beezaur said:
10 lumens on low would be a bummer to me. The main thing I use my L1 for is the low level.
10/65 lumens would turn it into a sort of an L2 without the flood. What would fill the L1's niche then?
I still want one (it would be an extremely useful light), but it leaves a void for low level light.
Scott
I find the current L1 low to be useless for anything except indoor use, so for me the new much higher low (which I will regard as a primary mode instead of a low mode) is very welcome. The old L1 did not have a primary+high mode so I ended up using the high mode all the time, which doesn't have a very good runtime (I eventually ended up using an E2L instead). When I need a low mode I prefer it to be very floody, so L1 was never my first choice for that. When making a two-stage light, having a low+high mode is the least desirable IMO, I much more prefer it to be primary+high or low+primary. A long running primary mode with a decent amount of light that works well for many different tasks is what I find most useful.
Btw, I find the A2 low better than the current L1 low.
I think that instead of the new L1, the new E1L or E2L with a McE2S two-stage switch will be more satisfying for you.