I HAVE SHOCKING NEWS FAKE SW01 TAILCAPS ARE OUT THERE AND HAVE BEEN FOR SOMETIME FATTY & SLIM :shakehead
We all know too well about the counterfeit SW02 tailcaps and how to pick them out. Sadly I have found there are more Counterfeit Surefire Tailcaps out there SW01 Fatty, Slim & Z49 tailcaps and who knows how many others.
I purchased a SW01 slim thinking it was the real deal not long ago it turned out it was a fake SW01 slim tailcap. A very good copy the HA is perfect and the machining is spot on. Sadly I have now found a fake SW01 fatty that I have had in my collection for a long time which I would of paid top dollar for so who knows how long these have been around for.
The seller of the fake SW01 Slim found out they were fakes after he had sent it out to me. He did the right thing and told me to send it back which I will do or than again i just might crush it under a 10-ton press. I am not going into any other details about the seller as yet he is a member on here so lets see if he cuts in. After I found this out about the SW01 slim I looked at a Z49 tailcap I got from the same seller a few weeks before and guess what also FAKE. Not sure he is as innocent as he makes out.
There is a lot more to this part of the story but I will leave it there for now.
Thinking I was interested he offered me more at $60ea 5 for $250 or 10 for $450 so as you can see there is a lot of these out there. Do not ask me about buying any of these counterfeit tailcaps because I think they stink and want no part in it.
If they made copies and called them #####fire or whatever than good I would never buy them but at least I would know they could not be mistaken for the real deal. They have been made for one reason and one reason only to fool us collectors into paying top dollar for a fake item. It does not do our hobby of collecting Surefire products any favors at all. So I hope you all will stay clear of these fakes. If nobody buys them they will stop making them.
This thread is more about telling all you fellow collectors to watch out for these fakes. I do know there has been a few sold on eBay as the real thing so if you purchased any on eBay you better have a real good look at them. The real SW01's have been pulling big money for a long time now so to pay top dollar for a fake that I would not pay a dime for would be a sad day indeed. I am pretty sure if yours has came sealed in the bag you should be OK.
SW01 Slim
One way to tell them apart is to go by weight.
The real SW01 slim will weight 38.6 grams
The Fake SW01 slim will weight 39.3 grams
All three of my real SW01 slim tailcaps weight spot on the same and they all came sealed NIP around three years ago.
The spring inside on the fake SW02 slim is thinner and shinier. Also the flat area on the spring seat is thinner see below.
Have a good look at the text. This is not the same with the fatty.
SW01 fatty
Same as the Slim the spring inside on the fake SW02 fatty is thinner and shinier. Also the flat area on the spring seat is thinner see below.
Z49
Now the Fake Z49 tailcaps same thing very good copy's
The real Z49 will weight 34.7 grams
The Fake Z49 will weight 32.8 grams
From the outside the rubber boot is a different shape very slightly & the knurling on the Fake is also different. The clicky switch is softer as well.
The spring is thinner and shinier it's also much softer you can easily push it all the way down onto the plastic much harder to do on the real one.
The black plastic bit the spring sits on is also different the notches are bigger and as you can see below the plat has different cut outs in them.
Let me know if you have a Counterfeit fake SW01's, SW02, or Z49
Feel free to use this anywhere you think people should know about these fakes
:wave:
EDIT: Whole post has been edited with photo's and new discovery of fake fatty
We all know too well about the counterfeit SW02 tailcaps and how to pick them out. Sadly I have found there are more Counterfeit Surefire Tailcaps out there SW01 Fatty, Slim & Z49 tailcaps and who knows how many others.
I purchased a SW01 slim thinking it was the real deal not long ago it turned out it was a fake SW01 slim tailcap. A very good copy the HA is perfect and the machining is spot on. Sadly I have now found a fake SW01 fatty that I have had in my collection for a long time which I would of paid top dollar for so who knows how long these have been around for.
The seller of the fake SW01 Slim found out they were fakes after he had sent it out to me. He did the right thing and told me to send it back which I will do or than again i just might crush it under a 10-ton press. I am not going into any other details about the seller as yet he is a member on here so lets see if he cuts in. After I found this out about the SW01 slim I looked at a Z49 tailcap I got from the same seller a few weeks before and guess what also FAKE. Not sure he is as innocent as he makes out.
There is a lot more to this part of the story but I will leave it there for now.
Thinking I was interested he offered me more at $60ea 5 for $250 or 10 for $450 so as you can see there is a lot of these out there. Do not ask me about buying any of these counterfeit tailcaps because I think they stink and want no part in it.
If they made copies and called them #####fire or whatever than good I would never buy them but at least I would know they could not be mistaken for the real deal. They have been made for one reason and one reason only to fool us collectors into paying top dollar for a fake item. It does not do our hobby of collecting Surefire products any favors at all. So I hope you all will stay clear of these fakes. If nobody buys them they will stop making them.
This thread is more about telling all you fellow collectors to watch out for these fakes. I do know there has been a few sold on eBay as the real thing so if you purchased any on eBay you better have a real good look at them. The real SW01's have been pulling big money for a long time now so to pay top dollar for a fake that I would not pay a dime for would be a sad day indeed. I am pretty sure if yours has came sealed in the bag you should be OK.
SW01 Slim
One way to tell them apart is to go by weight.
The real SW01 slim will weight 38.6 grams
The Fake SW01 slim will weight 39.3 grams
All three of my real SW01 slim tailcaps weight spot on the same and they all came sealed NIP around three years ago.
The spring inside on the fake SW02 slim is thinner and shinier. Also the flat area on the spring seat is thinner see below.
Have a good look at the text. This is not the same with the fatty.
SW01 fatty
Same as the Slim the spring inside on the fake SW02 fatty is thinner and shinier. Also the flat area on the spring seat is thinner see below.
Z49
Now the Fake Z49 tailcaps same thing very good copy's
The real Z49 will weight 34.7 grams
The Fake Z49 will weight 32.8 grams
From the outside the rubber boot is a different shape very slightly & the knurling on the Fake is also different. The clicky switch is softer as well.
The spring is thinner and shinier it's also much softer you can easily push it all the way down onto the plastic much harder to do on the real one.
The black plastic bit the spring sits on is also different the notches are bigger and as you can see below the plat has different cut outs in them.
Let me know if you have a Counterfeit fake SW01's, SW02, or Z49
Feel free to use this anywhere you think people should know about these fakes
:wave:
EDIT: Whole post has been edited with photo's and new discovery of fake fatty
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