Surefire E1e bit the dust, what would you do?

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Shoki

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My Surefire recently just stopped working. I tried a fresh battery and the bulb's filament looks like it's still intact. I even jumped the battery to the frame to see if my switch is gone and I got nothing so I'm assuming it's the bulb.
So it looks like my choices are to send it back to surefire as it's less than a year old or get an aftermarket drop in. I had asked about a super-bright LED drop-in a while ago but ended up getting another Pelican 2360 instead.
So what would you do? Let surefire figure it out or convert it to LED?
 
Definitely worth it to do an LED drop-in as a replacement. No more burnt bulbs after that!
 
That's the direction I'm leaning. I just can't believe the bulb would be burned out already! I've used it less than an hour and it was only on continuously for maybe 10-25 minutes at a time.
 
Blais, call SF to send you a free replacement bulb or two.
 
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I think they generally expect about 25 hours of burn time on a bulb. I have emailed them in the past explaining how quickly a bulb burned out and they sent me a new one. There's really nothing in an E1e that can fail besides the bulb as long as you're sure you're using a fresh battery.
 
If your incan poofed with less than an hour of runtime then definately call Surefire, they'd most likely send you a new one.

Another option could be buying a Veleno designs'/Kuku's E series drop in.
 
You should be able to get a new bulb from Surefire for free if it's a fluke one. Otherwise, replace the bulb (duh).

But really you should convert or upgrade the light. There's almost no reason or advantage to use an incandescent flashlight these days, at least in something pocket sized. The only advantage is that they give you a better color rendition than LEDs, and you can find "warm" LED lights that fit this bill too. I mean, really, 15 lumens for 90 minutes on a CR123A? An E1E gives you 45 lumens for 8.5 hours. Or for the same cost, get a NiteCore IFE1, which is about the same size and cost, but gives you infinitely variable output up to 260 lumens. Wow.
 
Planterz said:
You should be able to get a new bulb from Surefire for free if it's a fluke one. Otherwise, replace the bulb (duh).

But really you should convert or upgrade the light. There's almost no reason or advantage to use an incandescent flashlight these days, at least in something pocket sized. The only advantage is that they give you a better color rendition than LEDs, and you can find "warm" LED lights that fit this bill too. I mean, really, 15 lumens for 90 minutes on a CR123A? An E1E gives you 45 lumens for 8.5 hours. Or for the same cost, get a NiteCore IFE1, which is about the same size and cost, but gives you infinitely variable output up to 260 lumens. Wow.
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Warm colour doesn't mean high CRI though. Incandescents have their place depending on the use, but for the majority of people LED's will be superior. They're kinda like mechanical watches, quartz will be a load more accurate, more tougher, but people still use mechanical watches because it's more aesthetically pleasing(sweeping second hand), kinda like how the rendition and warm colour of the incan is more pleasing.
 
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