Surefire vs. Streamlight

by FOG, Monday, April 15, 2013, 07:36 (4185 days ago) @ Josh M.
edited by FOG, Monday, April 15, 2013, 07:54

Streamlight may be good at taking care of 'issues'; Surefire is better if you'd rather avoid them altogether.

The only caveat gleaned from personal experience concerns spare parts.

I have an obsolete Surefire 12ZM "Combat Light" (500 Lumens), and they no longer make or sell lamps for it. I have three, but that's it.

When you consider the fact that the flashlight itself is built like the proverbial tank and made to last 'forever', one wonders why Surefire was so relatively quick to drop support for the product.

Lesson Learned: If you go with Surefire, and if you really want it to last 'forever', buy all the spare parts you can see yourself ever possibly needing, as they will likely be dropped at some point in the relatively near future.

This includes 'top-of-the-line' Surefire products (which the 12ZM most definitely was).

Of course, in the age of LEDs, this no longer concerns lamps, but I would definitely look into extra small parts such as switches and get at least one spare of each most likely to wear out.

HTH

ETA: Surefire does have 350-Lumen lamps that fit my 12ZM, but that's a lot less than the 500 Lumens that I orginally 'bargained for'...

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