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Something that comes to mind, sitting here in the dark is how few lumens you really need on your weapon light when your eyes are acclimated to the dark.
Gunwriters keep telling us we need more, but they're going from a well lit space to dark and back in short order at their gun schools.
I don't think they've really thought this through while listening to law enforcement biased trainers.
I've heard a couple of fairly low lumens limits from former military sources - one says no more than 60, another 25.
ReplyDeleteTo me, it depends on the use - are you trying to see a target 100 yards away, are you trying to not be seen at almost any distance?
For police and ordinary use, I can see more lumens justified because we usually are NOT in a totally dark environment but moving between light and dark, street light and shadow, etc.
But unless you're shooting at long range (which isn't self defense and you should be using a rifle anyway) i can see a good argument for using less than 200 lumens.
I've carried single AA pocket flashlights at under 200 lumens for years and they are plenty of light for when I've needed them.
Jonathan
some of these 1000 lumen lights are blinding for the user indoors especially if there are a lot of white walls...for distance it's great, but indoors unless it's an open warehouse or something, 200 is probably all you need...panzer guy...
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