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90 minutes is plenty
That's where my only real problem with the surfire lies is right there. For me, 90 minutes is not enough, even just for roadside emergencies. For roadside emergencies I DO actually use a D-Cell Maglite <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

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As for defense, I wouldn't use my surefire as a defensive weapon unless I had nothing else. They market it as such, but only one version comes with an impact bezel, and the whole "stun them with the light!" sounds like a marketing scheme to me. Any bright light will do the same, it doesn't have to be a surefire.

In fact, the maglight D cell would make a better defensive weapon. it's like a freakin iron pipe You bean someone over the head with that bad boy and they'll feel it when they wake up!


I couldn't agree more, which is why I said it would only be useful for the complete pacifist. My most devout buddhist aquaintences come to mind. These are people that would rather die than risk the possibility of harming someone else, even in self defense. This is the type of person I think of when I refer to a SF being the best defensive option for a complete pacifist. Trust me you won't find me (or my wife) defending myself with a light unless it is a D-cell maglite. <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Now having said all of that let me clarify that I am not knocking the SF in general, but rather just for certain uses (as I have explained). I will readily admit that I had a SureFire light mounted to a Wilson 1911 for several years and it was the best light on the market (at least at that time) for that purpose and it served me very very well even with the very frequent battery changes that were required. I actually trained with this system regularly, otherwise I'm sure I would have gotten more out of my batteries.
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