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The more I think about it, the more I want one too.
Since we're being pedantic, it wasn't "Surefire pro-tips," it was "Malkoff pro-tips." I don't use Surefire hosts, but I use Surefire compatible drop-ins and hosts, where the letter leads, thus the confusion. I'm sure the transposition was some hilarious IP legal nonsense avoidance, but that stuff is still around and being made, while the Surefire stuff is mostly just vintage collectibles at this point.
The screws were loose because piece of string (for lack of better word) was gone. When I had the string between the screws it created a tension that kept the screws tight. Once that tension (as in clamping force) was not present the screws could easily back out since they were no longer even finger tight, much less fastened to tight.Since we're being pedantic, it wasn't "Surefire pro-tips," it was "Malkoff pro-tips." I don't use Surefire hosts, but I use Surefire compatible drop-ins and hosts, where the letter leads, thus the confusion. I'm sure the transposition was some hilarious IP legal nonsense avoidance, but that stuff is still around and being made, while the Surefire stuff is mostly just vintage collectibles at this point.
For example, here is a selection of P6 drop-ins:
In 2025, most people aren't using Surefire branded products for this (especially if they're buying them new), and so the more "Chinesium reversal" is what they'll tend to see, which, again, confused the crap out of me when I started. For anyone just starting down this path, they're probably not going to be paying the high prices for NOS Surefire stuff, so the exact Surefire nomenclature isn't nearly as common these days (and yes, I see the irony and confusion in that).
So, the idea being that if you see something "P3," that's means for ~3V, "P6" ~6V, "P9" ~9V.
It's funny you posted that, cause I think I remember seeing you once posting a picture of the lanyard between the screws, and I ALWAYS thought it was a really neat idea, but I never did it because, in the back of my head, I was always thinking, "I wonder if the screws would back out if I messed with them..." Haha.
I think I saw some people say they use loctite. If you got some of the purple one, that's SUPER low torque, and should work fine (I actually REALLY prefer Vibra-tite to Loctite for anything I am going to remove/replace more than once).
Actually, I'm pretty sure you're talking about the hosts, and I'm talking about the drop-ins. I think the Surefire drop-in nomenclature was P60 (I assume with incandescent, that the 3V and 9V were the same drop-in?)? Malkoff was M60, but the newest ones are M3/6/91. For newer people, the Surefire hosts are just...really expensive, and don't make a bunch of sense to start with (only take CR123A or 16650), so the aftermarket hosts (like the MD2 or Kaidomain E2) are what you use, and typically, you use a P6 drop-in, because the "6V" drop-ins match a single Li-ion. I assume P60 -> P6 for copyright/IP reasons...?
www.vibra-tite.com
RIP Woods Walker (because I love his channel, and am of the same mind for lights with him), but this was one of the funniest ones I ever saw:
Ouch!😂😂
Hey New Guy, do you really need to write a book for every response?
The good lord gave you 2 ears, and 1 mouth, for a reason.
Don't be a wiener sir. This is one of the few forums that is relatively wiener free.
Hey! Both of Ya'll Play Nice! You boys say you're sorry to each other, and then head over to the Non-Flashlight Items For Sale and one of you buy my Benchmade! I'm serious!
