Teacher you are right about personal preference - any step above 5000K is a bridge too far for me on this light - way too much glare in the cursed humid air here. (unless you just want a light saber) :innocent:
Yepā¦. Are you pretty far South in LA shirnask??
I have friends in New Iberia.
Not so far south, but most of the state is like swimming through the air 
I seeā¦ā¦ :+1: Summers in most of Alabama aināt much different. Although I must say this one has been somewhat mild so far. Which has suited me just fineā¦. 
Not as bad as for some but we have already hit 108F - too much in my old age
Yepā¦ that is hot. We have not even broke 100F yet best I remember. Most days have been between 88F & 94F. Many days the humidity has been 55 to 65. Yesterday morning it was 54.
Extremely unusual for Alabama in the summerā¦ā¦ .
I reread all of these again last night joechina. All good reading. :+1:
But the one that stands out the most to me is TAās āBridge over a Creekā storyā¦ it has actual āside by sideā comparisons. It is a CW vs. a NW 3A. It verifies what I have been saying.
3A is 5000K - 5350K. It also happens to be my favorite tint, close to the Truest Neutral White as I mentioned above.
For me, 3A is closely followed by 2D in preference. Then 2A or 3Dā¦. depending on the light.
I do not like the harsh blue of cool just as much as I do not like the yellow-orange of warm. Simple as that for me.
Edit to add: And āGreenā is horrible no matter C, NW, or W. :confounded:
I reposted TAās āBridge Over a Creekā story below. It is good readingā¦ā¦ 
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TA wrote:
I figure I will repost my story of what turned me onto NW again in condensed form.
I had both a thorfire S70 with the CW stock emitter and a convoy L6 with the NW 3A emitter. I modded both of them with a TA driver and they were both making around 6k lumens. The thorfire was about 10% higher in both lumens and throw when tested on the meter.
I took them out with the family and was testing them on a bridge over a creek. First I turned on the S70 and it was an impressive beam, lit up everything bright and we thought it was really impressive.
That is until I turned on the L6, instantly everyone unanimously liked it more by a wide margin. The beam was more pleasing to look at, the colors were far more life like and what really shocked me was that it actually seemed both brighter and it easily threw further. I expected exactly the oppisote result so it shocked me.
With the S70 we could just make out the far bank of the creek.
With the L6 we could easily see the rocks, bushes and even the frogs jumping into the water.
I was so shocked that as soon as I got home I checked the batteries in both of them and re-tested both lights. Sure enough same results as before, the batteries were about the same voltage and the S70 still was about 10% higher on the meter then the L6.
After that I ditched CW altogether and looked at lumens completely differently. Ever since I have been focusing on high CRI NW LESās even if I donāt get as many lumens and never looked back.
People that see my lights always comment on how good everything looks and wounder what kind of light it is since they are used to seeing CW LED flashlights.
The moral to the store is that paper numbers donāt tell the whole story but then that is the case for many things.
HOT OFF THE HAZG PRESS
Next Update - August 13, 2018
What does that mean?
It means it is so quiet you can hear a pin drop
/\. Priceless KB, Just Priceless!! :+1: . 
Maybe in this thread. Someone did post earlier today. Iāve been slammed by notifications, I canāt keep up. Lol
Good one hazG!! Thanks for the update tooā¦
My pleasure. I couldn't believe that there wasn't a post for over 9 hours since I posted the new data hence the pin drop statement. LOL
Glad to see something posted.
Yep, I agreeā¦. It went silent for quite a while. I noticed it tooā¦. :+1:
Fantastic.
Gotta sleep some time, you know.
Trueā¦ but itās always daylight somewhere in the world. .