? - Why do I even NEED an incandescent now?

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JonSidneyB said:
Sorry to sound like this. Why does it seem that everyone wants throw. Now sometimes I want throw but I usually find a medium to flood beam that is clean to be most usful to me 80-90% of the time.

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I don't need throw in every compact light I own, but I want it in at least one. I think that one still has to be incandescent for a while longer, but hope to be soon proven wrong. Anyway, for me it'll be a G2 to serve in that role, as my last incandescent.

(A Space Needle II will outpower and throw a G2, but it is a significantly larger carry.)

 

[FalconFX]

Well, you can always have a good throwing beam, and that same beam can have a large sidespill that should still get the job done...
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[Wits' End]

I have to agree that 95-99% of the time you don't need an Incan. However when I hear something in the brush or in the field I want as much distance to see it. For price, size and distance I don't think an LED will match a Scorpion or other (E2, G2...) 2-123 incan.

My family switched from Mini-Mags to 3Led Tek lights 4 or 5 years ago when the LEDs were 3x the initial cost of the MM. However w/ battery changes and lamp changes it took about 2-3 months for payback. We use our lights ALL THE TIME (in the dark /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif ). Now with widely available, reasonably priced Infinity Ultras and Attitudes etc, etc, etc. The only Incans most need are for pocketable spoting and tactical use.

 

[Charles Bradshaw]

Most of the time, we don't need an incan. The upcoming LS4 may eliminate the need for an incan. There are occasions when something like a scorpion or legend LX is useful, but, I find that need to be rare.

Throw: I find that the Versalux PR-2 in my 2D Mag throws very well indeed.

LED lights have come a long ways, from the squeeze 'keychain' lights.

 

[FalconFX]

When a Space Needle II starts to beat things like an Ultrastinger and a G2, you know there's just tiny little step beyond that horizon that'll take LEDs to the step beyond incandescents...

The application where incands reign most in: throw, is being threatened by V and W binned LSs... In the next generation of LSs beyond the 5Wers, the revolution should be full bloom...
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