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abuttermilk

I carry a Gladius every day. You never know when you are on duty, in broad daylight, and will have to look under a house, in a storage building, down a well, or whatever.
The strobe really gets the attention of traffic and gets things stopped or moving when necessary.
There is a warning about persons with epilepsy in the instructions, but I have never seen an ocurrence in two years of use.
The dimming feature is great when searching at night and you don't want to put out enough light to mess up your night vision.
The momentary on and off feature is great when qualifying as is the strobe.
My vote for on and off would go to the strobe for its' disorienting feature.
The power saving feature works really well too, as I have replaced the same type of batteries more often in some other lights as opposed to the Gladius.

The really big thing is the lifetime guaruntee!! It's really pretty hard to beat that!!
I have heard a rumor that Blackhawk now has a light with the same features that fits on the weapons with the (mind just went blank) (area where you attach lights). I hope so and that they will fit Glock 26's that are my and my wifes headboard guns. That would leave one hand free to stabilize myself when shooting from a reclining position.

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Knuckledrager

Shooting moving targets, particularly ones that are moving to an oblique angle is most certainly (in my experience) more difficult. It takes a lot of practice to overcome this.

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semperfi.45

IMO, I think it's a quality light but the strobe feature is an overrated "tacti-cool" accessory. Soon I'm sure the price point will come way down. I have had much success with my xenon SureFire in disorienting suspects, so I'll stick with that.

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LongRider

I have the NovaTac EDC85 as well. Three inches long it's amazing how handy it is to have in your pocket. Use it all the time. I would have also preferred the 120 Lum as well but the 85 lum will blind you and distort your vision for a good five minutes afterwards, better than ten minutes before normal vision is restored. I have pied my house with it on strobe with no ill effect to me. Allowed me to clearly see each part of the house. What impressed me was how far I could move between flashes. Need to try it somewhere that I am not as familiar with the layout, to see if it has ill effect on my identifying the target. Did not know about the disorienting effect so that is an added plus I will have to test.

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hayley

L.B. Jefferies could have used a strobe at the end of _Rear Window_.

DOGOFWAR01

Strobe hand held flashights work very well in searching - moving - confusing the eyeballs and brain of others.

I have had the Blackhawk above posted for years.

New on the market is the link below. Nearly twice the lumens - 198 lumens.

http://www.brite-strike.com/BlueDot.html

Rumor mill has it Blackhawk is coming out sometime with 200 lumen or so.

More lumen = more brightness and with the strobe more confusion on the others eyeballs and brain.

Knuckledrager

Dog,

Have you used these things?

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DOGOFWAR01

Knuckledrager:

I have not held any of the new (at least new to me) Brite-Strike flashlights. HQ in Mass, if you POC's there, maybe they can provide actual hands-on real world input / experience.

From, what I have "read", I would definitely consider buying sometime in the near future (already have Blackhawk 100 lumen strobing and StreamLight 211 lumen TL3 non LED and non strobing), but the design features (specifically the pushbutton area), 198 lumen, and strobing of the Brite-Strike in one package is in my "opinion" worth considering. I do not know of any place that prohibits flashlights, as of yet. Seems like, would work well hand-held and on long gun (semi-auto or lever or bolt not pump).

Blackhawk, have used for searching and have had one used on me (my eyeballs) during "dark" training several times.

below links from a quick google search on Brite-Strike products:

http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?...&sc3=&id=41627

http://flashlightnews.org/story691.shtml

http://www.associatedcontent.com/art...ashlights.html

http://www.thegadgetblog.com/2007/03...t-flashlights/

DOGOFWAR01

Knuckledrager:

Blackhawk I have was the only strobing flashlight on the market at the time of my purchase (at least the way I remember it).

200 lumen is brighter than 100 lumen, if I were buying today, I would go with the 200 lumen Brite Strike.

I always carry at least 3 lights = 2 hand held bright light, 1 hand held dimmer light, and 2 very small lights in a pocket or somewhere.

http://www.inovalight.com/x.html
hand held dimmer light - for vehicle, etc searches - not as bright as other lights, less effect on my night vision

http://www.inovalight.com/micro.html
pocket or where ever very small flashlight
1 - as is
2 - as is but the light bulb taped around with duct tape to "funnel" the light into a very small area for to reduce "glow" to others and less effect on my night vision

Wife carries about the same, again flashlights not restricted - yet !

also consider the color of the light to be used and for what main purpose - white or blue or green or red. Lots of information on the internet - google search.