SureFire P2X Fury Dual-Output LED Review

Arguably the most anticipated SureFire flashlight this year, the SureFire Fury bring a relatively affordable (by SureFire standards) yet high output offering to the market, albeit with a simple feature set. Overall the SureFire Fury has a pretty standard medium sized flashlight design, looking similar to offerings by Pila, Wolf Eyes, etc. Up the front, the SureFire Fury has a smooth bezel making it look less aggressive than other SureFire combat/tactical flashlights. The glass lens is AR-coated and tempered to resist impact and thermal shock. The aluminum reflector used has a fine grip texture, finished with a perfect polish with no noticeable flaws. The Cree XM-L LED sits nicely centered at the bottom of the reflector cup. The entire head section has a substantial size, presumably to provide adequate heat dissipation for the high output level the SureFire Fury is capable of. Externally the head has a series of flat faces machined onto it. These help somewhat as an anti-roll feature, however they’re cut too shallow to work effectively. The SureFire Fury will still roll when place on any surface with a slope. The entire head assembly is adhered to the battery tube and not meant to be easily removed.

The entire body of the SureFire Fury is finished in black Type III Hard Anodizing with a fine, matte-textured surface finish which has an almost velvet-like feel. This prevents the light from feeling too slippery if you have greasy hands. The battery tube has contours machined onto it which allow fingers to sit comfortably with either under or over hand grip. The threads on the SureFire Fury isn’t square-cut like most of the other tactical models, but are still thick and robust. They’re also cleanly finish with no signs of grinding or cross-threading encountered curing the testing and review process. A rubber o-ring sits just behind the threads which serves as a moisture seal. The tail cap doesn’t have knurling, but does have 6 flat faces machine on it which still provide sufficient grip for easy unscrewing during battery changes. The switching mechanism used is of the forward push button variety. While it works for momentary activation with a half-press, it isn’t really practical due to the way mode selection works as will be described later in this article. The switching mechanism has an average amount of travel with tension. When fully engaged, the switch produces a clearly audible click and also provides positive tactile feedback. The rubber switch cap protrudes slightly out the ear end of the tail cap which means the SureFire Fury isn’t able to tail stand, but on the other hand does allow easier switch activation.

The SureFire Fury provides a simple two-level output system, in the following order.

Output level alternates with each half-press of the switch within 1 second. There is no memory feature, so the SureFire Fury always switches on to the lower Mode 1 from Off. Considering its size, the SureFire Fury outputs an impressive amount of light. It’s also one of the few pocket-sized lights which truly provides output around the 500 lumen range. The reason is that while there are many other similar lights which claim to output 500 lumens, most of them only sustain this level for a couple of minutes before ramping output down due to heat or poor power management. The SureFire Fury on the other hand, starts off at a slightly higher 508 lumens, before stabilizing at about 492 lumens for the majority of its regulated run time which it also maintain really well and stable. As the batteries run out of power, light output drops gradually in a smooth slope as can be seen in the run time graphs below. The beam profile provided by the SureFire fury has a narrow hotspot for great throw, surrounded by a soft corona. This makes the SureFire Fury a great pocket sized flashlight for distance subject spotting. The spill beam is medium sized and clean of any artifacts, as expected from the nicely finished textured reflector.

While SureFire is known for stating conservative performance specification on their lights, the SureFire fury seems to slightly differ in this respect. While output rating is pretty spot on, the run time advertised on the package is not consistent with the other higher cost tactical SureFire models. On the package, run time is labeled “FL1 STANDARD” at 1.5 hours on the Mode 2, 500-lumen level. As you can see from the run time graph below, regulation is maintained up to the 50 minute mark. By 1 hour 22 minutes, output already drops to about 10%. So the 1.5-hour advertised run time should be interpreted as “usable light” and not for 500 lumens. Regardless of this discrepancy in output specifications, the SureFire Fury is still above the competition in terms of its size-to-output ratio. An interesting behavior of the SureFire Fury is that when the batteries are close to being depleted, the electronics goes into a pulsing beacon mode. This is shown below in the graph showing the last few minutes of trailing run time expanded from the run time on Mode 1.

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