Brands with good quality Type III MILspec anodizing?

Tachead · Jan 3, 2015

Hey guys, I am wondering what brands use a high quality Type III MILspec anodizing? By good quality, I mean like Surefire, Pentagon, exc. not the cheap easy to chip stuff that brands like Fenix uses. Thanks for the help guys:thumbsup:

C.M.S · Jan 3, 2015

Don't know about "mil spec" but Zebralight uses Type III class I , U.S manufactured hard anodized .

Cerealand · Jan 3, 2015

Elzetta. Excellent, if not the best ano that I have seen.

Str8stroke · Jan 3, 2015

I hear Armytek has quality stuff. They state "Premium Type III Anodizing 400HV" on their product description. Actually light owners could chime in here and let us know how that is.

Grizzman · Jan 3, 2015

HDS lights have good HA.

ForrestChump · Jan 3, 2015

Grizzman said:
HDS lights have good HA.

reppans · Jan 3, 2015

Malkoff

Grizzman · Jan 3, 2015

.....and I'll second that Elzetta's ano is exceptional.

nbp · Jan 3, 2015

Love Malkoff's HA-BK. It is thick, and a bit more matte. Very nice.

seb13 · Jan 3, 2015

Str8stroke said:
I hear Armytek has quality stuff. They state "Premium Type III Anodizing 400HV" on their product description. Actually light owners could chime in here and let us know how that is.

I can't explain how is made Armytek's anodisation but i have 2 flashlights from them and i confirm that it's high quality.

P_A_S_1 · Jan 3, 2015

I've found the anno on my MD2 to be thin, at least on the head, a little drop marred it right to the bare aluminum. The anno on my HDS was thick.

Echo63 · Jan 4, 2015

the Best Anodise i have seen is on my Oveready modded SF 9P - years of daily use and i haven't even worn the corners yet.
Surefire and HDS do great HA3 too

chanjyj · Jan 4, 2015

Elzetta has the best I've seen. It's strange you comment on Fenix's poor quality, perhaps those are the newer lights. My (now ancient) Fenix TK10 had anodizing on-par with my Surefire M2.

ForrestChump · Jan 4, 2015

reppans said:
Malkoff

This one also.

D6859 · Jan 4, 2015

Str8stroke said:
I hear Armytek has quality stuff. They state "Premium Type III Anodizing 400HV" on their product description. Actually light owners could chime in here and let us know how that is.

The balck anodizing on my Tiara has already worn out a little in two months after repeatedly attaching and removing the pocket clip on it.

BeastFlashlight · Jan 7, 2015

Grizzman said:
.....and I'll second that Elzetta's ano is exceptional.

I just can't get over Elzetta not taking 18650s

KITROBASKIN · Jan 7, 2015

BeastFlashlight said:
I just can't get over Elzetta not taking 18650s

Oveready can help you out.

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Grizzman · Jan 7, 2015

Yep. Oveready bored my ZFL-M60 during the last bore batch, and I will probably have them bore my Bravo as part of this one.

BeastFlashlight · Jan 9, 2015

Hmm now that's something to think about!! I hope boring it out doesn't compromise it's durability

an_abstraction · Jan 10, 2015

Surefires natural (gray) anodizing is the best I've had my hands on. Very hard and durable.

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