Maybe I misunderstand but I don’t know what a ‘tactical size’ is but, a tactical switch is a forward clicky that protrudes beyond the body of the flashlight to make activation easy.
Two things makes people uncomfortable. Brightness and Strobe. What do you want in your light?
500lumens is enough from 2 meters directly in the eyes. At 100meters it seems people do not mind the DRY which has a lot of lumens, so I'd suggest using the strobe.
By tactical, I mean something small enough to handle under your weapon while staying on target and/or small enough to sit in your duty belt without gouging your ribs when you sit down…
I guess I mean overall brightness and throw capabilty, something so overwhelmingly bright that a person or several people lose focus or get stunned so to speak. I’ve heard good things about some of the more powerful EagleTac lights. Like I said, if money wasnt an issue… I guess I’m a little dubious of an $18 ultrafire, but then again I was super impressed by the range of the Jacob a60 for under $15…
I dont know theres gotta be something that can throw as far or farther than the Jacob, yet be MUCH brighter than 310 lumens AND have a much wider beam and spill. I guess thats what im looking for in something the size of a C8 or smaller.
Maybe I just want something that doesnt exist yet, lol.
I think there is also a limitation on what’s possible. The A60 throw far because it is a small LED in a large reflector. But this is also the reason why it is less lumens.
A larger LED like an XM-L can easily put out over double the lumens, but it likely won’t throw as well.
Not sure how you’d drive it, but how about a triple with one XM-L2, one XP-G2 and one XP-E2 emitter? Running on maybe 2x18350 IMR’s and each driven hard.
P60 is a dropin, it is the driver, reflector, and emitter/led all together. All you need is an empty host and a battery and you are ready to go. Solarforce makes a nice host for around $20 shipped. All you would need is a dropin and a battery. P60 is a standardized dropin, you can mix and match lots of P60 hosts and dropins.
Edit: ChickenDrumstick was typing as I was, he beat me to it.