RE: Olight mount and Bear video
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Wow, that bear just strolling through.
I recently shopped around for a weapon light. The Olight's output and price are attractive but I didn't like the idea of a rechargeable battery that will lose capacity over time. The 1500 lumens is impressive but it can only do high output for less than 2 minutes?(!) For my home-defense use I would need more than that. I ended up on the new Streamlight RM2. Not too much out there about it but it claims to do 1000 lumens for a couple hours on two CR123A batteries. I hope to make a post about it soon.
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Look forward to seeing your Streamlight post. I can't imagine using this light on high inside the house. I flipped it on a few times and the reflection back from the walls was just too bright. Even in a large room, the low light is more than enough for search and eliminate missions. I could see using the high maybe to blind someone, but if there's an intruder inside the house, not going to need that, their blindness will be permanent darkness. lol
That's a good point and I'm not entirely sure I won't blind myself with the 1000 lumens :) There's no high/low mode on the RM2, just 1000lm strobing or on. I wonder if its output can be reduced by half with a CR123A-sized dummy battery? Probably a bad idea though, since it has some kind of electronic control for the strobing and toggle.