Surefire Invictus Vaporware 2.0

Solscud007 · Jun 25, 2010

I picked up the new 2010 catalog at SF repair. It has a nice picture of the Invictus UB3T.

So onto another year or so of not seeing the invictus.

ninemm · Jun 25, 2010

Love that line "optic nerve quivering". lol Now I'm not so sure about buying the M3LT. :thinking:

Solscud007 · Jun 25, 2010

thats ok. you should give it to me. I'll adopt it and give it a nice new home full of love and respect.

why didnt you get the M3LT-S?

ninemm · Jun 25, 2010

I haven't bought either yet. I've been heavily considering buying the M3LT to replace my Jetbeam M1X. But, the Invictus seems like it will have a lot more features. I wonder what the price difference would be.

RGB_LED · Jun 25, 2010

The SF Invictus was so last year! I think we've all moved on... to other lights that were actually manufactured and available for sale. :devil:

Seriously though, I actually like the picture / design of the older UB2 version instead of this one. Imagine carrying this light in a holster... :faint:

Monocrom · Jun 26, 2010

I liked version 1.0, prototype only, better.

Flashlight Aficionado · Jun 26, 2010

Monocrom said:
I liked version 1.0, prototype only, better.

At least you have a model that SF is trying to bring to the market. Even if it seems to be in name only. My beloved Optimus was murdered at birth.

325addict · Jun 27, 2010

I absolutely loved the UB3 invictus (without the -T).

But THIS one falls in the M6 category, which, for a LED-light, isn't quite what I'm looking for... for me, an incan may be bulky, and a LED-light should be small... or is this just me??

Timmo.

Monocrom · Jun 27, 2010

You know . . . It's basically a black M3LT, but with a selector that lets you pick which light level you want to switch on. With the M3LT, you have to be careful not to bump the tailcap switch, otherwise you get Low when you really want High.

With the new Invictus, you don't have to worry about that issue. With all the extra modes + Strobe, I'm guessing price will be well North of the M3LT.

Echo63 · Jun 27, 2010

Monocrom said:
You know . . . It's basically a black M3LT, but with a selector that lets you pick which light level you want to switch on. With the M3LT, you have to be careful not to bump the tailcap switch, otherwise you get Low when you really want High.

With the new Invictus, you don't have to worry about that issue. With all the extra modes + Strobe, I'm guessing price will be well North of the M3LT.

Not Quite.

They are actually very similar lights.
pressing the tailcap lightly on the Invictus gets you the selected level.
mashing it down hard gets you max output.
the M3Lt is the same, except that first level is preselected (70lumens IIRC)

Tailcap is very similar to the L2/A2/L1 type tailswitch push a little for low, and push hard for high.

the UB3 just allows you to select "low"

if you want high just mash the button down as hard as you can

blitzlicht65 · Jun 27, 2010

Echo63 said:
Not Quite.

They are actually very similar lights.
pressing the tailcap lightly on the Invictus gets you the selected level.
mashing it down hard gets you max output.
the M3Lt is the same, except that first level is preselected (70lumens IIRC)

Tailcap is very similar to the L2/A2/L1 type tailswitch push a little for low, and push hard for high.

the UB3 just allows you to select "low"

if you want high just mash the button down as hard as you can

The UB3 have a selector ring. :poke:

iapyx · Jun 27, 2010

Why another thread when it's all here to read: message 802

from this thread: Surefire's 2010 New Lights Discussion

Surefire Invictus Vaporware 2.0

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