Definitely, the L2 is flood and not a thrower.

When I said the runtime is not real good on primary I probably should have said high beam. The LEDs get used most often, so that would probably be the primary.

My HDS (U60XR) gets better than 45 minutes on high (it was the first thing I tested when I got it) and that's with one battery, then it stepped down to next level and ran for 2 1/2 hours, stepped down again and ran till next morning.

I've got a couple of G2s, a 6P, and a couple of weapon mounted lights. At most, I'll get an hour with one of those and that's using up two batteries. I've also blown out 3 of those incandescant bulbs (p60), 2 of them I dropped while the light was on and poof, another one poofed for no reason I could tell. That's reason enough for me to not have them as my only light.

As for the color rendition, I really can't tell much difference. I actually think the incandescants make things look more yellow than they really are. Also, for some strange reason, it seems like animals eyes reflect back brighter with the LEDs.

Surefire really came down heavy on some dealers that were selling under MSRP a year or so ago. That really pissed me off at the time, it put a guy I'd bought from for several years out of the Surefire business. I'm all for competition, it makes everybody stronger in the end, and it's always good for the customer. Having said that, I can't wait to see what they come out with in the new Crees. I hear that the E1L and L1 will be using them. I'll have to get one of them!