help selecting light

Shreklight · Apr 29, 2007

My buddy is a corpsman in the marines. He expects to go to Afghanistan soon and he asked me what light would be good. I suggested the Surefire L4, but I wanted your opinions. He expects to be part of an entry team as well as a medic. Thanks for any help.

Rob

Genesis 1:3 · Apr 29, 2007

As a medical professional, I suggest an incan light source rather than the LED due to better color rendition. Surefire A2 with red LED is a strong candidate.

ACMarina · Apr 29, 2007

Lots of good options out there - the L4 is a staple of soldiers everywhere, but it's going to work better (from my own experience) indoors that it ever would outside.. so I guess maybe two lights would be in order??

defusion · Apr 29, 2007

Genesis 1:3 said:
As a medical professional, I suggest an incan light source rather than the LED due to better color rendition. Surefire A2 with red LED is a strong candidate.

+1
I expect he doesn't need insane output for tactical use, but he will need good color rendition. An incan will do that, and there is no better one than the A2 (assuming the above about output requirements is true).
Do take some spare bulbs. It's not that they're really fragile, but they still can't compete with leds if you look at the durability.

Patriot · Apr 30, 2007

+2 For the A2 with red LEDs. It's such a handy size and throws a nice white incan beam for over 45 minutes without dimming due to its regulation circuit. I believe it's a more operationally flexible light than the M4.

jbosman1013 · Apr 30, 2007

the SF L2 would be my choice the low setting is great for close work and has a long run time and on high with its flood type beam it really lights up a room

Mikeg23 · May 2, 2007

ACMarina said:
Lots of good options out there - the L4 is a staple of soldiers everywhere, but it's going to work better (from my own experience) indoors that it ever would outside.. so I guess maybe two lights would be in order??

Yea, like an L4 and an E2E with both MN02 and MN03 bulbs. :grin2:

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