I will tell you guys I am having a hard time resisting this light. There are so few cool lights around comming from high end manufactures. When a new one comes up it makes me happy. It seems to me that some of these companies are going for a more custom flashlight program. OK I admit it I have several HDS edc's in a couple of varieties. Guess what I like 'em they are good quality flashlights.I am sure this one will be no different.
I am looking forward to owning one of these.
Funny. I can get my head around this light. I like the new little L1 surefire. But I can't get myb head around it or into it.
Strange.
Yaesumofo
OK, despite the fact that I have one on pre-order, I do agree with you. If you have a Fenix or a Surefire single celled light, you very likely will never need what this light gives you.
If you read the HDS website, you will find a bit of history. The company makes lights for situations where they absolutely, positively HAVE to work, even more so than Surefire. They started making lights for cavers. If your light dies there, so do you
http://www.hdslights.com/index.html - click on articles and read the history. Heck, read it all. It's all good stuff.
So what were are looking at with the Twistie is kind of a super-L1 with a higher high and VERY low low that will run for a very long time. Plus it is designed to take rechargeable lithiums. It is also designed to be utterly reliable. So if the L1 is the armored personnel carrier of the 1 cell flashlight world, the Twistie is the M1 Abrams.
Or something like that