Workgeek50
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Can someone give me some info on this light? It was given to me by a friend
Surefire g2 led
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Kestrel
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Hello WG50, :welcome:
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Derek Dean
Flashlight Enthusiast
Howdy Workgeek50, and welcome to CPF,
Gee, that's a mighty good friend you have there. Here is a link to the official site:
http://www.surefire.com/g2x-pro.html
I don't own any Surefire lights, but their reputation is for extreme excellence in flashlight manufacturing, and I'm sure the G2 is no different. Of course it's different from many lights with it's polymer body construction. It uses 2 of the less common CR123 batteries, which can be somewhat expensive if bought at brick and mortar stores (up to $8-10 a piece!), but can be found on-line for a dollar or two a piece:
http://www.batteryjunction.com/pri-cr123a.html
If you just use the light occasionally, say for a tool box or in the car, buying batteries (on-line) is probably the best way to go. If, however, you find that you use it all the time, then it might be in your best interest to consider some type of rechargeable cell:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0076H2TEA/?tag=cpf0b6-20
You can learn a lot about batteries here:
http://batteryuniversity.com/
For further information, learn how to use the Google Search box located at the top left of most CPF pages. Leave it checked for "CPF Only", and it will limit it's search to relevant threads found on CPF. For instance, simply type in "Surefire G2" and you will get pages and pages of results.
And, before buying batteries or chargers, be sure and visit the "Flashlight Electronics, Batteries Included" section of CPF. Lots of good info there:
http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/forumdisplay.php?9-Flashlight-Electronics-Batteries-Included
In any case, that's just to get you started. I'm sure some Surefire aficionados will chime in soon with lots of good information for you.
Have fun!
Gee, that's a mighty good friend you have there. Here is a link to the official site:
http://www.surefire.com/g2x-pro.html
I don't own any Surefire lights, but their reputation is for extreme excellence in flashlight manufacturing, and I'm sure the G2 is no different. Of course it's different from many lights with it's polymer body construction. It uses 2 of the less common CR123 batteries, which can be somewhat expensive if bought at brick and mortar stores (up to $8-10 a piece!), but can be found on-line for a dollar or two a piece:
http://www.batteryjunction.com/pri-cr123a.html
If you just use the light occasionally, say for a tool box or in the car, buying batteries (on-line) is probably the best way to go. If, however, you find that you use it all the time, then it might be in your best interest to consider some type of rechargeable cell:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0076H2TEA/?tag=cpf0b6-20
You can learn a lot about batteries here:
http://batteryuniversity.com/
For further information, learn how to use the Google Search box located at the top left of most CPF pages. Leave it checked for "CPF Only", and it will limit it's search to relevant threads found on CPF. For instance, simply type in "Surefire G2" and you will get pages and pages of results.
And, before buying batteries or chargers, be sure and visit the "Flashlight Electronics, Batteries Included" section of CPF. Lots of good info there:
http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/forumdisplay.php?9-Flashlight-Electronics-Batteries-Included
In any case, that's just to get you started. I'm sure some Surefire aficionados will chime in soon with lots of good information for you.
Have fun!
Yoda4561
Flashlight Enthusiast
There are two G2 LED's to concern yourself with, the older G2 LED, that uses a P60 swappable lamp assembly and has either a polymer head (older) or aluminum head (newer). The newer version which is the G2x uses a one piece aluminum head assembly that you can't change lamps on. The originals with the P60L were kind of ho-hum lights, mostly because the P60L was a bit... well it kind of sucked. On the plus side there are TONS of high quality LED dropin's that you can replace the P60L with, if you have a polymer head stick to the lower output modules or multimodes and don't run it at full blast for more than a few minutes. If you have the aluminum headed G2, then you can pretty much use anything but the highest power 700+ lumen LED dropins.
