Surefire HID Flashlight? (not the beast)

I was looking through surefire's photo gallery and came across something called the arclight. Has anyone seen this? I don't see it for sale on the site.

I regret to inform you that this is a proto-type from a couple of years ago and not a production item. The project was shelved.

Al

Why do they shelf all the good ones????

Most of us aren't ready yet /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Andreas,
The proto-types SureFire decide not to progress would make us cry. PK has a large number of staff at SureFire who are tasked with producing proto-types all day every day.

Al

Looks like an M6 HID


Me wantee /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mecry.gif

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kongfuchicken said:
Most of us aren't ready yet /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

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Actually it was 23,000 lumens and went 20 hours on an AA battery. It was invented by a guy named Fisher and the battery company bought the patent.

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Size15's said:
Andreas,
The proto-types SureFire decide not to progress would make us cry. PK has a large number of staff at SureFire who are tasked with producing proto-types all day every day.

Al

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/me /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mecry.gif

That does look a little bit like the business end of my Mag2HID with 10W Welch Allyn Solarc HID capsule. The bulb resemblance is there.

If so, we can take some comfort in the fact that we have our Mag2HIDs/miniHIDs. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Pic added:


You can't see the slightly raised base around the bulb just like in the Surefire photo, but it's there in person.

Any more info on this cool looking light???

DaFABRICATA said:

Any more info on this cool looking light???

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the prototype was first shown in the 2003 catalog...page 5
Since then surefire uses the same pic on every succeeding catalogs without saying or implying about the continuation of the "short arc"

There are better pics in the latest catalog...

Mike Painter said:

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Most of us aren't ready yet /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

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Actually it was 23,000 lumens and went 20 hours on an AA battery. It was invented by a guy named Fisher and the battery company bought the patent.

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23,000 lumens for 20 hours on a AA???? You Sure?

300winmag said:

23,000 lumens for 20 hours on a AA???? You Sure?

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Sounds about right, but it takes nuclear AAs. Lithiums weren't dangerous enough and didn't have the energy density required by Surefire.







Just kidding.

nah, that thing runs on proprietary 123As developed by surefire, 600AH per cell... but if one vented..
which was why the project was dumped.

Does Radio Shack sell those nuclear AAs yet?









And if they do, do their salesmen glow in the dark?