SF L2 Beam
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angelofwar
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There's a faint corona with almost no hot-spot. It's one of my favourite beams by far...does a good job of evenly spreading the light (hence, almost no real hot-spot.)
JNewell
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I know I'm a troglodyte and a heretic, but I prefer the relatively wimpy, inefficient L2 to its successor.
Thanks. Can you explain why? Is it because the LX2 uses a TIR?
angelofwar
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I'll answer that. The L2 is one of the only SF's that I have more than one of. It's the most under-rated SF. The TIR lens of the LX2 makes it a great two-stage tacitical light. Using it for hiking/caving, you get tunnel vision, and the flood beam of the L2 excels. You can see what's at yer feet, your sides...not so with the LX2, with-out moving it around constantly.
JNewell
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That's a good description.
JNewell
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Got your PM - will check and get back to you here and/or by PM.
JNewell
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On the corona, yes, the late L2 I checked does have a small corona at the absolute edge of the spillbeam. It's minor, though. Unless you are white-walling I don't think you'd notice it at all. My son has an early 4-flats L2 that I could check also - there was an LED change during the production life, IIRC.
