Thanks.

I can easily see it being different. I suspect that if I lived in ranch country, I'd want the longest throw I could get, and care a whole lot less about weight and bulk.

I know what you mean about the woods. I generally only carry a Photon, because almost my entire use is rummaging around in the tent or pack at night. And, as I constantly remind myself, if I were better organized, I wouldn't need to do that much either.

Outside, so long as you don't spend your time staring at a fire (or into a stove flame) you rarely need it.

Of course, "woods" has nothing to do with car-camping campgrounds, where your night vision is continually being ruined by something or other... the restroom/shower houses in the one I frequent most often have lighting to rival a downtown bus terminal.