HighlanderNorth
Flashlight Enthusiast
I have only 2 LED lights, but I've tried out the various brightness settings in different places and different situations. With my Jetbeam BC-10, it has only 2 settings; Low-30L, and high-270L. I've found that the low(30L) setting is perfectly fine for most situations. I can walk around outside on our 1.5 acre heavily wooded property while walking the dog at night with the BC-10 set on low and I can see just fine, although it doesnt have a very wide spill beam. On 30L low, I can clearly see things 70 feet away. With the iTp Polestar, it has 3 settings; Low-12L, Med-160L, High-700L. I've noticed that it's 12L low setting is almost completely useless for anything other than spotting something closeby, because it wastes some of its light on it's wide spill beam, so that 12L doesnt do much. However, it's 160L medium setting is great for spotting longer distance stuff with its bright spot, but also good at illuminating a wide close-up area with it's spill beam. I dont even need high. But I am disappointed that the Polestar doesn't have a 4th setting of around 35-45 lumens, which would be very useful, and the batteries would last longer too. In my next light, a mid sized model that runs on 2, 123's or 1, 18650, I want infinite adjustibility, so that 'I' can decide which brightness settings are best for my situations. What settings do you use the most? Are you at all concerned with battery life when using your light, so that you usually set it at the lowest possible setting?