The only good use case I’ve come across is looking at house numbers at night without lighting up the whole house. Generally I’m not a “it’s just fun to see far” kind of person.
And yes, I know there are better performing lights that cost less. I was already making a Wurkkos order and it just fell into my cart.
Narrow beams make for good signalling as long as you have a fixed position at the other place you’re signalling. Also assuming the other person or group doesn’t have nvgs. In that scenario, you’re just targeting each other.
Hm, I think I’m not that tactical most of the time lol. But good to add to the memory banks as a use case.
I’ve been planning on getting the Convoy L21B with CULPM1 emitter which equally gives a narrow beam but throws over a kilometer. Not because I need one but because I don’t have one like that yet. It’s a spotlight. If I need to see up close I’ll use another torch.
I have an Acebeam E10 with a TIR that is perfect for lighting up the opposite side of my extremely long backyard if anything starts moving around back there. I also have some neighbors across a culvert to one side who probably don’t want a floodlight in their downstairs window, so something without much/any spill is good for that section of the yard too.
I have a TS11 and it’s nice. I expected it to be of limited use but bought it anyway because anduril. It’s more usable than I expected. Unfortunately they replaced it with a v2 version that is apparently worse, oh well.
I have resisted getting a LEP because that’s probably too narrow. I’ve played with some keychain lasers and they are fun but only if they’re cheap.