Last night was a time when I wish I had brought one of my big boys. My niece wanted to go out to a dark location to see if she could pick up the northern lights in our are of the globe [that was a nope] and also to see how well her new IPhone could pick up the stars. Last night was a new moon so it was DARK out there. It was a bit "spur of the moment" so I didn't have any of my bigger lights. All I had was what I was EDC-ing at the time, and Emisar D4V2, with SST20 5000K emitters.
Now, it isn't that the Emisar was incapable of lighting up the are pretty nice, but the size caused it to heat up immediately, so had to back off the power. Had it been planned to go out there, I would have brought either my Acebeam L35, or Acebeam FT02S. If someone attempted to approach us out of the darkness, I would rather have one of those two over the Emisar. The Emisar is fine enough for many occasions, just not for THAT application.
Since the temps are starting to come down, I may just keep one of them in my car. Probably the FT02S, since it didn't cost as much as the L35.
Now, it isn't that the Emisar was incapable of lighting up the are pretty nice, but the size caused it to heat up immediately, so had to back off the power. Had it been planned to go out there, I would have brought either my Acebeam L35, or Acebeam FT02S. If someone attempted to approach us out of the darkness, I would rather have one of those two over the Emisar. The Emisar is fine enough for many occasions, just not for THAT application.
Since the temps are starting to come down, I may just keep one of them in my car. Probably the FT02S, since it didn't cost as much as the L35.