made a quick video for anyone who's interested..the kd has a UCL lens and a smooth reflector..980l is stock..cheers!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxrSeF4-Q_E&feature=player_embedded
good work!
thanks man!
Nice comparison bro. *****
Very nice review! Like many good high powered throwers, I noticed that there's a faint donut hole in the beam of the 980l, but certainly worth the sheer amount of light it delivers.
That 980 is bright! I'm not sure why I haven't ordered one yet. I've been thinking triple xml lately
thanks guys! yes the 980 is sure worth it..reflector makes it a great thrower but yes it has the slight doughnut as all the xpe, xpg, xml's have with the smooth reflectors..I guess it's a trade off for the amount of light we receive..
Love the 980L but lately I've been spending all my money on knives. 
Same here fishinfool. Just got th kershaw tremor.
Sorry for the off topic comment.
are you kidding… we live for off topic comments
lol the knives are sucking me in.......another obsession i'm sure the wife will say I don't need..
lol....we all have OCD in common here. Buying lights,knives ect.. is the only short term cure.
haha you are right...nothing curbs the obsession for "cool" things...
Very nice pounder, thanks! The 980L looks a bit brighter, but I personally prefer the P60 dropin because it is floodier, which is usually more useful to me.
I recently bought more knives than I would like to admit. After showing just one of my smaller favorites to my GF, she raised her eyebrows and asked what I would need with such a thing. Thinking quickly, I told her that it was a gift for someone else. Now I need to hide my entire knife collection from her when she's around... which makes it so much more difficult to get them all out to play with and ogle over!! 
yeah the 980l's reflector sure makes it look a lot brighter..but both are driven hard (my kd is at 3.2 amps at 4.2v 980l at 4.6a at 4.2v) so really they are very similar in output..I love my p60 xmls because they just light everything up..but the 980l is cool also because you get this tight throw beam that cooks whatever it's aimed at lol..more excuses to buy different lights..
haha the old "gift" excuse..I'm going to start off with 2 SRM knives and see where it goes..i'm sure there'll be more..
Great start. You cant go wrong with SRM's.
With all the XML's in my collection, I didnt want to buy any more. But now after watching the 980l vid a few more times, I might need to get one. When does it all stop??
I wish I knew..I thought I was good with lights and now there's that triple XML that I need to have..always something lol
Take my example.
I have two XM-L lights (one for use and one for bragging with its output) and I'm done till the next LED generation.
Yes I am! 