KL3 on 9P

waumpuscat

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/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/help.gifI have a Surefire 9P that I bought several years ago but has seen very little use and I would like to increase the use and versatility of the light with an LED bezel. Can I put a KL3 or any other bezel on this 3 cell light? Thanks you guys, I love the forum /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 

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Absolutely! I think this is the best body for the KL3. Gives you over 7 hours of regulated light. I have two white and one red KL3's on 9P bodies. One of the white KL3's has a F68 traffic cone on it.
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I found the KL3 head really front heavy on a 6P body. Should be much better balanced on a 9P.
 

oldgrandpajack

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You can put a Turbo Head on it, too (T2, KT2-BK and SRTH). Then there is the black M2, shock isolated bezel with Pyrex lens. The black Z44 bezel gives you a Pyrex lens in the standard size bezel. The Z32 gives you a shock isolated bezel with a Lexan lens.
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ChrisM said:
I like my KL3 on my Z2 body with clickie. Nice looks, weight, balance...

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Yes, that must be why I have the clickies on these. I didn't even realize how it effected the balance. They're a natural combination.
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Thanks you guys /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbsup.gifthat is exactly the comments that I had hoped to hear. Looks like there will be somethingelse to try and shop for come payday /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/broke.gifHave a great Thanksgiving!

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I put my KL3 on a G2 body and used the Z4xx clickie also. It is one of my favorite lights. Perfect walking light.

Looking for a black KL3 if anyone has one.

Rich
 

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I've had a KL3 on my C3 since the KL3 first came out.

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More recently moved to a C2/Z48-clickie setup with the KL3 as an all-round "general-use" light. Awesome combo, and I don't even notice the slightly lower output nor slightly shorter run-time.

During the great NE black-out this summer, I literally ran the thing for 5 hours straight without noticing even the slightest hint of battery drain.

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Allen
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Samoan

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I put a kl3 on my 9p (TY oldgrandpajack) tonight!

Used to the p91 at first it struck me as quite blue and quite dim. Then I went carousing around the back yard in the dark.

Yipee!

Peace...

Fern...
 

rlhess

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The KL3 is one of the brightest 1W Luxeons that is commercially available. In fact, it's brighter than my Lambda Ill Pill and Illuminator by a bit.

Somebody was running a sale on clear (bright aluminum) 9Ps last year (ASPI Tactical?) and I got three of them. I now have one with an SRTH head, one with the standard P90 LA, and one with the KL3. This, I call my 9P Trio. It can handle almost any night-time looking or hanging around task I can think of (short of the Banana) and with 4 dozen 123 cells in one small shoulder bag, will run forever (almost).

I like the KL3 for that application. It is big, however.

The L4 is brighter, but 7 hrs vs 1 hr is important.

Cheers,

Richard
 

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ftumch33 said:
how`d you get a red KL3???

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Surefire makes the KL1 and KL3 in red, blue and green too. Don't understand why Surefire doesn't advertise them. I ordered some at Bulldogenterprises.com, last summer. I had to call the order in. I sold my blue KL1 and KL3. Still have the red and green in both.
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A KL3 with an overdriven 1W at 700mA or a 3W at 700mA makes a nice bright light which gives you over 3 hours of light. I modded mine with a PM6 reflector and a TWAK 3W and it out throws every commercially available LED light I have including the L5. The hotspot of this thing is incredibly tight though overall output is lower.

CM
 
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