Surefire Cree L1 owners with issues

Finally got my replacement L1. Seems to be ok. I went to do a test for 10-15 minutes, then fell asleep for about 45 more. When I woke up the light was still on same brightness with no hint of flickering. Finally got a good one! Now I can relax, until the G2L comes out...

KDOG3 said:

Now I can relax, until the G2L comes out...

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It has been out with Dealers for a while now - even CPF Dealers have 'em

My replacement L1 arrived today. It was shipped next day air saver on Friday. I have run it for over a hour, no problems at all. It smokes my old L1 and has good tint. :thumbsup: Gsm

I also received my replacement L1 today, I've only tested it for 7 minutes so far, but so far so good.

Chris

Revised L1's shipped to dealers starting 8/9 - we have ~50 of em coming.

MattK said:

Revised L1's shipped to dealers starting 8/9 - we have ~50 of em coming.

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Anyone know if the revised L1s or their packages are marked to distinguish them from the earlier batch?

I doubt it but can confirm in 2-3 days. The revised lights didn't begin shipping until 8/9 AFAIK so not many dealers will have them yet.

anyone know if they are with or whitout frosted lens?

FlashSpyJ said:

anyone know if they are with or whitout frosted lens?

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My replacement has a slight frost to it, about the same as my first one. Gsm

MattK said:

Revised L1's shipped to dealers starting 8/9 - we have ~50 of em coming.

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I'll be waiting for them...

have to wait until I get my paycheck before I can order one... its itching in my fingers....I WANT ONE NOW!

Outdoors Fanatic said:

I'll be waiting for them...

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Thursday.

Your package is on time with a scheduled delivery date of 08/16/2007.

Type: Package
Status: In Transit - On Time
Scheduled Delivery: 08/16/2007

MattK said:

Revised L1's shipped to dealers starting 8/9 ...

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I would love to know if the revision is to the body and/or to the head.

I won the Limited Edition Donation Drive raffle (even if it did take me more then four weeks to claim it) for an L1 with a special "PK" logo engraved on the head.

If the fix is to the body alone, perhaps SureFire customer service might be willing to let me keep my special head, given that the light was a "personal gift" from PK.

I guess I'll just have to wait and see if it needs attention or not...

Dave

got mine back today, so far it;s 16 minutes continuous on high, looks okay so far. brightness is very good BTW.

edit: 56 minutes, the hot spot still beats that of a Novatac 120. Good times.

look at how fast SF fixed this problem, it's over and done with. I just bought a new batch L1 from opticsHQ,..didn't have to wait long for the problem to get fixed. I can't even begin to complain.

We tested 3 lights for 15 minutes for customers pre-shipment today and not 1 problem.

Its over and done with for some batman, but not for me. still waiting and nothing .

I really, really wish I had gone with Novatac and the 85T. I would have had a working light right now instead of waiting for.......?

Called SF today . they supposed to get back to me with update before end of day....nothing. Here we go again I really can't take this crap anymore. 5 weeks at the end of this week I beleive for me.

hang in there Luminata. Hope you get yours back soon. THis is the first incident of functional problem I have had with them and I hope it's the last.

FlashSpyJ said:

have to wait until I get my paycheck before I can order one... its itching in my fingers....I WANT ONE NOW!

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Order now, by the time they ship and the bill gets to your house you will have your paycheck.

I received my L1 from Surefire (ordered it directly from SF).

It has been running for 20 minutes on high, no problems.

It has a white dot on it. Not sure if that means anything.



Oh, here are a couple of quick beamshots.


This is my L1 running a Surefire 123 battery. It's been running for about 15 minutes at this point.


This is my DEXlight X.1 running on a fairly fresh 14400.

Both images are about 2-3ft from wall. If you back away, the DEX actually starts appearing brighter as it has more spill and the L1 is more of a "cone".

One last "almost crapped my pants" note. Ultrafire RCR123's are very snug. Quite snug, in fact. OK, I almost couldn't get the damn thing out. I need to get some AW's...

BUT, when I did have it in, I only turned it on for a bit. I was going to do some beamshots for comparison, but I don't want to get the battery stuck. For the moment I had it in, I did think the high beam was brighter... but it could have been my wishful thinking.

Anyway, it's going on 30 minutes now, no flickering or anything. I'm pretty happy with this light. The color temperature is nice.