True Stories

I’m a Naval Reservist with Naval Special Warfare/Special Boat Team and an avid weekend sailor. Recently I was sailing solo on the Chesapeake Bay at night in a 26' Annapolis, when a squall with near gale-force winds and driving rain churned up waves, swamping and killing my outboard engine as I was making my way to safe harbor at 11:00 at night. Fortunately, not having my 300,000 CP flood light that I normally carry on the boat, I remembered to bring my Navy-issued Surefire Z2 Combatlight®.

Although the entrance to Broad Creek is marked by a lighted day-marker, the two intermediate channel markers are not, and the last lighted buoy was over a mile away. Missing the two unlit mid-channel markers meant running aground in pounding surf, damage to the boat, or possibly even worse. Fortunately, SureFire led the way. I kept shining my Z2 where the day-markers should have been (according to the chart), and sure enough, the Z2 lit them up almost 200 yards away in the pouring rain. I was able to sail down the channel, around the last marker into the harbor, and then drifted unscathed into the nearest dock. After I tied up the boat, I kissed the dock. I sure am glad I had my Z2 to light the way.

Thanks, SureFire!

Tom W.
Virginia

I work as a deputy sheriff and was driving down the road when I saw a state trooper with a vehicle pulled over. I pulled behind the trooper just to check to make sure everything was 10-2, and the trooper came back to my car and asked if I would keep an eye on the passenger, due to the fact that the two in the car were acting particularly nervous. I've carried a SureFire Z2 CombatLight® for years but recently purchased an E2D Defender® for my side pocket because it's very bright and easy to use. Upon approaching the passenger side, I noticed an MP5 machine gun next to the passenger's leg, which the trooper (using his Maglite) had not seen. I placed my hand on my sidearm and shouted GUN!, instructing the two people in the car not to move.

I secured the weapon, which luckily turned out to be an exact-replica air gun—without an orange tip. I'm telling you, there is no better flashlight on the market.

Deputy Frederick S.
Ft. Branch, IN

During the 1994 Northridge earthquake, my wife and I lived upstairs in an apartment, which shook us out of our bed and pinned us under the dresser. After pulling ourselves out, I searched for a flashlight so we could make our way downstairs. Finally I found a long black one, which we'd stuck away for just such an emergency, only to find that the batteries were dead and leaking all over. I told my wife then and there that we'd never again be in that situation.

I searched for months to find the right flashlight, finally deciding upon the FBI-issued SureFire Z2 CombatLight®. My wife bought it for me for my birthday and, wow, was I happy. I now own six: the Z2, E1L, M4, E2e, L5, and G2®. I recently bought my Dad the perfect Father's Day Gift: his own G2® LED. I know he will use it for a long time and will come to depend on it as we do ours.

Thank you, SureFire, for giving us the comfort of knowing we will always have light.

Alan O.
Simi Valley, CA