Oh wow, i love that look!
My S2+ clear looks more like painted silver grey, i love the bare aluminium look Jdub!
Edit; THIS one
That looks perfect!!
It’s as I imagined.
To make it a little more ‘raw’ it would be awesome if the machine marks are more visible. (Or is that just me?) :sunglasses:
Not just you…I love that look. You can’t get more raw though without it being completely naked. That said, these pictures were taken on a grey overcast day. It will look different in good light.
As soon as I have mine in hand I’ll get pictures in better light and more in-your-face. The anodizing will to some extent smooth out the machining marks and make them somewhat less pronounced but Simon sent me a video where the same host looked a lot more “shiny”. The video was very low resolution/grainy so really I just want to get this bad boy in my hands to see it for myself. :money_mouth_face:
That is beautiful! I want M1 in that finish.
As far as those pictures go, I’ll just have to by another C8 and S2+ when they get released in this finish
Clear anodizing “raw” look. Shows the excellent machining and maintains more of a bare aluminum look. Visually seeing the path/process and precision left behind look awesome! A piece of art.
More pictures in full resolution Flickr album
Remember in reality it looks much better than in the pictures. 
Breath taking pic’s 5ar! :heart_eyes:
Those pics are amazing and do the new L2 finish justice for sure, and like you stated, even more spectacular in person, Simon/Jared my hat is off to you two, and thank you both for the opportunity to get (one of 3) of the first ones! 
Thank you KawiBoy1428, it's easy to photograph such a beautiful light. Yes, exactly Simon and Jared thank you both.
Wow, I’d love to get a L6 in that finish.
Have to chime in, these machine finish L2’s are extraordinarily gorgeous! I think this L2, appearing naked off the CNC (they ARE anodized) is one of the best looking lights to be found on the market today. My 2 cents, I know, but the form and functional style of the L2 really appeals to me in a big way with it’s single 26650 battery tube and elegant styling. The machined look enhances the beauty, shiny silver and exquisitely done it’s just a joy to behold. And with the right emitter/driver set-up, the output is every bit as awesome as the light itself.
This is the light the venerable HD2010 always dreamed of being. 
Well done Simon, thank you! And thank you, Jared, for talking him into this! 
Love it, love it, love it! :heart_eyes:
For the record, mine is not very close to stock form. I’ve tweaked and fitted and the Sliced/Diced SST-40 is pulling over 9A at the tail for 2277 lumens out the front.
I really really like this look a lot. Just ordered a regular black :person_facepalming:
Dale how much candela did you get with this setup? And how long can it handle the heat on turbo before it is too hot to hold? I want to make the same setup with the black what I ordered two days ago. Or maybe I leave the dome on the led.
I haven’t measured lux yet but plan to do so in the morning. I ran it a good bit outside this evening and while it felt warm it didn’t get hot. I didn’t run it real long, but enough to pull a LiitoKala 5000mAh cell down to 75%.
I’ve cut the emitter shelf larger to hold a 32mm MaxToch MCPCB, opened the reflector base to remove the flat and made a black Delrin cup to center the reflector around the SST-40. Using 18ga leads everywhere but the driver spring bypass which is a 20ga. Beam profile is pretty nice, tighter hot spot than I expected really. I still need to shave the last of the silicone, was too shaky on meds to do more than a slice and dice when I built it. The tint didn’t change though, it’s still blue-white but not horribly so. Oh well, win some and lose some I guess.
The L2 with single 26650 tube is just really an awesome handful of light. This machined version feels almost exotic, find myself looking at it a lot, turning it slowly and watching the various facets catch light and shine, such a nice change from black flashlights. lol
I wish the new L2 give more output may be 2000 Lumens , 1000 L in this body is quite under power.
Thanks! I tried shawing last week for the first time in a Brinyte B158B with an XP-G2 but I only got 153 kcd. Then hot dedomed the led with an x-acto knife and I got 325 kcd. So I think I stay with full dedoming instead of shaving.
Why is this not up for sale yet!?
It looks stunning :heart_eyes:
Would be awesome if there was a single cell tube with tactical ring available for it aswell
When will we get a Stainless Steel L2 with Copper heatsink?
I still love my old L2 - I moddet it with a FET driver ans a XP-L Hi - this thing is easily my best thrower, even tighter beam than the MaxToch Sniper BLF-TE
Has there ever been a light this large made of stainless steel? I don’t know of any.
Also, what do you mean by heatsink? I don’t have an L2, is there a removable pill section inside? I just assumed the head was a single piece.
Yeah, I mean the head - stainless steel bezel, switch-housing and battery tube, but copper head, like the Astrolux SS
That sounds massively heavy and massively expensive. Would they sell to more than 5 or 10 people? What would it cost, $150?
It sounds cool, but I doubt they would ever be made.