[Review] Too much throw! FT03 vs L21A

You are exactly right. I have found 63-110kcd is the sweet spot for throwers. Pencils beams with borderline warped emitter images in the beam pattern are next to useless.

Thanks for the video.

Totally disagree!Never too much throw :+1:

Seeing a beam travel over 1 mile and doing light saber shots up in the sky toward constellations or not, is an awesome sight.In addition lighting up towers and Deer ect., from hundreds of yards away.These are illustrated in the few threads I have on here.

I have both the lights in your video.They are mid range lights.If they were my furthest throwing/ highest output lights, I would be depressed! :person_facepalming:

Bottom line, preference is an individual choice.

Yet no matter what you have, if you were in the same location as I was. You wouldn’t have been able to light up anything further away. :slight_smile:

Nice comparison - is very similar to the FT03 vs the BLF TE, only the TE is not head heavy.
Had trouble finding the thread, but it’s here -link

No such thing. It’s like sayin you can have too much p*y. :laughing:

Yes…in that sense location makes a difference.I am out in the sticks where light pollution is close to non existent. :sunglasses:

Couldn’t agree more, a certain light is closer or not to the perfect light depending on your expectations/what you wanna use it for.
When I want to light up things in my narrow garden, I want as little spill and quite a narrow beam, so I don’t annoy my neighbours. For that, my L21A is much more suitable than my FT03, even with the SST40 on it.

After further contemplation if I lived where you did or near or around the city.I would still want more throw.It would compensate for how the light pollution diminishes the beam intensity.I have seen many beam shots on here and other forums that have done nothing for me because of all the light pollution.I am grateful for where I live for that and many other reasons. :smiley:

But the thing is you CAN’T see further than 3/4 a mile really. So it’s moot.

What would be the perfect thrower, not the one that throws the farthest but the one you enjoy the most ?

50kcd to 130kcd, IMHO.

Not at all.The beam intensity of a 1Mcd light is so much more intense at 200,300 yds. Ect than one that is 100Kcd :wink:

Ok, do you have a specific light in mind as well?

Then just get a LEP or actual laser and you’ve reached your nirvana.

There aint a thing as too much throw, otherwise people wouldn’t buy LEP lights.
Its just that there isn’t just one perfect flashlight.
You need a dozen of lights to select from, to suit your actual need

“Flashlights are like Pokemon, you have to catch them all…”

Agreeable. After a certain point, the human eye can’t even see as far as the pencil beam is being output to, so there’s really no point other than bragging rights about spec sheets.

How would you know what my nirvana is?

Sorry,I have no use for LEP lights.I like as much peripheral light,lumens and throw with a big hot spot as possible.

How about if you let me enjoy and like what I prefer instead of you telling me what I should like or have?

Fair enough? :wink:

But what exactly is that certain point? I’d say my vision while not 20/20 is pretty good and I can clearly tell the difference between a 1km and 1.8km light. The rating just means it’ll be as bright as moonlight at the stated distance which in other words means it’ll be useless at the rated distance. For real world use I take the rating and divide it by four to get a more realistic rating. If the human eye can only see 1.2km, then you’d need a light with about 4.8km of throw to actually see things clearly at that distance. I mean you’d probably be able to see things 1.2km away with a 3km rated light but it’s not gonna be very useful at that distance.