Surefire G2 with Lighthound Cree Drop-in

ADDICTED2LITE · Mar 7, 2007

Ah, NO!!

I actually got it to work by modifying the spring to get the negative contact. After two minutes of running the outside of the light felt fine, cool even, BUT, I took the bezel off and almost burned my hand on the LED module, this thing gets way too hot. So, operating in a G2, yes, lasting more than 5 minutes in a G2, no.

Elton · Mar 7, 2007

awesome just saved me some money is that the 3watt one

zx7dave · Mar 7, 2007

You can use aluminum foil to wrap around the LED base and will help it make contact in the G2/G3 models. I ran my G2 with Cree P4 for 30 minutes. Hot? Yes. But G2 was undamaged after it was all over. It is a tough light.

Elton · Mar 8, 2007

geez im not sure which led bulb to get i thought they where supposed to run cooler ?

DrifT3R · Mar 8, 2007

Your G2 won't melt. The polymer is quite tough. Only thing to worry about is the led's shortened life.

ADDICTED2LITE · Mar 8, 2007

I wasn't worried about the light, I got concerned about the LED and the Lithium batteries!!

jlomein · Mar 9, 2007

zx7dave said:
You can use aluminum foil to wrap around the LED base and will help it make contact in the G2/G3 models. I ran my G2 with Cree P4 for 30 minutes. Hot? Yes. But G2 was undamaged after it was all over. It is a tough light.

What kind of batteries were you using?

I have ordered a cree drop in for the G2 and I will be using 2x 3.7v 750mah AW protected RCR123's. I'm rather worried about the batteries getting hot, since there is a metal lining inside the nitrolon battery tube, and I assume that's where the heat will go.

Surefire G2 with Lighthound Cree Drop-in

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