Hey guys just joined from CPF.

Welcome.

Any idea where you caught them?

:beer: Welcome to BLF :beer:

Welcome Mr Krabs. Hope you enjoy your time here.

I own both Solarforce hosts and Surefire hosts, the surefire do feel much better made and feel nicer in the hand than the Solarforce, the HA on the Surefires makes the Solarforce anodizing look like paint.

If you want a usable cheap host buy a Solarforce, if your a person who would rather wear a Swiss watch than a Timex buy the real thing, buy a Surefire, it’s hard for me to overlook the quality and pride of ownership I feel when I use one of my Surefires. Just the same reason I wouldn’t be seen driving a Kia or similar vehicle.

There is a place and buyers for both of these brands they address different ends of the market, flashlights are no different in this regard to any other consumer product.

And I almost forgot Welcome, Mr_Krabs just like Solarforce and Surefire I think there’s room for CPF and BLF, different ends of the market, I can never understand the antagonism that exists toward CPF here.

Please dont be fooled by the title, Budget light forum. There is a disease here that is in epidemic proportions, your family and friends will think your mentally insane, you can still spend a lot of money on budget flashlights looking for that perfect light that will never exist, so not so budget forum, your teeth will turn yellow and your hair will fall out like mange on a dog . You have been warned.

Welcome aboard, Flashaholics are here Too

Welcome!!

Comparing my Ultrafire 503B and Solarforce L2M, IMHO the Ultrafire is a better P60 host. The 503B body tube is thicker walled. Its a bigger OD though, so its not the standard 1” diameter weapon-mount. I was able to mod the 503B tailcap so the switch pill bottoms down directly against the battery tube. Can’t do that on my Solarforce, so the solar relies on -B conduction through the threads. I can lube up the 503B threads really smooth, and not worry about resistive losses. While the Solar, I run the threads dry to avoid resistive losses.

Welcome

You can fit an SST-90 and SST-50 in a P60 host. I personally favor the C2’s and C’3’s with modifications. You can back up over it a few times with no worries it will fail…

+1 what DNF said. Nothing budget about it, I'm afraid.

Comparisons between BLF and CPF are stupid.

stoopidFoy

welcome!

The motto at the top of the page reads

I've never heard anyone say that the surefire is that much better than a Solarforce ...Do you have a real solarforce ? multiples ?? The comments i've heard were that solarforce was as good or better than surefire ..i'd heard that repeatedly so i assumed Surefire was still better stuff just 5 times the price . I have no idea as I have no surefire and probably never will .

I agree that Solarforce is sufficiently better than ultra-fire and the quality merits the purchase ..BUT it still is double or more than the cheaper 10~15$ 504 xml 3 or 5 mode ultrafires on one hand you're comparing a 15$ light to a 30$ light ...to a 100$ light...Most noobs imho have a problem buying a 15$ host and a 15$ drop-in a 10 charger and a 15$ set of batteries ...60$ for a flashlight is a hard pill for a noob to swallow so naturally they bail on buying quality and buy bad batteries or a cheaper light ...

BLF was a better budget forum when it promoted 6~11$ AA lights..IMHO the xml hurt the budget light craze more than anything else cuz it demands the extra juice

Comparisons between BLF and CPF are stupid….if you fail to see the difference.:slight_smile:

Welcome to BLF…and yes they seem to be down more often lately i noticed.

I have a 2 of L2P’s and have owned other Solarforce lights in the past, Masterpiece Pro-1, several L2’s, and various drop ins, they are great lights for the money worth every cent, but they definitely don’t compare to Surefire anyone that who tells you Solarforce is as good or better hasn’t owned both, my favorite is a HA C2 centurion with a nichia 219 drop in not the brightest light I own but one of my favorites.

Welcome to BLF

I know I bought six of the Ultrafire 504Bs because they were $8 dollars compared to $18 dollars for the Solarforce L2P. I will admit I sold all my 504Bs now except one and replace them with the much nicer but double the price Solarforce hosts, I blame Foy for this.

I don’t know why people went off on a tangent about Surefire. Mr Krab never mentioned Surefire in his post only Solarforce versus Ultrafire.

I like the new solarforce much better than the old ..I agree it looked cheaply painted .that's why I asked if Burro had multiples ...My advice is buy the new stuff over the old .And I agree with E1320 all of my ultrafire has been replaced with solarforce .

Sorry Burro I wasn't insinuating you didn't know Solarforce .

Welcome to BLF Mr Krabs. CPF goes down more than a hook… ah nevermind.

Welcome to the cool kids' club, Mr_Krabs!

Welcome aboard Mr. krabs. Raccoon city did you put that doll in the mud & take a pic LOL? Too funny!

Keith

I hope you have fun here, I know I do.