SureFire Torches is a Southern California based company that produces precision tactical flashlights commonly used in the law enforcement and military fields. SureFire flashlights are also popular in the civilian market for personal, occupational, and self-defense purposes. The lights are often seen in TV shows and movies, such as the television show CSI.
SureFire produces flashlights of widely varying sizes and power outputs. These range from the tiny Titan to the hand-held M6 Guardian. Surefire also produces military weapon lights such as the Hellfire weapon-mounted searchlight for the M2HB machine gun or Mk 44 Minigun. One of SureFire's most popular products is the 6P Original. It is roughly the length of a an AA Maglite Mini-Mag, but produces twice the output of a typical three D-cell incandescent flashlight. The Z2 tactical light, which has similar performance, is standard issue to the FBI and U.S. Marshals Service.
SureFire models range from single-cell xenon lights to a large 20-cell HID model (also available with a rechargeable solution). Models employing an incandescent bulb offer the option of a brighter bulb (albeit at the cost of reduced battery life). They also produce a line of LED flashlights which include features such as electronically-controlled power regulation (allowing them to run in both 6 volt and 9 volt bodies and with less battery power than necessary to light an incandescent bulb) and multiple levels of brightness. The company has moved from the Lumileds Luxeon LEDs to the more efficient Cree XR-E LEDs in some of the 2007 models. SureFire LED flashlights often have improved run time versus their incandescent lights of similar output
Most of the Surefire Flashlights are powered by lithium CR123A batteries that allow for compact size and low weight while offering high power output. SureFire produce their own brand of CR123As. Some of the flashlights are available with rechargeable battery packs.
SureFire torches and flashlights are primarily made of aluminum, usually mil-spec type II or III hard anodized finish in various colors. Some less expensive models are made from Nitrolon, a proprietary impact-resistant, non-conductive, glass-reinforced polymer.
SureFire Torches are waterproof and have various accessories, including filters, beam diffusers, beam covers, lanyards, pouches/holsters and spare battery/bulb carriers.
SureFire began as a laser weapon-sight company, Laser Products, Inc. Presently based out of Fountain Valley, California, SureFire remains an innovator in the flashlight industry and continues to be the biggest supplier of flashlights to the U.S. Armed Forces. The flashlights seen mounted on the fore ends of M-4 carbines and M-16 rifles carried by U.S. troops in Afghanistan and Iraq are almost all SureFire products. SureFire products are also extensively used by Federal, State and Local law-enforcement agencies. Most SWAT team employing shotguns and the popular Heckler & Koch MP-5 submachine gun use SureFire lights, and the company continues to make a variety of dedicated tactical lights built into replacement forearms available for various popular riot shotguns, rifles, & machine guns. SureFire products are also employed by British special operations forces (i.e., SAS and SBS).
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