According to the report from FR, surefire kroma with 50 lum only generate 1600 lux throw, I just think will the 2007 new surefire L1 with 65 lum has more throw (compared with current L1) by its new TIR optics or just improve the beam pattern?
Will the new Cree based surefire L1 has more throw?
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Size15's
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I would suggest that the new L1 compared to the current L1 will have an [slight] increase in throw - mostly because the output is significantly increased. However, I feel the improved light beam profile (light distribution) is far more important to most people.
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i agree, throw is definitly not the most important part of the equation.
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I was under the impression that the circuitry was in the head of the light, so you would not get a difference in the levels. Any one care to correct/agree-with me?
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Size15's
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The L1's bezel does not feature the electronics like the KL1 bezel does.
The L1's electronics are in the body.
I don't know what would happen if you put a new (as yet unreleased) L1 bezel on a current L1 body. Perhaps it would do as BBL suggests. I guess the assumption is valid.
Al
The L1's electronics are in the body.
I don't know what would happen if you put a new (as yet unreleased) L1 bezel on a current L1 body. Perhaps it would do as BBL suggests. I guess the assumption is valid.
Al
Mad1 said:
I agree with that. But, "more is better" to most people and maybe Surefire has a different target market for the new L1. As a general purpose light, this light is the berries. Wish I'd had one when I was in the Army (Infantry). It would have been perfect for any of my own lighting needs. I had the unit's most covetted light at that time - an aluminum-tubed 2AA "pilot's flashlight" with a slide-over red lense. The output and "beam" was pathetic but, that's exactly what I needed. There was not enought output to draw unwated attention.
