Re: is nuwai Q-III significant brighter than Inova
I've had my Q-III for a couple of weeks now, and I love it! The amount of overall light is dead-on perfect for my everyday needs. And for me, there's more than enough throw for an EDC.
I'm still new to all of this, and with the less-than-sophisticated flashlights, which I had typically used in the past, I get a real kick over the amount of light being generated by such a small flashlight as the Q-III!
In spite of my previous flashlight naivite'...to my credit, for years I have carried either a Photon or Pulsar on my keychain...and for what they are, they still hold up pretty darn well! In addition to the Q-III (which is my newest purchase), I have also recently picked up two other fairly small Luxeons, both of which are not too shabby (especially for the price), but a little too large for EDC use,...the "Dorcy 1 watt", and a "Black Diamond 3X N, 3 watt".
There are times when I do wish the Q-III had a two-way switch (I've read of at least one guy doing this mod)...Sometimes you just don't want such a very bright light!!! (Especially for my bedside table...As an extremely conscientious, very well controlled, 30-year Type I diabetic, I often wake up in the middle of the night and need to test my blood sugar, and maybe even take a small shot of insulin. The last thing I want to do is click on one of the Luxeons in my pitch black bedroom and be temporaily blinded! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ooo.gif So for that purpose, I picked up one of those little $6.99, Dorcy AAA's at Target. It's just the right amount of light, and I can hold it in my mouth so as to free up both hands).
I wear one of my folding knives in a small pouch on my belt, every day...even when I'm in suit and tie. I position it on the right side so that when my arm drops down to my side, the knife becomes quite inconspicuous. So it was no big deal when I decided to start wearing the Q-III in it's tiny, black nylon pouch, side-by-side with my knife.
BTW- As most folks know by now, the clip on the Q-III is positioned so as to be almost useless. Since I'm using the pouch anyway, the clip doesn't matter to me. But I found that every time I put the Q-III back in the pouch, it was a bit of a hassle because the clip had a tendency to catch on the edge. The solution was easy...Using a #5 Torx driver I simply removed the clip...problem solved! Not only does it slide much more easily into the pouch, but without the clip it's even smaller and lighter than before! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif