I just looked over the MH12GT specs and it looked great until I saw the mode spacing and runtimes:
High- 1000 lumens, 1hr 15 min
Med- 280 lumens, 3hr 15 min (Edit- my mistake, it’s 6hrs)
Seems like such a great light otherwise, but that ruins it for me. It’s really strange that they set it up like that. On almost every light like this I’ve seen with 1000 lumens there is always a 500-600 lumen mode (it’s usually High, while 1000 is Turbo).
For me, 1hr 15 min on high is just far too short (though obviously understandable given the lumens), and 280 lumens is not high enough as the option one step down from that.
There needs to be a mode around 500-600 lumens as that’s where most would find the best balance between brightness and runtime
But, looking at the P12GT, it has the same spacing so I guess your friend wouldn’t mind.