annomundi
Newly Enlightened
I have had my L4 for 3 weeks now and use it on night bicycle rides. It works perfectly for this. We have an abandoned railroad track converted to a bike walk trail that's about 200 miles long. Many people use the trail and some even at night. Whenever I would pass an oncoming person, that person would shield thier eyes almost to a drastic point, so I decided to test several of my lights from a distance of about 35 feet from the flashlights to see if indeed they were that blinding. Here's what I obviously subjectively came up with.
L4-very blinding but still can tolerate
E2E KL1- very tolerable
E2E 65 lumen incadecent in the spot- more blinding than the L4
L1 with green luxion- most blinding of all the lights not very tolerable
Maglite 4D in the tightly focused beam- more blinding than the L4, but less than the E2E 65 lumin
L4-very blinding but still can tolerate
E2E KL1- very tolerable
E2E 65 lumen incadecent in the spot- more blinding than the L4
L1 with green luxion- most blinding of all the lights not very tolerable
Maglite 4D in the tightly focused beam- more blinding than the L4, but less than the E2E 65 lumin