I have always looked up on Surefire as something fascinating and annoying.
First the rechargeables:
**The 10X dominator is way too expensive. I would not use it in rough conditions because blowing the bulb would cost a fortune. It's an impressive light, a collectors item and a perfect toy, but for me...not useful.
**The 9X, I would not use the 20 lumen lamp, and the 140 lumen bulb.....well, Magcharger is cheaper, brighter and more solid (though with worse beam quality).
**The 8NX, In my opinion a good buy, but Surge with NiMHs will give more value. Still, the 8NX is Surefire's best rechargeable in my opinion.
Now 2 more:
E2 - very nice indeed, but probably not twice as nice as Scorpion/Legend LX as the price should indicate.
C3/D3 - Too expenive to run and buy, and perhaps too big to carry daily as well. However, great selfdefence tools.
All in all... I don't see any reasonable arguments for buying the Surefire models above, perhaps except from C3/D3 because I have not found a better non-surefire selfdefence flashlight.
So why do I still have an urge to buy Surefires? I think the perfect beam makes me blind to the other disadvantages
First the rechargeables:
**The 10X dominator is way too expensive. I would not use it in rough conditions because blowing the bulb would cost a fortune. It's an impressive light, a collectors item and a perfect toy, but for me...not useful.
**The 9X, I would not use the 20 lumen lamp, and the 140 lumen bulb.....well, Magcharger is cheaper, brighter and more solid (though with worse beam quality).
**The 8NX, In my opinion a good buy, but Surge with NiMHs will give more value. Still, the 8NX is Surefire's best rechargeable in my opinion.
Now 2 more:
E2 - very nice indeed, but probably not twice as nice as Scorpion/Legend LX as the price should indicate.
C3/D3 - Too expenive to run and buy, and perhaps too big to carry daily as well. However, great selfdefence tools.
All in all... I don't see any reasonable arguments for buying the Surefire models above, perhaps except from C3/D3 because I have not found a better non-surefire selfdefence flashlight.
So why do I still have an urge to buy Surefires? I think the perfect beam makes me blind to the other disadvantages