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. 
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 
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?
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.
When your battery charger is on fire and your cells are venting, but you can’t smell the burning through the fishy stink… then yes, you definitely can have too much p*y!!
I hate LEP lights, but if indeed throw only is your baby, then those would fit the bill. But those who want normal effective illumination would NOT be all-throw in preference.
Can’t see ‘what’ further then 3/4 miles away? I can see the moon just fine but i can’t see a neutron that’s right in front of my face.
Too much throw for a specific situation is a thing and i get that the OP is talking in relation to his own personal use, but there are situations other than for bragging rights in which throw is useful.
I also get the sense that sometimes throw is confused with hotspot size, or the relationship in brightness between the hotspot and spill i.e beam pattern.
One can reduce the throw of the L21A by using a mode with reduced brightness but it still won’t be comfortable to use as a walking light.
Useful review for me though Chicken Drumstick, nice to see the L21A beam in relation to the FT03 beam. I have a sliced XHP50.2 in my FT03 which seems to be a cross between the SST40 and XHP50.2 standard beams,.
It’s all relative to magnification. To bare human eyes there’s inherent practical limitations when there’s subjective “too much throw.”
Press binoculars or a scope to one’s eyes and what was once too much throw suddenly becomes a lot more irrelevant.
I think the Noctigon KR1 is hard to beat with the W2. 100,000cd but small enough to EDC. You need to be in a really big area to really see anything further than it can realistically shine IMO, unless you are just shining a high cd light at big/reflective objects for the sake of it.
Indeed, it is all relative. Although using binos/scopes at night with a high powered torch has to a somewhat specialist use and unlikely to be normal for the vast majority. And almost certainly not the sort of thing you’d be doing just out walking.