It's a shame surefire took so long with these, just seems like a bit too little too late. Plus, boy are they ugly.. I'm pretty sure they could have done more with their design, they almost look like prototypes. So many of surefire lights look GREAT... these aren't one of them.
Don't think I'm going to indulge in either of their offerings this time around. OR if I do end up purchasing one it'll most likely just be added to the collection and toyed around with.
In a handheld of this size, I think 100k cd is a bit much. I think a more balanced approach would be like the OKW modlite offering, 69k cd and 680 lumens instead of 550 lumens and 100k cd....
On a rifle, with glass attached ... that super intense pencil beam is great but handheld for edc tasks and things like room clearing, certainly isn't the best approach, and to me these lights seem more oriented to the public safety and LE world, as opposed to a guy going camping/outdoorsman ect. as per the specs. The specs just doesn't make any sense for those applications, or at least not in my mind / uses.
I'd much rather edc something like my HDS rotary.
I wonder if they came out with the scout version first because they realized they'll probably have more success in that market with these lights spec'd out in the way they are, as opposed to a handheld. Might also have nothing to do with it ... who knows.
