Re: Help me understanx malkoff
To be a little contrarian ... or maybe not contrarian, but balanced:
I have a SF body w/ Malkoff dropin next to my safe. For me, that's the one role where I prefer this type of light. Keeping in mind that
there's no absolute right or wrong, just right or wrong for you ... for the other 99% of flashlight usage,
for me, the typical lights that are getting a bit of a bashing in this thread, are a far better solution. I use the top-end setting on my EDC lights often, and usually only in flashes. In fact, I might assert that for the vast majority of people, a higher top-end is more useful, even if it only last 2 minutes, because very few people burn a 1000 lumen (or 500 lumen) beam for 10 minutes straight, outside particular niche uses. When I need a longer lasting beam, these same lights typically have a high, medium, low, and moonlight, so they are longer-running by far than a single-mode light, and useful in situations those lights are not.
So, the bottom line is, it helps to know your own usage and have your own ideas on what you personally value in a flashlight. For me, day in and day out, my Eagletac DX30LC2 and Sunwayman V11R absolutely blow away most of the "high end" lights, because of the way
I use my lights (and, I'd bet, the way you use your lights, too; someone whose requirements lead to Malkoff or Elzetta or Surefire, aren't puzzled about what's so great about them
). But I"ve also identified one unlikely-to-ever-happen scenario where I like the SF body w/ Malkoff. Just the right answer for me, not necessarily the right answer for you, and definitely not the right answer for most of the folks who replied above me.
