Thanks for posting that you have a bag but wont trade, that helps me a lot.
The issue isn't actually buying the bag, it's buying it from somewhere prepared to ship it to New Zealand.
The M600A is a very useful regulated LED light that is actually very handy for camping. It has moderate output compared to some if their lights, being regulated means it holds a constant light level for it's entire run time. I'm sure the Surefire lights you own might be completely useless, but you don't own one of these, so implying that all Surefires are no use in this context is also quite unhelpful.
I have considered listing it elsewhere, and have. This is a good forum to find the type of kit I'm after, and even though you've passed your particularly unhelpful and uninformed opinion, I'm still hopeful that someone who does want a brand new M600A might still come along. After all, the M600A is worth a lot more than the pack.
It never occurred to me that my remark might trash your thread. My experience has been that people buy Surefires because they want a Surefire. Far fewer have one because they need it. Most, if they need a light for camping, could go and buy a Tikka XP and a Fenix P3D and have a lot of money left over. Actually quite a lot of people think that Maglites are expensive, nothing that we say here will change their mind, and nothing that I said about using Surefires for camping will put someone off who is serious about owning one. Come on, no one spends £160+ on a flashlight unless they really know that they want it or will use it.
You are asking for a very specific item in trade and offering a pretty specialized item in return. I took myself as a fairly typical example of the people you are trying to appeal to. I have the bag, and some experience with the brand of light (I know how good Surefires are as lights), and yet the trade does not appeal, despite the difference in original cost. Certainly, there might be someone out there who will jump at this, but you have had this here for a month with no interest shown. I only posted a suggestion for why this might be so. Of course, you might be suggesting that someone buy you a bag in exchange for the light, but unless they want the light for themselves they would then have to sell it on, which apparently isn’t something that you have found particularly easy to do either.
If the people that sell the bags won’t ship to NZ, you could persuade another member on here to forward it for you after you have paid for it. Up to the second sentence of your reply I would have offered to help you with mail forwarding, but you made me think better of it.
This is the light that you are offering:
M600A
The two-battery Scout Light from SureFire, the tactical technology company™, attaches to a Picatinny rail via an included thumbscrew clamp. An extremely rugged and powerful LED module produces 100 lumens of electronically-regulated light with a total runtime of nearly three hours. Switching is accomplished with a momentary-on remote tape switch that can be unplugged from the light if repairs or adjustments are required.
FEATURES
- Batteries - Two SureFire lithium SF123 3.0 Volt with 10-year shelf life
- Output/Runtime - Maximum output of 100 lumens for 1 hour, then lower output for over 1.5 hours. Total runtime 2.5+ hours.
- Click on/off and momentary switch
- 7 inch tailcap switch
- Thumbscrew mount
- MilSpec Type III hard-anodized aluminum construction
It is shown as a weapons light mounted to a M4 type carbine. It is hand held with no facility for hands free use...unless you count mounting it to a rifle. It is described as having just one brightness level, which while impressive, and long lasting for the output/batteries used, is in my experience, far too bright for most camp activities. I may not be the most informed person on lights but my experience has been that even as "little" as 60 lumens was too much for most things other than navigating/finding my way.
British Blades would be my first choice for selling my Surefires. It just represents a slightly different, though overlapping, market.
