Originally Posted by
okie
I could agree with that except the vampire line is unparalleled. I have two vampires and love them. If I didn't shoot with nods obviously I would probably get a different light, but the vampire does things my PEQ15A can't do. The thing is, the laser illuminators are most useful for ranges where I have trouble hitting anything with a laser anyways. It's one thing when you're talking about infantry laying down fire, where they don't have to be minute of man to hit things out of sheer statistical probability, but when you're talking about defending your homestead with only a few people it changes the game. Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't give up the full power illuminator, but I think it's more useful for seeing stuff vs. actually hitting it. But for that 25-100 meters where I would have a good chance of actually hitting something reliably, the LED illuminator just gives so much more contrast and lights up a much larger area. I know most people just have the PEQ and a white light, but for the same weight and size I can have IR LED, and the ability to turn the bezel to off is great for stowing and transporting so the batteries don't drain accidentally. And here's the thing, I don't miss the lumens. The vampire in white mode is MORE than bright enough for close in. And anything further away than what the white light can do, I'm using nods anyways at those ranges. The nods don't get flipped up until something is basically point blank, in which case all those lumens from the modlights and whatnot are going to be overkill, possibly to a detriment. In fact, inside a structure with light walls, I feel like the vampire in white mode is too bright as it is, and I like the extra throw that the Surefires have in that scenario. I think that's a big part of the disconnect is that Surefire's target audience doesn't need to light something up at more than fifty yards.
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