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Posted: 8/12/2009 11:26:18 AM EDT
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Anyone have any experiences with this light?
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| It's a great light but old technology and it's heavy. Kind of like the M900. That to was a great light and great idea but then you go and lug that bitch around for a few hours and it's not so great anymore. Trust me I had both lights and now have a SF Scout. Better light, better tech, far less weight. |
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Thanks for your reply.
What makes it's technology old and what's considered new tech these days? I always knew it was going to be heavy but I just thought 225 lumens for an hour was a good trade off for my need of outdoor illumination to about 75 or 100yards. Just how heavy is the thing to make those 225 lumens not worth it? My other concern would be that it is SO bright. If I use it indoors I'd just temporarily blind myself. So I thought I should use a red filter for indoors but would'nt that wash out the red reticule of my eotech? |
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My M600C scout light performed roughly 90% as well in my opinion as a 971 using the 225L bulb. I would DEFINITELY run a M600C over this behemoth. With the F04 diffuser, the M600C is an awesome indoor light.
M600C: roughly 5oz, around 185 lumens, works VERY well at 75 yards, and out to 100 yards if you have an awesome optic like an ACOG that drinks up the light, works great indoors with F04 diffuser, producing a very nice, diffuse beam losing only 11% total output to the diffuser. Oh, it has a run time almost 2 hours long and no bulb to shatter under recoil or droppage. *Yes, I whore this light as often as I appropriately can. |
| Not only is the M600C lighter, you're using 2 batteries (instead of 3) with a longer run time. Yes, the M600C may cost more but the less batteries you change, the more you're saving in the long run. That's one of the reasons I sold my M971 and went with the M600C |
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Although the Millennium Series are designed capable of being tested and rated waterproof to "Navy" specifications (33 metres), only those that have been individually tested receive the "N" for the model number and are "waterproof to 33 metres".
Otherwise SureFires are highly water resistant unless clearly specified SureFire type-test and have gained confidence to rate several specific models to lesser depths for example the X300 to 22 metres. There is also the general move to use IP67 which when given with a time frame indicates waterproof up to 1 metre for 30 minutes. Should the manufacturer wish to rate to a greater depth then IP68 is used. Again with a time frame (usually greater than 30 minutes). |
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