Can't make up my mind SF 9P or WE M90X

[zespectre]

For some reason I've got a burr under my saddle about getting a strong but inexpensive incandescent. I really want it as a "WOW" light, I don't have any practical reason/need for it so I have to keep the budget pretty darn low.

I was thinking about the Surefire 9P with a P91 HOLA (200 Lumens) but then Quickbeam reviewed the Wolf Eyes M90X Rattlesnake (300? Lumens).

Does anyone else have some hands-on experience with either/both of these lights?

I can't seem to decide. On one hand is the tried and true nature of the 9P, on the other hand is the extra power of the M90X (plus I can get an LED tailcap).

I know, I know...buy them both

 

[kelmo]

Yo Z Man,

I have 2 9P's and love them. One is stock and I run the P90 LA. I have a P91 but prefer the "tunnel vision" of the P90's hotspot. The P91 is more flood than spot IMHO. My other 9P is really a 6P+A19+KL3. I use the spent batteries from my incan 9P to power my LED 9P. The spent batteries usually have about an hours worth of regulated runtime left in them. Plus I got a FM64 beamshaper for the KL3 which gives a soft flood equivelent to my L2 on low.

Don't own a WE M90X so can't comment on it.

kelmo

 

[nzgunnie]

I've got a 9P that I run with two of AWs 17500 Li-ions and the standard P90 lamp. I think it is a great light. I like it so much I've just ordered a 6P and one of the detonator extenders from Light hound to make an even cooler looking '9P'. I intend adding one of digilights DRB-9VHP LAs to hopefully get 175 lumens.

From Optics HQ i've ordered a KT2 for it (which might arrive one day...) and a MN60 225 lumen bulb that I will run on 4 123s using the extender, or for nice long run time I might use the N2 LA and two 17650s with the extender, the options become endless.

Go for the 9P!

(or perhaps a 6P + a detonator extender from light hound + a DRB-9VHP).

 

[Paul_in_Maryland]

It sounds as though you'll be using the light for short bursts only, no more than four hours a year. You don't "need" rechargeables, so you can safely go with the Wolf Eyes 12V.

I've owned only one tactical lamp assembly whose beam impressed me more than the P91's: The G&P G120. It's like a P91 but a bit whiter, brighter, and wider. So don't overlook the Cabela's XPG 12V or Digilight T12.

 

[zespectre]

Thanks Paul, I'll look at that. You are correct that this is really just going to be a "short zap" kind of light to really show people what a fairly small light is capable of.

 

[Lunal_Tic]

I've got a couple of W-E/Pilas and they're nice but heavy. I believe the Pila GL4 was referred to as a "war mace" by the vendor from whom I purchased it. The M100 is no slouch in the weight department either.

-LT