cslinger
Enlightened
Howdy everybody. I am a long time lurker new poster. Some of you may know me from some gun forums as I recognize some names here and God knows we gun nuts do have a fetish for lights as well, but I digress.
As far as flashlights go I have always had a bit of a fascination/interest in "portable" light. My personal mantra is everybody should at all times have on their person, a good blade, a rudimentary set of tools(Swiss Army knife, Leatherman etc.), a way to make fire and a way to make light. That being said I am not a total idiot as far as this who flashlight thing is concerned but I am not near as well versed as you folks.
As far as modding goes, I don't think I will be ramming a runway light into a mini maglite anytime soon but I did put in a couple of MJLED's with great results. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Ok so now that we got the introduction out of the way my question. I recently picked up my first Surefire, an E1L and I have to say it is the perfect carry light for me. It has displaced my Inova T1 which I love but the Surefire is a hair shorter and seems to have a hair more throw and output. So being I love this little guy so much and I really like the idea of having some super long runtime lights around as well I have been looking at the Surefire L1.
My question is I can't seem to figure out how to compare the low beam setting. I want to have some idea as to what it compares to before buying. Now I have a Forever Light III, one of those shake and bake emergency gimmic lights, actually it is pretty useful for what it is. Flashlight Reviews has the AIT Nightstar 1 at .73 overall output and the L1 on low at .70. So based on what I have read my Forever light should be equivilent and actually be less bright then the Nightstar. If this is the case that at full charge/shake my forever light should compare to the L1 on low, correct????? If so I am sold as that level of light is perfectly useable for emergency/long life situations or just plain reading or low light navigation. If it is a lot lower then it may be too low for my needs.
So can anybody give me a point of reference for the low beam setting?
Sorry for the huge first post but I figured you'd want the background before the question, gotta keep the riff raff out right /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Before anybody asks I have the following lights.
Surefire E1L
Surefire A2 Aviator
Inova T1
Inova T2(2)
Inova X03 with T1 tail cap.
Inova X5T(3)
Two MJLED Mini Maglites
A Dorcy AAA LED
An old first gen crappy LED light.
Streamlight Keymate
Streamlight TL2 Incan.
Two BAM's (Big ***'d Maglites)
A sprinkling of various other cheap lights.
The afore mentioned Forever Light
A regular Mini Maglite
Couple Eveready lantern/flashlight things.
Etc.
Oh and for you old school folks.......
Three oil burning lamps and a some candles too.
Chris
As far as flashlights go I have always had a bit of a fascination/interest in "portable" light. My personal mantra is everybody should at all times have on their person, a good blade, a rudimentary set of tools(Swiss Army knife, Leatherman etc.), a way to make fire and a way to make light. That being said I am not a total idiot as far as this who flashlight thing is concerned but I am not near as well versed as you folks.
As far as modding goes, I don't think I will be ramming a runway light into a mini maglite anytime soon but I did put in a couple of MJLED's with great results. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Ok so now that we got the introduction out of the way my question. I recently picked up my first Surefire, an E1L and I have to say it is the perfect carry light for me. It has displaced my Inova T1 which I love but the Surefire is a hair shorter and seems to have a hair more throw and output. So being I love this little guy so much and I really like the idea of having some super long runtime lights around as well I have been looking at the Surefire L1.
My question is I can't seem to figure out how to compare the low beam setting. I want to have some idea as to what it compares to before buying. Now I have a Forever Light III, one of those shake and bake emergency gimmic lights, actually it is pretty useful for what it is. Flashlight Reviews has the AIT Nightstar 1 at .73 overall output and the L1 on low at .70. So based on what I have read my Forever light should be equivilent and actually be less bright then the Nightstar. If this is the case that at full charge/shake my forever light should compare to the L1 on low, correct????? If so I am sold as that level of light is perfectly useable for emergency/long life situations or just plain reading or low light navigation. If it is a lot lower then it may be too low for my needs.
So can anybody give me a point of reference for the low beam setting?
Sorry for the huge first post but I figured you'd want the background before the question, gotta keep the riff raff out right /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Before anybody asks I have the following lights.
Surefire E1L
Surefire A2 Aviator
Inova T1
Inova T2(2)
Inova X03 with T1 tail cap.
Inova X5T(3)
Two MJLED Mini Maglites
A Dorcy AAA LED
An old first gen crappy LED light.
Streamlight Keymate
Streamlight TL2 Incan.
Two BAM's (Big ***'d Maglites)
A sprinkling of various other cheap lights.
The afore mentioned Forever Light
A regular Mini Maglite
Couple Eveready lantern/flashlight things.
Etc.
Oh and for you old school folks.......
Three oil burning lamps and a some candles too.
Chris