I test my lights in 2 different areas. One part by the ocean the other by a 130 meter wall near SFO Airport on my way to my car. The quark turbo 2aa S2 didn't pass my personal light tests. I sold it pretty fast, it could throw but I simply liked my P100A2 beam profile better. I am still looking for a 2AA thrower and every time I see these threads I start researching again. In the end 2AA can only throw so far like others have said.
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Oh wow, I didn't know they had an R3 XR-E on the Javalin as an option hmmmm definitely going to have to look into these later you got me interested as I held off from even looking into these more thoroughly.