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Hitthespot said:
I'm afraid of the same thing. It doesn't add up. I'm going to give it a week or so to see if we don't have a mis-print.

IF this is no mis-print then this light in my opinion is a MUST HAVE light.

Bill
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Indeed. If the 200 Lumens is not a type, then I want one too! :paypal::devil::shrug:
 
:party: I'd bet it's 200, the question is if that's under-rated or on the money. It's going to be difficult to get much more OTF out of a xr-e (I'd be willing to bet that that's the led being used.) I doubt they'd go so far as to overdrive it.
Even so, I want one.
 
Finally 200 SF lumen from one of their upgraded/renewed lights.
Let's hope this is the moment they come with more >200 lm lights soon.
Don't need to tell you guys which lights I mean I guess.

edit: I am dying to get a 200 lm SF, but not this one. (although I'd love to play a bit with the LX2)
 
i got the printed SureFire catalog that states LX2,
hi: 120 lumens 2 hrs
lo: 15 lumens 30 hrs

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Looking at the interactive website, the LED used still looks to be XR-E behind the same TIR, not XP-E

Edit: then again, they still have the U2 pictured using a LuxV



One of the figures about the lumens is obviously a typo.
From the regular website:
SPECIFICATIONS

Max Output: 15/200 lumens*
Runtime: 47/2 hours*
*low/high settings
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From the description box just to the left
The dual-output LX2 features a high-performance LED capable of producing 200 lumens of blinding white light at its high setting (six times the output of a typical two-D-cell flashlight)
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Six times output of a mag = 120 lumens

Interactive website lists the light as producing 200 lumens and 10 times the output of a 2 D cell flashlight.
 
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TBrogden said:
I understand your perspective completely, however, the high-first of the E2DL is a major (negative) differentiator for me...
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good point. i had completely forgotten about such. the precise reason you state is the primary reason why i prefer the two-level E2L Outdoorsman over the E2DL for most of my outdoors use. secondary reasons are the longer burntime on HI, though at a lower, yet sufficient level for most of my uses.

many thanks for reminding me.
 
I came to the light... said:
...I for one appreciate the 15 lumens. I don't need an untralow night vision preserving level; I need a general use level, something that will be adequate for almost everything and won't run the batteries dry. If the low was 3 lumens I'd be forced to blast my campsite with 200 every time I wanted to look around, and then be stuck when the batteries die.
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+1 on all the excellent points that you bring out above.



They rate their runtimes crazily... half of them are rated to the end of regulation, others to off, and others to some point inbetween. Look up the specs for G2L vs G3L to see what I'm talking about. So I would guess the LX2 is rated until 50%, or 20, or something else, and the others are rated until regulation cuts out.
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yes, you're right. i'm quite familiar with this issue as i've built an XL workbook/spreadsheet with all sorts of HL and Flashlight specs, including all the SF's that i currently own. i've also seen many burntime plots. this is the only area where i wish SF would be more conservative and consistent. however, having said that, i spoke with a SF cust. srv. rep. a couple of months ago and he was very forthright with realistic burntime numbers for a number of SF lights which he personally tested for output vs. time. he distinguish b/t at and above a 50lm tactical level and what SF calls "useful" light.


Then again, it does say "six times the output of a typical 2-D-cell flashlight." Surefire estimates that at 20lm, and 20*6=120, the output in the catalog...
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good point. that does speak volumes doesn't it? so, maybe we have 120 conservative "SF" lumens and 200 OTF (similar to what MrG measured for the E2DL). this would agree with the burntime figures listed for the current version of the L4, the E2DL, and the LX2.



i thought i had seen 15lm was a 2D output (i've seen 45 lm and 60 lm output lights claiming 3 and 4 times the o.p. of a 2D. i forget which Mfrs are making this claim, maybe SF???), but my "old-timers" my be actin' up and i be forgettin' the correct number. doesn't really matter, i certainly accept your quote above. maybe 15lm v. 20lm is Mag KryptonStar v. Mag MagnumStar lamps???
 
MANNNNNNNNNNN just when i decided on my next light, this one has to be released and screw everything up....
 
I checked with a friend that works for Surefire and it is 200 lumens. It has been upgraded since the 2009 catalog which was put to print in late 2008.
 
Well, if it really IS 200 lumens OTF, then what I'm eager to see is the upcoming LX1. If that light could put out 120 SureFire lumens for 1 hr. + (the 2009 catalogue specs state 80), then I'm all over it.

Don't know how I'll be able to pay for it, since I bet it will be pushing $200, though....

OK, apologies for wandering slightly off topic...we now return you to your regularly scheduled thread.
 
Palestofwhite said:
Anyone online stores selling the lx2 since surefire doesn't ship international?
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No.

You can´t buy one Surefire light from an american online dealer, cause Surefire don´t let them export.

It´s a dumb / ridiculous policy...

For example: I live in Brasil, and I can´t buy one Surefire from my trusted american dealers (they can´t export). So I have to buy from brazilian "official" Surefire dealers, and I have to pay 250 dollars for a Surefire E1B Backup. :shakehead

Good for Fenix, 4Sevens, Olight, JetBeam, Nitecore, etc...

If you´re in Singapore, you should buy from a Singapore dealer, I believe...
 
Well, my last post was sometime in February....And my last SF purchase was well over a year ago....probably close to two years. This has me excited as well as the T1A, and I am now scheming ways to come up with the $$ for them. I gotta have these two lights. I just gotta. :thinking: :broke:
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Federal LG said:
No.

You can´t buy one Surefire light from an american online dealer, cause Surefire don´t let them export.

It´s a dumb / ridiculous policy...

For example: I live in Brasil, and I can´t buy one Surefire from my trusted american dealers (they can´t export). So I have to buy from brazilian "official" Surefire dealers, and I have to pay 250 dollars for a Surefire E1B Backup. :shakehead

Good for Fenix, 4Sevens, Olight, JetBeam, Nitecore, etc...

If you´re in Singapore, you should buy from a Singapore dealer, I believe...
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You can buy them later at CPFMP, or eBay, or find someone in the US who can forward you the package. It's not such a problem.
 
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