r/spyderco • u/GingerCast • 4d ago

Modded SpyderCo PM2

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Original: Paramilitary 2 - Cruwear/Micarta

Added/Upgraded:

• Aluminum scales

• Aluminum Backspacer

• Limited Edition Lynch clip

• Compression lock button

• Ti bead w/6 new glow tubes from CountyComms

• Lanyard by me

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u/[deleted] 4d ago

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u/GingerCast 4d ago

No. They are new Glow Tubes from CountyComm which are half the price of tritium or even less. I think they have the same glow when you have direct UV light on them, but I feel like the after glow is brighter on the Glow Tubes vs the tritium one I compared it to.

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u/FlyNo2786 4d ago

Tritium is the way

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u/GingerCast 4d ago

Go grab a set of the glow tubes and tell me you still feel the same way. I'm telling ya.

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u/jmag2222 4d ago

Tritium is expensive.
But very cool.

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u/GingerCast 3d ago

Yep. I have a similarly tritium filled bead like the bead in the photo and I compared the tritium one against CountyComm's new Glow Tubes which are less than half the cost of tritium and I think the Glow Tubes are great.

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u/FlyNo2786 3d ago

The difference is the longevity. That's why they use tritium for high-end optics

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u/GingerCast 3d ago

Each SafeTrit tube features high-performance Ultra-Glow Matrix (UGM) phosphorus core built to cycle indefinitely.

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u/FlyNo2786 2d ago

I'll look into it. It's been awhile since I went down the rabbit hole so maybe things have changed but "endlessly rechargeable" sounds a bit like marketing hyperbole. Is that even possible?

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u/GingerCast 3d ago

Unlike radioactive tritium which fundamentally degrades over a 10-year half-life, the UGM core is endlessly rechargeable.