Surefire Advertorial about X400 on Youtube
August 7th, 2009 | Off-Duty Product Announcement | Posted by Rob Curtis
Surefire just posted a series of 3 videos on their new X400 rail mounted compact light/laser. I found the second video the most interesting. Check out the how retired LAPD SWAT team veteran Scott Reitz sets up the laser as a secondary sight for close work on his carbine (4:10). And, whoever that pasty Derek McDonald guy is, he’s either a great shot or has a sympathetic sound editor (3:45). Hit the jump for parts 1 and 3 of the video series.
Surefire A2L Aviator. What the Heck Took So Long?
February 16th, 2009 | Product Announcement | Posted by Rob Curtis
A long-overdue update to the Surefire line arrives with the introduction of the A2L Aviator. The two-beamed favorite finally comes to the LED age, using a blazing bright-white LED for 120 lumens (main) with a set of low-powered LEDs providing low-level secondary light, available in either red, blue, yellow-green or white. All four secondary LEDs are the same, single color. It’s available in your choice of secondary LEDs color this summer for $239 MSRP.
More details and a shot of the LED config on the jump.
E.D.C. Flashlight – Cordon & Review
January 19th, 2009 | Cordon & Review | Posted by Rob Curtis
One battery. One lonely little AAA, AA or CR123. What could it do in a flashlight when most of us remember state-of-the-art as those huge two or four D-cell man-beaters? Well, with the latest L.E.D. technology, a little CR123 battery can run a light for hours that’s no bigger than your finger but nearly as bright as a car headlight.
All the major players you know, and a few you don’t, have embraced the L.E.D. So, we’ll give you a primer on the new millennium flashlight tech and offer capsule reviews of 11 lights you can carry everyday without weighing you down or making folks wonder if you’re just glad to see them.
Hit the jump for the GearScout’s take on everyday carry (E.D.C.) lights.
UPDATE- We used random.org to choose a winner from the comments. Congrats Widowmaker!
Shot 09- New Surefire Takes a Bite from the Night
January 15th, 2009 | Product Announcement | Posted by Rob Curtis
Surefire’s latest tech crept into the light here at Shot Show ‘09 in the form of their new VL-2 Vampire L.E.D. flashlight. The V-Series L.E.D. gives you the option to switch between 70 lumens of white light and 75mw of I.R. with the flick of a rotating collar. No more fragile IR beamfilters over short-lived incandescent lightbulbs hanging from your rifle.
The tech involved here is probably bigger news than the light itself. Surefire managed to put two different emitters on one die. This is cutting-edge flashlight geekery. Prior to the V-Series, multi-colored lights used multiple L.E.D.s in an array around the bezel. The 2-die emitter allows both spectrums to share the same reflector and lens, allowing engineers to provide the same optimized beam shape for either white or I.R. light.