Upcoming SureFire Saint LED Headlamp
For those looking for a hiking flashlight, there seems to be a lot of commotion on the Internet about SureFire’s upcoming and first ever headlamp, the “Saint.” For a hiking flashlight, headlamps are obviously useful tools to have and the upcoming SureFire Saint looks promising I must say.
The new headlamp features a white LED with user selectable brightness ranging from 0 to 100 lumens. Another first for SureFire is it’s ability to run on either 3x CR123 lithium batteries or optionally on 2x AA alkaline batteries which will give owners nice flexibility in using whichever batteries they have on hand. SureFire claims a total runtime on high of 6 hours and 144 hours on low (1 lumen) and an SOS mode that can run for days.
The SureFire Saint is made of aerospace-grade aluminum and will weigh only 8.7 ounces. It supposedly will be available in October/November 2008 and will carry a suggested retail price of $185. Keep an eye on SureFire’s website for more information and to see when it becomes available.
-Robert
