Actually, my experience was completely different from yours. I got my Arc AAA-P before the Fenix came out. I thought the Fenix would make the Arc AAA obsolete. Then I got a Fenix and found out... Its brighter, but no where near warrants the loss in runtime. Yes, the Fenix is "white" but frankly, unless you go wall hunting, there isn't that much of a difference. I actually much prefer the yellowish flood that the Arc AAA puts out rather than the pure white L0P and the blue hotspot of the Arc (it renders colors much more accurately like you're in a lighted room).
You can't really "pick and choose" each aspect of a light and say "well, thats better, but yeah." The L0P is brighter. The CMG is built better. The Arc has great runtime. But overall, the Arc puts together a PACKAGE that is so far unrivaled in the AAA keychain flashlight arena.
L0P was a viable threat until the runtime plots came up. Then it became more of a "show off" light than a true keeper. Peak's Pacific was thought to be another threat, that disappeared once the size was revealed. Overall, the Arc is still the best line in the brightness, runtime, build quality COMBINATION. After owning both the L0P and the Arc, I can honestly say that I'll take my Arc over an L0P anyday (put up a chart of the L0P runtime and you'll see why. Compared to that chart, the Arc is regulated
). Now Miller-Mod's 3-Stage L0P might be a different story... But then again, he's making a 2 stage Arc AAA.
Oh yeah, I'll gladly buy your unwanted Arc AAa-P's if you feel like selling them (at a slightly reduced price of course.
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