I really really endorse surefires beamshapers. I use one on my C3 Centurian for hiking at night. If you think that sureifres have good looking beams now, wait till you put a beamshaper on! It will totally eliminate ANY throw that the light has but it will put out ... hmm... i guess i would call it a blob of light lol. it is a totally even ... cloud ... of light. really hard to describe actually. Basically the beamshaper will TOTALLY eliminate the hotspot of your light what you end up with is a really wide really floody REALLY smooth beam that is GREAT for close up work. When i hike at night (new hobbie lol) i keep the beamshaper pointed at the ground and it really lets me see perfecly where im going to be putting my feet. in the other hand is the mag74 which is only good about 50feet out (anycloser and the reflection off of anything hurts the eyes) Wow .. im really rambling but there is alot to say about the glory of a really GOOD beamshaper, which is what SF makes, This is not a piece of tape in front of your light, this is a lense that diffuses and redirects light. It does make the light a little harder to edc, as the bezzle gets bigger, but frankly i think it is worth buying just to see if it is right for you because it may very well be. i hope this helps, oh and welcome to CPF!