idiotekniQues
Newly Enlightened
- Joined
- Jan 11, 2006
- Messages
- 90
wooohoo my first surefire. im not that much of a collector, i started out with an inova x5 years ago, a small lil 3aaa coast from costco that is eh, then bought a streamlight propolymer luxeon 3C and 4AA to have for safety (with the long runtime at the time and good enough light), then a p3d ce q4 edition this year, and then got the e2L cree for xmas from my gf today (who thought i was crazy for asking for it)
gotta say this thing just feels so good in your hand, the knurling is excellent! now i know what people mean by that.
cant wait till it gets dark to really test it next to all my other lights, though i played with them in my basement where it is pretty dark.
from these very preliminary tests, the e2l seems to put out about just as much light as the p3d Q4 edition on high (not turbo) but with the spill noticeably less bright.
compared to my streamlight 3C/4aa propolymer luxeon the lil e2L has a much much bigger spot and more pleasing light overall though since the spot is bigger, that very center spot of the luxeon feels a touch brighter. spill seems very similar so far.
i basically got the e2l to replace the 4aa that i used to carry around always while camping. too much more light and it would just be bothersome, the e2l is just right, and with NINE FRICKIN HOURS OF REGULATED OUTPUT at FULL! (that is the kicker)
but yeah, this thing definitely feels real good in hand.
i think ill be getting a lumahunter m1 or tiablo a8 to have a throw-light and then take a break for awhile and when they come out with a flashlight this small with about 65 surefire lumens for like 8 hours runtime, ill take that too!
happy mazeltov!
gotta say this thing just feels so good in your hand, the knurling is excellent! now i know what people mean by that.
cant wait till it gets dark to really test it next to all my other lights, though i played with them in my basement where it is pretty dark.
from these very preliminary tests, the e2l seems to put out about just as much light as the p3d Q4 edition on high (not turbo) but with the spill noticeably less bright.
compared to my streamlight 3C/4aa propolymer luxeon the lil e2L has a much much bigger spot and more pleasing light overall though since the spot is bigger, that very center spot of the luxeon feels a touch brighter. spill seems very similar so far.
i basically got the e2l to replace the 4aa that i used to carry around always while camping. too much more light and it would just be bothersome, the e2l is just right, and with NINE FRICKIN HOURS OF REGULATED OUTPUT at FULL! (that is the kicker)
but yeah, this thing definitely feels real good in hand.
i think ill be getting a lumahunter m1 or tiablo a8 to have a throw-light and then take a break for awhile and when they come out with a flashlight this small with about 65 surefire lumens for like 8 hours runtime, ill take that too!
happy mazeltov!
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