Was doing homework on cheap weapon mounted lights...... Update.

[Mac Attack]

I have a SF 6P with pigtail switch and a Knights Armorment mount that has worked great. Light was $40, switch $15 and mount was $20 (10 years ago). I have used the hell out of it, dropped my rifle multiple times and it still turns on every time. SF is the way to go.

[jonni]

CDM gear suggests the polytac c4 as a low cost HD light

http://www.opticsplanet.net/streamlight-poly-tac-led-lithium-power-polymer-flashlight.html

[bombadillo]

You guys didn't read the last post that I updated it with did you....

[blakdawg]

You don't have to try to convince me about LED and the great benefits because the vast majority of the time, I prefer LED for my lighting but on a weapon light for a pistol or using it for a car engine, LED just doesn't do it for me.

What is it that you don't like about LED's for weapon lights?

[bombadillo]

I don't like that "fake" kind of light they put out. I know they're brighter and more durable in the long run, but that awful bluish light that they seem to emit is horrible. I like the incandescent lights because when you get one that burns really hot, they're very bright and seem to have a more natural light. Go use a really bright LED light in a house, then shine a bright incandescent light, and I feel that I can personally see a LOT better with the incandescent light in comparison. I'm not sure why, but thats what my eyes like better.

[blakdawg]

I don't like that "fake" kind of light they put out. I know they're brighter and more durable in the long run, but that awful bluish light that they seem to emit is horrible. I like the incandescent lights because when you get one that burns really hot, they're very bright and seem to have a more natural light. Go use a really bright LED light in a house, then shine a bright incandescent light, and I feel that I can personally see a LOT better with the incandescent light in comparison. I'm not sure why, but thats what my eyes like better.

Cool - not trying to argue with you, just wanted to understand your objection in case your concerns were something that I should also take into account. I agree that colors seem off when viewed in LED light but from my perspective that's not such a big deal in a weapon light, I just want to know what I might be shooting at. If I were gonna paint a portrait of a guy breaking into my house, well, that would be a different matter.