And I am hoping that it really does not spill anywhere near that much. I have plenty of lights that have a nice flood and am looking for a true thrower.
Maybe I really do need to be looking at lights with aspheric lenses, though the good ones seem to be much higher priced.
There really aren’t any aspheric throwers that can throw farther than the K1. The only one I know of is the Microfire H20. The LEP flashlights use aspheric lens but the tint shift is so bad and the CRI is so poor that you can’t really make out what it illuminates. I own the W30vn CW, W30vn HICRI and W10G2vn CW and while they are fun to play with, they are really more toy than tool.
Texas Ace is testing an aspheric mod with the BLF GT. That would make for a very useful no-spill light.
I don’t have any problem making out what I’m illuminating with my W30 because of tint or CRI, but the beam is so narrow it relegates it to the “toy” pile.
For me this is an exciting light. I will use it during the daylight to light up deeply shadowed places from 10 - 75’ away. I tried the D1s but it wasn’t quite enough. The GT is too wide to be able to carry around. I’m hoping this will do the job. The only thing left is the LEP W30 and that’s expensive.
A 3” beam on target is plenty for me. I will turn it on for maybe 20 - 40 seconds, off for minutes and then back on again. I will probably be using the top 1/3rd of the range and turbo all the time.
So which might be better for me the W1 or 2? Is the HX available yet? Given my usage what batteries are best for me?
Thanks!
If I use it at night I’m thinking I’ll put on a diffuser with most of the middle cut out. I’ll have a little spill to walk by and most of the power far down range.
W2 of course. I highly doubt anyone can distinguish a difference between 550 vs 650kcd, but 900 to 1400 lumens is a big jump. And it’s not just the intensity but the usable hotspot size.