GarageBoy
Flashlight Enthusiast
Do I have to use the HUGE factory thing or is there another viable solution? I'm currently running it behind a F04, but when I use the light, it gets taken off. (the TW4 gets placed in a pocket)
How to protect lens of KL4?
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Size15's
Flashaholic
What do you need to protect it from? And Why?
I've carried SureFires for years and never felt the windows needed protecting...
Al
I've carried SureFires for years and never felt the windows needed protecting...
Al
GarageBoy
Flashlight Enthusiast
Protect the lens from keys, etc. I don't want that beautiful multi coating getting scarred.
Size15's
Flashaholic
That hasn't been an issue for me - a bit of spit and the corner of my shirt cleans away the dust/dirt and the Pyrex window still looks great!
The sensitive coatings are on the inside face anyway...
The sensitive coatings are on the inside face anyway...
GarageBoy
Flashlight Enthusiast
I thought they were coated on both
Size15's
Flashaholic
My glasses are coated on both sides. On the front face at least they are coated with a scratch resistant coating.
Perhaps SureFire protect their more sensitive coatings with a scratch resistant coating too?
Doesn't change the fact I also clean my glasses with spit and the corner of my shirt!!
Al /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Perhaps SureFire protect their more sensitive coatings with a scratch resistant coating too?
Doesn't change the fact I also clean my glasses with spit and the corner of my shirt!!
Al /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Hi Garageboy,
You might try this. Auto shops and online dealers sell something called XPEL or 3M polyurethane adhesive film for protecting automotive headlamps, paint, etc. It is clear, tough and sticks very well. Also, easily replaced. Try this and you won't be disappointed.
Works for lower powered incandescents as well.
Wilkey
You might try this. Auto shops and online dealers sell something called XPEL or 3M polyurethane adhesive film for protecting automotive headlamps, paint, etc. It is clear, tough and sticks very well. Also, easily replaced. Try this and you won't be disappointed.
Works for lower powered incandescents as well.
Wilkey
Ginseng, can that film stand the head of something like a turbohead too?
-Mike
-Mike
TheMadHungarian
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Hey GB, T. Erdelyi sayin' Yo!
GarageBoy
Flashlight Enthusiast
Hello, T'Erdelyi!
I hope that stuff is hard enough on the outside. I've dealt with camera lenses that scratched VERY easily, ESPECIALLY leica lenes
I hope that stuff is hard enough on the outside. I've dealt with camera lenses that scratched VERY easily, ESPECIALLY leica lenes
Comparing a camera lens to the lens of a flashlight constructed for rough use isn't much good me thinks /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif
Al, do you let your lights dance with your keys in your pocket? I've been a bit too scared to do that to my L4 so far.
Al, do you let your lights dance with your keys in your pocket? I've been a bit too scared to do that to my L4 so far.
Size15's
Flashaholic
Yeah, quite often my flashlight it clipped inside the same pocket my keys are.
If I can not allow my EDC to become scratched, dinged, dented, dropped out of moving vehicles (happened last week) etc etc then it's not a real EDC flashlight for me.
Several SureFires I have such as the Purple A2 are collector's items and never carried.
Most of the SureFires I have are used as tools - all the better for "character marks"!
Al
If I can not allow my EDC to become scratched, dinged, dented, dropped out of moving vehicles (happened last week) etc etc then it's not a real EDC flashlight for me.
Several SureFires I have such as the Purple A2 are collector's items and never carried.
Most of the SureFires I have are used as tools - all the better for "character marks"!
Al
glock_nor_cal
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ive edc'd an L4 for quite a while and i've never scratched the lens. Just like Al said--wipe the lens on a shirt, good as new.
