Surefire Breaks New Ground with 1xAAA Titan & Titan Plus

Surefire has been synonymous with high-performance, high-end flashlights, but you'd never accuse them of being particularly affordable. SHOT Show marked a revolution as Surfire upended expectations with its new 1xAAA Titan and Titan Plus flashlights, both in terms of price and EDC performance.

Get all the details on these revolutionary EDC flashlights from Surefire: http://www.equipped.org/blog/?p=646

as a huge fan of 1xAAA 'lights, this is news indeed.

thnx doug.

$60 is not bad at all. I almost ignored the original post because Surefire is typically out of my price range.

It is always good to see quality products come to market, but I think the Fenix LD02, 100 lumens,3 light levels,a rear clicky and half the price offers pretty stiff competition. Decisions, decisions...

You really have to see the beam in action to appreciate what a difference it makes... How Surefire gets that unique attribute across will be an interesting marketing effort

And *POOF* more of my money disappears because of Doug/ETS...
-Blast, who won't have to carry strips of magnesium any more.

SWEET! I'm a pretty big Surefire fan. I got my first one maybe 15 or even 20 years ago; it was a Nitrolon G2 back when they were all incandescent. Great light for the time but battery life was poor. I think I have five Surefires now, all LED, counting the X300 Ultra WML I keep on my HK carbine.

I'm pretty happy with my keychain EDC, a Fenix E01, but I'll certainly be looking for the Surefire to examine. It's great that they're releasing a few cheaper models, at least provided the quality is still there. Granted, I'd have more Surefires than I do if they were cheaper but I have never regretted a dime that I've spent on any of their products.

The beam shape of the Titan will need to be very compelling for me to invest in a AAA back-up light. My pocket light is a 1xAA Fenix E12 -- 8/50/130 lumens out, very useful output range.

The light on my keyring (DR Photon Freedom) is purely a back-up with the intent of momentary use to get me to a real light. After years on my keyring I finally replaced the battery after it was accidentally turned on and left on for an unknown time (I think the dog did it) but even then the light was good enough for its job of getting to a real light.

For the purposes mentioned in the article, lighting an alley or the woods at night, I would prefer to use a AA light for the runtime and commonality with my other non-keyring lights.

Might be a great light, but I'll need to see it first hand.

Me too!! My wife just rolled her eyes.

I will have to try it out, even though I just got the one Hikermor talks about, and I do like it.

If the intent is to market the Titan to guys who already carry Surefire 123A lights (think LEO) then they may do well with sales. This may capture market-share of guys who want a Surefire light that fills the low-power void. This is a light they can drop in their pocket or keep on a keyring rather than the high power light they have on their weapon or duty belt.

For the general public who discovered Fenix, FourSevens, et al years ago, I'm not sure a high priced AAA light (regardless of beam shape) will be compelling. We'll see.