SureFire Flashlights

SureFire began as a laser-sight company. Dr. John Matthews, who had already founded Newport Corporation, left it in 1979 to run Laser Products, formed to take over Newport's laser-sight business, and by 1985 it was selling WeaponLights, including models for the Colt 1911A1 pistol. The company took the SureFire name in 2001, and it states that all of its illumination products are designed and manufactured in the USA. Its buyers have always been police and military first, and the handhelds carry that brief: tail switches you can find under stress, few levels, and bodies built to take a beating.

The lights here fall into the same families SureFire's own store uses. The G2X Pro, with a polymer body and a 15-lumen low before 600 lumens, is the usual way in. The EDCL1-T and EDCL2-T use a dual-stage tailcap: a light press gives 5 lumens and a firm press gives full output, so nothing has to be cycled through. The E2D Defender Ultra adds a scalloped strike bezel to the same idea; it and the EDCL1-T were out of stock on SureFire's store in October 2026. The Fury DFT and the two Turbo models are dual-fuel, running on SureFire's rechargeable cell or on CR123A primaries; the EDC1-DFT Turbo and EDC2-DFT Turbo trade output for reach, with a single mode aimed far down the beam. The Stiletto Pro is the outlier, a flat, built-in-battery pocket light with a side switch for daily use and a tail switch for emergencies.

EDCL2-T owners like the dual-stage switch because full output is always one firm press away, and they say the TIR lens suits medium to long range. Their complaints are about carry: the metal clip edge scratches paint and leather, and it leaves the light riding high in a pocket.

Most of these lights have no charging port; the dual-fuel cells charge in a separate charger, and the CR123A models need primaries or a spare set of rechargeable cells. And the money does not buy output: the Stiletto Pro's 1000 lumens at $279 or the G2X Pro's 600 lumens are modest beside much cheaper lights. What the premium buys is the switch design, the American build, and SureFire's lifetime repair-or-replace warranty, which excludes worn switches and battery depletion and gives rechargeable batteries and chargers two years.