It's been my experience that, when I first got into the hobby (Addiction), I was all about what other people thought about a light. I wouldn't look at the features of a light. I'd look at how someone else felt about those particular features. These days I have a good collection of lights and I know exactly what I want. Happy days yeah? Perhaps not. Now that I know exactly what I want in a light, I cannot for the life of me find something that ticks all of the boxes. Everything is a compromise.
Here's my perfect light:
Feels like a Malkoff: If you've ever had a malkoff you know what I'm talking about. That heft of thing when you pick it up, you know you're holding on to something built with purpose and quality. The head of my MD2 weighs as much as an entire Zebralight SC600 II. It gives you the feeling that if you ever lost your hammer, the Malkoff would give it a runs for its money.
Perfect beam shot: To my eye my Surefire Fury(s) has the perfect mix of flood and throw. Beamshot is sexy smooth. It has half the lumen of my other lights, but they're 100% effective. My 500lm Fury(s) will out throw my 1000lm ZL SC600 II. Dat reflector. It does all of this without sacrificing usable flood. The on tint the other hand... meh.
18650: If you're anything like me, you've always got a torch either in your hand, in your pocket, or at arms length. I'd wager, that 50% of the time my torches are on, they're not being used for anything useful. It must have rechargeable batteries or I feel like I'm wasting primaries.
I've been taking a good long hard look at the Prometheus Alpha blue label. I've seen the torture tests, the quality of the light is awesome. My potential gripes being. Not enough throw and its perhaps a little too long.
Anyway, enough about my perfect light. What mix of features does your perfect light have?
Here's my perfect light:
Feels like a Malkoff: If you've ever had a malkoff you know what I'm talking about. That heft of thing when you pick it up, you know you're holding on to something built with purpose and quality. The head of my MD2 weighs as much as an entire Zebralight SC600 II. It gives you the feeling that if you ever lost your hammer, the Malkoff would give it a runs for its money.
Perfect beam shot: To my eye my Surefire Fury(s) has the perfect mix of flood and throw. Beamshot is sexy smooth. It has half the lumen of my other lights, but they're 100% effective. My 500lm Fury(s) will out throw my 1000lm ZL SC600 II. Dat reflector. It does all of this without sacrificing usable flood. The on tint the other hand... meh.
18650: If you're anything like me, you've always got a torch either in your hand, in your pocket, or at arms length. I'd wager, that 50% of the time my torches are on, they're not being used for anything useful. It must have rechargeable batteries or I feel like I'm wasting primaries.
I've been taking a good long hard look at the Prometheus Alpha blue label. I've seen the torture tests, the quality of the light is awesome. My potential gripes being. Not enough throw and its perhaps a little too long.
Anyway, enough about my perfect light. What mix of features does your perfect light have?
