I've got a pretty good wife. My birthday is coming up in a few days, and she got me an X300 Ultra to replace the Streamlight TLR-9 on my duty pistol.
After a recent training class, the benefits of a grip activation switch became readily apparent. Having a blindingly, painfully bright flashlight is also a very good thing. The TLR-9 is no slouch when it comes to raw horsepower - its a 1000 lumen light - but where it lags is the application of said output - at 1000 lumens it does not have quite the same hot spot / punch as the SureFire does. The SureFire has a warmer color tone to the light - which means you get better target identification, as something cannot reflect light waves it doesnt' get - the SureFire's warmer color means its putting out a broader spectrum of light, and thus your eyes will get a broader spectrum back. The SureFire's tighter beam throws better / farther as well, given how big my property is, that's a bonus.
Without going up to the class of lights over $300, this is about as good as it gets. Waiting to see what Cloud Defensive's EPL is like when it releases before I think about switching up lights again.
After a recent training class, the benefits of a grip activation switch became readily apparent. Having a blindingly, painfully bright flashlight is also a very good thing. The TLR-9 is no slouch when it comes to raw horsepower - its a 1000 lumen light - but where it lags is the application of said output - at 1000 lumens it does not have quite the same hot spot / punch as the SureFire does. The SureFire has a warmer color tone to the light - which means you get better target identification, as something cannot reflect light waves it doesnt' get - the SureFire's warmer color means its putting out a broader spectrum of light, and thus your eyes will get a broader spectrum back. The SureFire's tighter beam throws better / farther as well, given how big my property is, that's a bonus.
Without going up to the class of lights over $300, this is about as good as it gets. Waiting to see what Cloud Defensive's EPL is like when it releases before I think about switching up lights again.
SureFires are reasonable by that standards.
