Surefire E2D Incandescent replacement to led lamp options?

BigMHoff

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I blew my E2d bulb with rcr123's. I knew it would happen, but figured I should try anyway. :whistle:

I don't feel like spending the $ on the Surefire replacement led head. Besides a Lumans Factory bulb, what are my options? I really want an led, and want to use rechargeable batteries. Do any other heads fit?
 
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divine

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OpticsHQ makes a LED head for E series lights for a little less than Surefire. There is usually a E to C Leef adapter for sale on lighthound, but those don't seem to be available. (You could do a malkoff with one of those and a 6P bezel.) Some people here were making a "e-mt" LED tower to fit in E series lights, but they haven't been made for a while. There was one post that hinted maybe they will make more with the new Cree led.

You might want to put a WTB (want to buy) request up in the marketplace and see what people are willing to sell. It could turn up a used e-mt, or a used Surefire conversion head or... who knows what. Maybe a custom head. I got a custom head for a little more or the same price as a Surefire head a couple weeks ago on the Custom BST forum here on cpf.
 

BigMHoff

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Thank you for the information packed response. Disappointing, but information packed!!
 

TMedina

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Also, keep an eye on TNC Products: E2C Adapter.

There are supposed to get a new run in sometime this month or next.

There is also a place out of Hong Kong that offers an E2C - Supreme Co: E2C adapter - the shopping cart doesn't work, but they do answer emails. I haven't done business with them before, so I can't speak to the process personally.

-Trevor
 

Justin Case

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OpticsHQ offers two E2 upgrade heads (which will also work when driven by a single cell such as when using an E1 body). There is a dual-mode (low, high) head and a single-mode head.

Make sure that whichever head you get, it is the latest version of the TLS design. Apparently at least for the single-mode head, there is an original design and a new design ( think that the dual-mode head incorporates all of the new design features). The new design is more resistant to the environment than the original one. I have an original E2 upgrade head and it suffers from dust infiltration from about 8 continuous months of pocket carry. In the version of the E2 head that I have, the glass window is clearly not o-ring sealed. Perhaps that is one of the new design features (I don't know, though).
 

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Instead of upgrading to LED, try upgrading your bulb. Lumensfactory offers all sorts of bulbs and I'm pretty sure you'll find one designed to run on two 3.7v RCR's.
 
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