I know that in today's standards, 70 lumen for 1 hour off a single CR123 seems archaic. It is like paying a premium for a piece of history if I may say that. I never really fancied the T1A Titan because of this and also due to the many reported cases of T1A spotting a rather bluish tints.
Well, I saw the T1A Titan at my local dealer and noticed on the box that it was rated at 4 hours on 70 lumen max. I thought that I had read it wrongly and have to reconfirm that I am looking at the column marked "Runtime". It says 60 hours for 1 lumen and 4 hours for 70 lumen. With that information on the 4 hours runtime, and the thought that I may want to get it modded to a neutral white or high CRI LED at a later stage, I bit the bullet and purchased the T1A.
Now that I am home, I read the instruction manual (funny since I never read the instructions on all my lights except the HDS clicky and rotary) and to my utter disappointment it says 1 hour on 70 lumen on the manual. If that really is the case I would be pissed.
Anyway, I shot Surefire an email asking for their confirmation regarding the actual runtime and is awaiting their reply. But I thought I would post here first asking if anyone has some solid info regarding the runtime of the T1A? Did Surefire modify the circuitry to allow for a much longer runtime? If it really is 1 hour for only 70 lumen I would be daft spending the dough on it since I am thinking about getting an Elzetta ZFL-M60.
Well, I saw the T1A Titan at my local dealer and noticed on the box that it was rated at 4 hours on 70 lumen max. I thought that I had read it wrongly and have to reconfirm that I am looking at the column marked "Runtime". It says 60 hours for 1 lumen and 4 hours for 70 lumen. With that information on the 4 hours runtime, and the thought that I may want to get it modded to a neutral white or high CRI LED at a later stage, I bit the bullet and purchased the T1A.
Now that I am home, I read the instruction manual (funny since I never read the instructions on all my lights except the HDS clicky and rotary) and to my utter disappointment it says 1 hour on 70 lumen on the manual. If that really is the case I would be pissed.
Anyway, I shot Surefire an email asking for their confirmation regarding the actual runtime and is awaiting their reply. But I thought I would post here first asking if anyone has some solid info regarding the runtime of the T1A? Did Surefire modify the circuitry to allow for a much longer runtime? If it really is 1 hour for only 70 lumen I would be daft spending the dough on it since I am thinking about getting an Elzetta ZFL-M60.