It depends on what you plan to use it for. I find the light is fine for short range shooting if mounted on a rifle and works great for indoor shooting but doesn't really have enough throw to use safely as an outdoor weapon light past short range since target identification becomes spotty. I do quite a bit of shooting at night and recommend you either use the Pelican M6HA 3 watt LED since it has more throw than the L2 or just buy a Pentagonlight X2/X3 since they are shock-isolated anyway.