I recently purchased the MAXTOCH L2KD, so I ventured to the old AFB closed down.
I had a friend stand at the end of a runway, it was 1.26 miles away, it was cloudy, and no moon.
He took a magazine with him, I told him to open the magazine, face his back at me.
I focused the beam on him and he stated that it lit him up like it was daytime.
Then of course that beam woke up the sleeping security guard, and we where kindly asked to leave, so we where unable to complete testing further.
On another note , at 1pm on a beautiful sunny day, 90 degrees outside I was wondering if I could see the beam on some pine trees about 100 yards away and to my amazement, you could.
The power of this LEP light is just insane.
It is even more fun bouncing the green and yellow beam off of the clouds at night.
I just purchased the K75, it has yet to arrive, but when it does, I want to set them both up on Tripods, find a nice target a mile away, and see if the L2KD beam can be seen through the end of the K75's beam shot. I know it's not serious testing by no means, just fun .
I bought the L2KD to see the active deer runs at night, and for that nothing comes close.