started out with the E2e-HA. Awesome light, can switch LAs so you have 60 lumens with an hour of runtime or 25 lumens with about 2 1/2 hours of runtime.
Then, I got a couple of LED heads. The older generation KL1 and a KL4. All of a sudden, I could have regulated LEDs on my light. Both heads have good flood so I could go with the higher output but shorter runtime KL4 or the lesser output but more runtime KL1. More options. Life was getting better.
Then, one fateful evening I went to my local Surefire dealer and there it was... an E1L Outdoorsman so brand new Surefire was shipping them out in baggies instead of the usual boxes, calling to me, asking me to take it home. And before I knew it, I owned a E1 body and a latest KL1 head with the TIR optic. I also bought an MN01 lamp assembly as well. (BTW, the guy behind the counter at my local dealer said they only had come in less than a week prior and someone else had already grabbed the E2L Outdoorsman a couple of days before I showed up) Now, with the new KL1 I had more throw than either of the LED heads I already had, and I could put together an E1e by popping in the MN01 into my incan bezel and tossing it onto the E1 body. I tried putting the KL1 head on the E1 body and all of a sudden I had a TW4 combo. It still amazes me how bright this combo is for its size.
Ah... so many possibilities with these things... I gotta give props to Surefire for making these lights so modular. It feels like no matter whatever the situation I can assemble a flashlight that will be able to address it.
Thank you for putting up with my deranged ramblings. My name is Leo and I am a flashaholic. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
No, Surefire has not started selling LEGO blocks but it sure feels that way the more I play with their Executive series lights. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
So, I started out with the E2e-HA. Awesome light, can switch LAs so you have 60 lumens with an hour of runtime or 25 lumens with about 2 1/2 hours of runtime.
Then, I got a couple of LED heads. The older generation KL1 and a KL4. All of a sudden, I could have regulated LEDs on my light. Both heads have good flood so I could go with the higher output but shorter runtime KL4 or the lesser output but more runtime KL1. More options. Life was getting better.
Then, one fateful evening I went to my local Surefire dealer and there it was... an E1L Outdoorsman so brand new Surefire was shipping them out in baggies instead of the usual boxes, calling to me, asking me to take it home. And before I knew it, I owned a E1 body and a latest KL1 head with the TIR optic. I also bought an MN01 lamp assembly as well. (BTW, the guy behind the counter at my local dealer said they only had come in less than a week prior and someone else had already grabbed the E2L Outdoorsman a couple of days before I showed up) Now, with the new KL1 I had more throw than either of the LED heads I already had, and I could put together an E1e by popping in the MN01 into my incan bezel and tossing it onto the E1 body. I tried putting the KL1 head on the E1 body and all of a sudden I had a TW4 combo. It still amazes me how bright this combo is for its size.
Ah... so many possibilities with these things... I gotta give props to Surefire for making these lights so modular. It feels like no matter whatever the situation I can assemble a flashlight that will be able to address it.
Thank you for putting up with my deranged ramblings. My name is Leo and I am a flashaholic. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
