surefires- waterproof? a story....

[tschiemer]

I have a surefire 6P LED which I bought from a member a couple of years ago and I today accidently washed it with the clothes. To my surprise, the batteries were dry when I opened it so I tried it, and it works fine.

Are they waterproof, or "water resistant", and if so how far, if anyone knows?

In this case, the light weathered the washing machine well. I'll see if it still is working in a few days but it is tonight.

Robert

 

[skog]

Re: surefires- waterproof? a story....

My experience with surefire is you have to be talented to screw one up and if you do they will fix it. money well spent.

 

[jwaj]

Re: surefires- waterproof? a story....

Surefire says "weatherproof" on their website.

 

[jerseymike]

Re: surefires- waterproof? a story....

I threw my E1B in a 6 foot pool at night and it illuminated the pool, jumped in and retrieved it and still working just fine

 

[ddavis]

Re: surefires- waterproof? a story....

I dropped my G2 in a couple feet of saltwater while getting into a duck-blind and it took me a minute or so to fish it out. No water intrusion.

 

[chainring]

Re: surefires- waterproof? a story....

Yeah, I've done the pool thing with my kids a bunch of times with an E1B. They swim around late in the evening with it turned on. No problems.

 

[Chris@InterstateGuns]

Re: surefires- waterproof? a story....

they all should be o-ring sealed if i'm not mistaken. check out this link off of surefire. in the maintenance section it speaks of cleaning and lubing the o-rings. http://www.surefire.com/faqs

 

[Arbiter]

Re: surefires- waterproof? a story....

I've heard of people dropping them in 10-20 feet of water while turned on, and trying to dive down and retrieve the glowing bright spot on the bottom...they're definitely waterproof, although it's hard to say just what depth a given model is good for unless Surefire specifies it.

 

[Wnick308]

Re: surefires- waterproof? a story....

I put McNett silicone grease on the o-ring just like my dive lights and it works great.