I live in brush country and that 5 watt LED throws enough for me plus gives me enough side
spill...
For an unregulated direct drive and an LED of unknown (at least to me) origin It's a great light,and
as Grant stated...the LaRue mount is a great heat sink..
I have been using the hand held body for nightly dog walks for the last few months... -20F wind chills
freezing rain..snow storms...dropped it once or twice on the ice...on my second set of 123 battery stations
and still going strong...
I sure hope somebody comes up with replacement head and lamp and clickie tail cap that will work with this
I cant see switiching back and forth from weapon light to camping light...better to have two different lights
rather than one convertible...switiching back n forth must wear on the aluminum threads...etc
Would be nice to find a source for an incandescent heads and bulbs or even LEDs dont know how many lights or HHBs are out there you'd think someone would tap this...&...replacement parts would be nice to have...just in case..
This next year or so ...I think we will see new LEDs driven higher...that an high quality glass lenses and reflectors
and prices on LEDs coming down...there should soon be LEDs with close to equal throw of the incans. and
at attractive prices...
imo