The 6P is considered a "personal" flashlight, being the oldest product in Surefire's lineup. Its essentially a very bright, high intensity light. Though, I think you misunderstood. Its *not* a "military-grade" light! That is reserved for their higher end lights (weapon lights and special-ops lights) which you couldn't touch for under $100. Xenon lamps are fragile creatures when you're talking about a tiny flashlight, there's less protection in one compared to a cumbersome lights like a Mag. I've had Mini-Mag lights break after waist-high drops to a gravel driveway, but my big 3D Mag has survived many "roll off the table and crash to the floor" events.
The military grade lights have a specially buffered xenon lamp housing that will resist shocks of being dropped or from weapon recoil. They're also got the Type III hard-anodizing which make them extremely resistant to chipping, scratching and gouging.
The lower end models (G2, 6P etc.) aren't going to have these luxurys. But.. something you bought with the light that your Mag lite won't have is their warranty. Send the light back to Surefire and I'm sure they'll replace it.
Maglites have a crappy beam pattern in ANY size and are just too big to carry around comfortably. I'm much more a fan of small, powerful lights. One I'm getting is the L2 lumamax which uses a 5 watt LED. THOSE are tough to break (no bulb), have Type III anodization and the size of a Mini-Mag.
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Date: 2004-08-14 06:22 am (UTC)The military grade lights have a specially buffered xenon lamp housing that will resist shocks of being dropped or from weapon recoil. They're also got the Type III hard-anodizing which make them extremely resistant to chipping, scratching and gouging.
The lower end models (G2, 6P etc.) aren't going to have these luxurys. But.. something you bought with the light that your Mag lite won't have is their warranty. Send the light back to Surefire and I'm sure they'll replace it.
Maglites have a crappy beam pattern in ANY size and are just too big to carry around comfortably. I'm much more a fan of small, powerful lights. One I'm getting is the L2 lumamax which uses a 5 watt LED. THOSE are tough to break (no bulb), have Type III anodization and the size of a Mini-Mag.