It was fun. It's throwier than I expected, so 28 lumens out of this light wasn't nearly as useful for hiking as the same amount of light out of a Wizard Pro, H600 or H52 is. I'm not exactly sure why because the spill is about the same as those Zebralights, but I think it's either because there's less scatter outside of the spill cutoff or the tint is making my eyes less sensitive than warmer tints would. It becomes useful at 175 lumens, which is already a stupid amount of light to put on the trail just for walking. Of course 1057 lumens was much more ridiculous. Fortunately there were very few people on the trail tonight, and most of those there were at the top just on the other side of the peak, sitting and quite drunk. The light barely got warm despite being on that mode most of the time. The turbo's 2375 lumens was noticeably brighter, and slightly increased its prodigious throw, but the increase in usable spill was most noticeable. The turbo mode would warm it up noticeably, but it never got to the point I'd call hot, although I only used turbo mode for short periods. I played around with it on the way home too. Granted, my headlights aren't bright, but this light was what I think my high beams should be for that car, but this flashlight is much brighter than what that car can do. I'm sure modern HID projector headlights would be brighter than this flashlight.
While I was playing around with it yesterday, I took off the head and reflector. The LED is on a square MCPCB. Probably Cutter. I need to take another look. I suspect this light will benefit from a Noctigon.
I'm hoping BigToy302 produces a MT-G2 light with similar output and beam pattern. I'll want a pair of those to put on my motorcycle. With that much light on my bike, I'd have little to fear from remote inky dark roads.