You must have gotten the Ti with the 3L mode and not the firefly mode, because I think it would be tough to walk around the house rounding up the kids and all, as its only like .2 lumens or so. I have 3 of the 3 lumen models, and I can see my way around at night with it, but my SC600 has a .2L mode, and Its good for looking for a remote on the nightstand beside you, but not much else.
Your night vision must be in real crappy shape if you can't walk around in pitch darkness and check on the kids (not "round them up") with 0.3 lumens or less. The SC600 is actually 0.1, not 0.2, and it can easily throw a usable spot all the way on the opposite end of the room. The Firefly Ti is 0.04 lumens, and even that is very usable. I have an H502 that is COMPLETELY unfocused with a 120 degree spread with no hot spot at all. The lowest is 0.01, and yeah, THAT is getting pretty dim, at least for a 65 y.o.
But the next setting is 0.06, and even with the pure flood that is usable in complete darkness. Now all this is for dark adapted eyes, not immediately after turning the lights out! Yeah, when you're not dark adapted everyone needs more than that.
I hasten to add that at times in my life, my night vision was completely gone. Vitamin A really seriously does work - like MAGIC. You take an A-tab a day for a couple of weeks and BANG - the difference is incredible. After the vision comes back you don't have to take them very often at all.
