Surefire Helmet light
 

Im curious to know if the Surefire helmet light is mountable on the Ops Core Fast helmets? Looking to purchase one of these but I dont think ill be able to mount it on the rail system?

regards

Yes with adapters

ok thanks conker :)

Any link to said adapter? I just picked up one of these lights as well for my forthcoming ops core helmet

Details on how to mount the Surfire helmet light to an OPS CORE helmet are here;

http://www.militarymorons.com/faq/faqs.html

awesome thx!

WoW .... I think I need to go back to Lazik MD and get them to correct my eyes. I went over this a few times and didnt notice it ! Thank you good sir !

Also of topic slightly.... does anyone know how to tell apart Fake/Replica S&S Manta Strobe lights from there real counterpart? Need some help in this

Regards

Replica Manta's are available? LINK! lol

Not sure my self... Read a post that there some circulating in Asia not sure if its accurate information tho. It was something out of curiosity

I think the biggest tell tale sign is the price... if it's selling for $30, it's most likely not a real one...

Anyone got a hookup on a fake manta?

that's what i want to know... lol

Anyone found a good place to buy these "Ball Cap Mount for SureFire Helmet Lights"?
I can find them for $15, but shipping is $35+!!!

Are you talking about the TangoDown mount?

I was just looking at that as well... group order? I can bring 10 in at $25.42 a pop, if anyone else is interested in getting one...

Result:
http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...32903747_n.jpg

I used the mount from a replica helmetlight, they fit perfectly. I just resold the fake helmetlight without the mount (the replica comes with that adapter and the helmet mount) with a little loss over what I paid... so the mount has cost me something like 5 bucks.

EDIT: As for the fake Mantas, AFAIK there's only a small production run of a resin kit for now, and it's quite expensive for a non-working replica... Element announced one as "coming soon" so it's not yet yet on the market.

I got bored so I went on Ebay. I saw a auction from South Korea for a repro Manta.

link?

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/s-s-precision...item231736dbf4

22 hours left :3

Bro, : "it does not work, just dummy!"

$70 bucks for useless piece of plastic?

Didn't realized that till I scrolled down :\ thanks. Well... tell that to the people who is bidding.

You'd be surprised at how little people are willing to read with ebay auctions, even when their money is on the line.

There was once a guy on ASC who created an ebay auction that clearly stated the auction was for an airsoft gun BOX.

As in... the packaging for the gun. It was stated in the title, AND in the body of the post, AND the gun was never shown in any of the photos. Just the box. AND the body of the auction even stated "this is for ONLY the box."

Some idiot actually won the bid and ended up paying $150.... for an empty box.

When Element says "coming soon" how long can we expect a release?
By the way thanks Conker for finding out that info on the resin mantas.

For that price, I rather just bid on a real one.

I remember that scam was HUGE when Motorola Razr came out.. HUGE! There were probably 3 times more fake ads then real ones..

Worked a treat.. thank you for the link.

http://www.chairintheair.ca/gallery/...FAST+clone.jpg

Damn Awesome stuff!! Ill post mine when it comes in

I got my china clone SF helmet light so that I could extract the mounts, and in the process of doing so, I'd misplaced all of the mounts and screws in this junk pile of a workshop I have.

I searched for half a day, to no avail. I'm standing here scratching my head and aggravated. What a waste of $30. LOL.

Huang's site has them - currently out of stock - I guess i got the last two of them (one was busted in the package :confused: ) They are chinese made Surefire clones.

As such, they have no IR capability. The 'blue IR lights' are replaced with the red LED's, that you see in the photo. Both the red and white LED's operate (separately, either red or white, not both) on a 3 stage sequential brightness switch. There is also a separate "IFF" red light on it's own switch, that dimly pulses on and off on the side of the unit.. kinda useless. I bought it with airsoft and mountain-biking purely in mind - the red lights will suffice to take the place of consuming red glow-sticks, when i need to indicate "i'm dead" in night games.

The link given by Kokanee earlier in the thread gives a good run-down on what needs to be done to set them up for the FAST helmet. The Surefire clone is definitely quick removable from the helmet rail without need for screws or tools. The Surefire clones also came with additional mounts that look like they'd adapt fine to non-railed helmets like the PAGST and MICH series helmets - it'd definitely work fine with my PAGST 'costume' helmet replica, with the mounts that were provided.

The IR LED is not necessarily among the bank of 5 forward facing LED's.

All models have a single small IR LED on the side, which act as an IFF device. The one I got from Element has a functioning IR IFF LED, so I would be surprised if Huang's doesn't have one functioning. This blinking IFF IR LED does emit a dim red light, and you can tell whether it's functioning or not without NODs that way. The real thing I have does the exact same thing.

The forward facing LED's are made of of 3x White/Yellow-Green, and 2x Red/Blue/IR LED's - the colour is dependent on the model you get.

Most of the clones I've seen only have the 3x White & 2x Red/Blue combination.

HL1-A: 3x White, 2x Blue
HL1-B: 3x White, 2x IR
HL1-C: 3x White, 2x Red
HL1-D: 3x Yellow-Green, 2x IR

I've seen a similar coding nomenclature for the real thing.

I ended up snagging a real HL1-A off ebay for $60 shipped. Brand new.

http://i43.tinypic.com/969cfm.jpg

No mods req'd, no damage to the helmet, it just uses a two screws to cinch a clamp tight against the rim.

All of the red's I saw on ebay were significantly more expensive. I guess they're much more popular... anyways, I have a red light already, so I was fine without it on my HL1-A.

No idea about fitting real internals in to a clone case. I don't even know why you'd do that, to be honest... It's like buying a Lamborghini so you could shove the internals in to a kit car's external shell. LOL

If the purpose is to get a black casing, I'd rather spray paint the real casing. The quality of the Element clone is far inferior to the real thing.

Kwan, if you're lookin' for the legit Surefire HL, DS Tactical stocks them. Thats where I got mine. They've got the HL1-A-TN (white and blue) and the HL1-C-TN (white and red).

SF Helmet Light
 

Oops...

On vacation in the UK presently, if you can wait until the 5th I should be able to get a shot inside. I'll PM you with it and post here.

Kokanee, is that your issue brain bucket? If so, does your CSM have a shitfit whenever he see's it? lol. I've got velcro sewn onto the back of mine for my nametape and a surefire HL1. I've been waiting for the inevitable jacking about it.

EDIT...I too am allergic to sulfa and the army system is so fucking retarded they keep putting "Sulfer" allergy on my docs. Where'd you get the allergy tag?

Issue helmet, surplus-bought helmet cover that I modded, as well ripped the stock suspension system out and installed some Team Wendy pads.

My CO/Troop Cmdr/RSM have seen it a bunch of times and haven't said a word about it.

I made the allergy patch myself - pm me if you want one done up.