True Stories

I was driving along a dark scenic road in upstate New York when I saw a car that had flipped over in an accident. My firefighter training instantly kicked in, and I grabbed my SureFire L5 and my extrication gloves. There were three patients and an infant in the car, and I quickly made sure there were no current dangers and went to work.

I had to break out the rear window to get to the patients. I went for the infant and teenager who were in the car, and I put them both in my car. I then had to get to the passenger in the front seat, so I broke out the window and used my knife to cut her seatbelt. She didn't have any life-threatening injuries, but she did have a laceration to her head, so before getting to the driver I had to put some gauze on her head. After assisting her, I went to work on getting the driver out, but, although he did not have any life-threatening injuries, the "jaws of life" were required to get him out.

When the fire department arrived on scene, they were amazed at how bright my L5 was; the only things brighter were the flood lights from their 2,000-watt generators. They were amazed and all wanted one, so I told them to visit your website.

Joshua R.
Sutton, MA

I purchased my SureFire L5 LumaMax® for weld/aerospace visual inspection. After using the big two-D-cell lights for years, and straining my eyes, fighting shadows, and lugging this huge thing around, I decided to seek out something better. Well, the SureFire L5 that I purchased is INCREDIBLE. WOW, I can inspect all day with no eyestrain, and the light picks out the smallest of defects with such ease!

Thank you, SureFire, for such a wonderful product. By the way, I'm going to purchase three more L5s for the rest of my crew.

Arin H.
Burlington, KY

I was in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, and was walking back to the hotel from a local restaurant. I heard something behind me, so I turned around and shined my L5 into the bushes. That's when two guys took off running. I'm certain that my SureFire saved my life, because, at that time, there was a lot of throat-slashing of foreigners going on in that area. I will always trust in SureFire. Thanks for saving my life.

Anthony C.
Huntingdon, TN

It started out as an innocent hiking trip with two of my friends in the mountains of Hawaii. We thought we could make one of the summits by dark. Ten miles later, well after dark, we were out of water and severely dehydrated. We were not even close to the summit. As a last resort, I had to call in the helicopter to fly my two friends out. They were in bad shape physically. We could hear the chopper coming up the mountain, and they could not obtain a fix on us. The dispatch operator asked me to turn on my flashlight and shine it into the sky. I proceeded to turn on my L5 LumaMax® and lit up the sky. The helicopter immediately noticed my flashlight and located our position. Both my friends were evacuated and obtained the assistance necessary.

If it was not for my L5 LumaMax flashlight, they would have never found us. The firefighters gave me water, and I walked down the next morning.

Paul W.
Ewa Beach, HI