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Newly Enlightened
So it was about 1:45AM Sunday morning. I had been watching a live firefight taking place in Umm Qasr and was waiting to see an airstrike take place when - BLACKNESS. Power went out. At that very moment, the wife walked in after a night out with the girls. I had to find light - FAST. I reached over to the nightstand and couldn't locate my E1E. I realized I had left my ArcWhite on the dresser, do I went over and grabbed it.
Now, I have many more incandescent than LED lights. When it boiled down to it, I needed lights I could leave on to act as "lanterns" in the house. I used all LED's (except for the cold cathode portion of my ArcWhite). Why? I think I was concerned about runtime. Most of my incan lights are high-power-runtime-is-about-an-hour type.
My Blaster acted as the entire main level lantern (this thing is bright!). My wife and 8-month old carried an Inretech Minimag, and I carried my Arc LS.
I did, however, take my TigerLight and WolfEyes M90 outside for a little throw test. My wife thought I was psychotic - going outside at 2AM to play with flashlights. The results as you might imagine were in favor of the TigerLight - tighter beam = longer throw. I'd say the M90 is just as bright - its beam is just a little more spread out.
So am I an LED convert? Let's just say I might be buying a 5W Blaster next....
Now, I have many more incandescent than LED lights. When it boiled down to it, I needed lights I could leave on to act as "lanterns" in the house. I used all LED's (except for the cold cathode portion of my ArcWhite). Why? I think I was concerned about runtime. Most of my incan lights are high-power-runtime-is-about-an-hour type.
My Blaster acted as the entire main level lantern (this thing is bright!). My wife and 8-month old carried an Inretech Minimag, and I carried my Arc LS.
I did, however, take my TigerLight and WolfEyes M90 outside for a little throw test. My wife thought I was psychotic - going outside at 2AM to play with flashlights. The results as you might imagine were in favor of the TigerLight - tighter beam = longer throw. I'd say the M90 is just as bright - its beam is just a little more spread out.
So am I an LED convert? Let's just say I might be buying a 5W Blaster next....
