The above is the start of every “Real World Review” I write which explains my review philosophy. Not sure how much more I can clarify it.
Feel free to look up “Real World Reviews” for more.
gotcha! I just watched your review, and you mostly describe what you experienced by using the light rather than using measuring devices etc.. Fair enough!
Exactly. I figure at this point enough folks are doing the super detailed “technical” reports so I wanted to try something different.
With the one I read you did a terrific job. Btw, do you have any tips for those kinds of reciews? Even some simple tips? Like take extra battery, put the light somewhere, points you consider importabt for a real world review?
I think one of the big things is consistency.
My “targets” are all at a pre-measured distance and I try to use the lights from the same angle in roughly the same places on “the standard evening walk” so that lights can be compared across reviews. Of course there are a lot of variables I can’t control like ambient light, temperature, and so forth, but I do the best I can to give an idea of what light can “cut-it” for various outdoor tasks.
I also always do a very short summary (no more than two paragraphs) at the end so the people in a hurry can just skip down to the summary.
Photos are always good, but make sure to caption them because people don’t always understand the point of the photo.
I've been searching for this thread for a while.. using the search function in BLF didn't show up this thread. Bumping it to the top may help... just a bump to help other reviewers out with some interesting hints and tips
Subscribing! I need to learn some stuff 
Thanks for putting it together!
If the light is available in more than 1 tint then the tint being tested should be mentioned up front and possibly even in the description. And mention the other available tints and whether the tester chose the tint.