The Outdoor Wire

Correction on Yesterday's Feature

The Titan high beam provides 125 lumens and the Titan Plus provides 300 lumens. Each via a single AAA-cell. The 300-lumen output requires a nickel metal hydride (NiMH) rechargeable battery, neither alkaline or lithium batteries can provide enough current quickly enough. You can use an alternative battery in a pinch, but it will provide notably lower top output (Surefire wasn't able to quantify that at press time). The Titan will run fine on a lithium AAA-cell, and for considerably longer. A Sanyo Eneloop NiMH battery is included with both, but you'll need your own charger, something many buyers will already own. Both lights offer a low mode of 15 lumens and the Plus also has a mid-range of 75 lumens; twist the head switch counterclockwise repeatedly to activate and set the output level, starting at low. Surefire rates the Titan Plus at 300 lumens for 45 minutes. The Titan runtime on high (125 lumens) is 1 hour, at 15 lumens it is 8 hours using the NiMH battery. A lithium AAA-cell will get you 2 hours and 10 hours, respectively. That's all we could get on runtime from Surefire by press time. The price for the Titan is $59.95.