It's been nice watching your videos. Too bad everything is going towards subscriptions these days. Thanks for putting out good content for free while you did.
Right when you said “well actuallyyyy” I was thinking the same thing. Everybody being so hyped on knowing what candela means like they solved the theory of relativity
I concur that an X300u is an excellent light for a home defense carbine. Easy to mount, doesn't take up much real estate, and simple operation. I think I will upgrade to the Turbo on a couple of my carbines, but I will stick with the 1000 lumen models I have on multiple pistols.
Thanks for all the free knowledge you shared over the years man. Can’t blame ya… get yours. Hopefully I’ll scoop a subscription when my financial situation is a bit better. Best of luck Aaron. I’ll be going back thru the YT catalog I’m sure.
Man back in the 90’s when I was an auxiliary deputy we had those huge mag lights we had to plug into the charger next to our seats in the cruisers. Lights are literally light years ahead of that these days!!
Throw is related to the size ratio between the LED emitter and the reflector so a smaller emitter can get amore focused spot from a given size of reflector. But smaller LED’s cant pump out as many lumens as larger LED’s. That is why high candela lights have lower lumens. The ratio of candela per lumen is the best way to estimate the throw & spill from looking at a light’s stats.
Been carrying my modlite pl350 daily since it came to market and im happy theres other reliable options with a similar candela output, for sure gonna give it a try but its gonna be hard to get back from rechargeable batteries hehe.
Your reviews are amongst the best man. I wish I would have known about your channel when I was in LE. I watched this video and decided I want one. I have several x300U (the B, not A) so this will be great. I took to the internet and everyone is sold out. Must have watched this video. Lol.
My x300 is currently on my 12.7 AR build with the pressure pad. I'm either upgrading to the cloud defensive rein 2.0 or putting a turbo on the rifle and putting the regular x300 back on my HD gun.
I see companies going from the buzz word being lumens to the buzz word being candela. This isn’t to say I don’t understand the importance of candela, but that in my experience companies want to boil their products down into one number they can point to and say that number is higher than the competitors. I think lights are more nuanced than one number (and as the guys at Werkz holsters have shown in testing sometimes the companies misrepresent their products). I hope people put the time into researching a product more than one number on a box.
It's not been in stock yet that I have seen anywhere. As usual Surefire announced the Turbo series at Shot Show 2022 last January, but you still can't buy it. We will lucky if it's even available by Shot Show 2023 this January. Never get your hopes up for new Surefire products in a timely manner. You will be sorely disappointed.
Literally commenting before I watch the video XD was super excited for this video. Scrolling through my recommended and this video popped up, jumped on it so quick.
The downfall is the CR123s. I’m definitely trying to take that curve to get away from them in the regards to primary used lights. Hopefully Cloud will get their pistol light out next year.
I don't really understand why the 18350 rechargeables aren't the standard for the whole industry. Then I can match my pistol, handheld, and rifle light batteries all together.
All content will be Patreon. Occasional videos will still be public here after release on Patreon but the days of a video a week are over for public access.
@@SageDynamics I'd pay for that, your channel is by far the most valuable source of information regarding firearms and self defense. I learned a lot from you, I practice and teach my wife and my parents with the same information and mindset. Its definitely worth it.
I really like rechargeable batteries just not units with built in batteries. I’d rather have the ability to put in fresh batteries on the go incase i forgot to charge it or whatever.
I’m going Patreon because I’m not a RUclipsr. My primary income has never been videos, however making videos can be expensive. This move also allows Patreons to have more of a voice in what videos get made.
I just bought a X300U a week and a half ago, and I love it. Its a bit big for what it is but it is durable. I thought about getting the X300T and its is very cool but im just puting it on my CCW so I dont need to see at 100 yards. I really just want a bight flood. For a riffle though I would opt for the 300T.
You need to watch more of his videos. He even talks about important reasons for more candela in this video. More candela and a bright hot spot are what you want over flood for any weapon mounted light, even a ccw pistol.
The comment about lowering lumens to get higher candela is kind of a dumb argument in my opinion. If you raise candela you should just take the lumens from from flood and just have less flood. There's no reason to go down in overall output
Are you opposed to making comparison videos on general principle, or strictly in the context of how so many people have a tendency to reduce that to one being objectively more useful than the other? I feel directly comparing objective properties and discussing their subjective applications could possibly be really beneficial for review, and could potentially even just help everyone better understand what kind of properties are good for which applications.
The plhv2 is the perfect head over the Okw there’s a guy nocturnal guy on RUclips did a comparison the plhv2 has just as tight beam as the turbo just a tad brighter imo for home defense or Leo on a pistol the plhv2 is king
I just bought an X300 Ultra and mounted it on my handgun. Do you all use that metal locking clip for the battery compartment? And is that same clip on the X300 Turbo? It seems like a snag hazard to me and the battery compartment closes and locks fairly well without it.
On a handgun you won't have to use it since the battery door will usually rest closed against the trigger guard. No chance that it'll come open unless you take the light off the weapon. When using the light on a rifle, it is encouraged to use the cotter pin in order to prevent the battery compartment from accidentally opening (depending on where it is mounted).
Idk, that’s what some thought about Modlite when they first came out with their pistol light and it had some teething issues. A problem I have personally is I already have holsters specific to a light, and swapping those out for a new light gets expensive and takes time to be available. That’s why something like this is has the appeal it does for me.
What the hell is wrong with you guys? If you have to pay for it, it’s not worth watching? I would say you guys are only cheating yourselves. Stop being such a mooch & Pony up $ It’s not gonna kill you. In fact, with the stuff that Aaron puts out; it might save your life someday.
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It's been nice watching your videos. Too bad everything is going towards subscriptions these days. Thanks for putting out good content for free while you did.
I agree. Not many of us can subscribe to dozens of creators. Thanks Aaron
Yup. Gonna miss the wealth of knowledge.
@@johngaines8791 wait wtf is going on? Sage leaving RUclips???????
We appreciate your free information. But I feel it man get your $
@@rung1915 he’s doing patrion or subscribion only beginning of the year😢
Right when you said “well actuallyyyy” I was thinking the same thing. Everybody being so hyped on knowing what candela means like they solved the theory of relativity
I concur that an X300u is an excellent light for a home defense carbine. Easy to mount, doesn't take up much real estate, and simple operation. I think I will upgrade to the Turbo on a couple of my carbines, but I will stick with the 1000 lumen models I have on multiple pistols.
Thanks for all the free knowledge you shared over the years man. Can’t blame ya… get yours. Hopefully I’ll scoop a subscription when my financial situation is a bit better. Best of luck Aaron. I’ll be going back thru the YT catalog I’m sure.
Man back in the 90’s when I was an auxiliary deputy we had those huge mag lights we had to plug into the charger next to our seats in the cruisers. Lights are literally light years ahead of that these days!!
Bruh killed me at 1:00 with that "well actually" 🤣
Fr lolll evil villain sounding
thanks
I love watching your videos! You put things in a very clear and dynamically charged way!! Thanks for doing what you do brother!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Damn i hate to see you go. Literally one of the few I watch anymore, but I get it.
Wats going on with sage??
Throw is related to the size ratio between the LED emitter and the reflector so a smaller emitter can get amore focused spot from a given size of reflector. But smaller LED’s cant pump out as many lumens as larger LED’s. That is why high candela lights have lower lumens. The ratio of candela per lumen is the best way to estimate the throw & spill from looking at a light’s stats.
Any chance of a review on the CD MCH variants? I've been carrying a HC dual output for about a month and am loving it.
Maybe. I don’t usually do handheld vids.
He's done the Thyrm switchback that's attached to it and that's probably as good as you're gonna get for a while.
The only surefire product I own is a stiletto pro and it’s by far my favorite handheld EDC light. This candela tho 🥵
“It’s okay to be wrong, you’ll learn eventually” 👏👏👏
Been carrying my modlite pl350 daily since it came to market and im happy theres other reliable options with a similar candela output, for sure gonna give it a try but its gonna be hard to get back from rechargeable batteries hehe.
Your reviews are amongst the best man. I wish I would have known about your channel when I was in LE. I watched this video and decided I want one. I have several x300U (the B, not A) so this will be great. I took to the internet and everyone is sold out. Must have watched this video. Lol.
My x300 is currently on my 12.7 AR build with the pressure pad. I'm either upgrading to the cloud defensive rein 2.0 or putting a turbo on the rifle and putting the regular x300 back on my HD gun.
This will be perfect on my gen 5 Glock 20. More candela gives me better reach for backwoods carry. Looking forward to getting one of these
The real question here (that no one is asking surprisingly?) is: in addition to patreon, will you also be doing an onlyfans?
Lol
NEED that B&T TP9 review so I can determine if poor financial decisions will be made or not.
Lumens don’t really matter. A laser is 60 lumens and 81 million candela. Always go for candela. Anything between 500-1000 lumens is perfect.
I see companies going from the buzz word being lumens to the buzz word being candela. This isn’t to say I don’t understand the importance of candela, but that in my experience companies want to boil their products down into one number they can point to and say that number is higher than the competitors. I think lights are more nuanced than one number (and as the guys at Werkz holsters have shown in testing sometimes the companies misrepresent their products). I hope people put the time into researching a product more than one number on a box.
I'll buy one as soon as it's back in stock. I just checked a few sites and it's sold out everywhere. Great video. 👍🇺🇸
It's not been in stock yet that I have seen anywhere. As usual Surefire announced the Turbo series at Shot Show 2022 last January, but you still can't buy it. We will lucky if it's even available by Shot Show 2023 this January. Never get your hopes up for new Surefire products in a timely manner. You will be sorely disappointed.
@@carbonking53 lol these were on Primary Arms, brownells, etc 1 week ago
@@carbonking53 you can buy them, TREX arms has a couple FDE ones in stock rn, I got mine from eurooptic like 2 months ago
I’d wait for the cloud defensive pistol light to come out
@@mouthbreather280 Sorry- got tired of waiting…and waiting…and waiting…
Literally commenting before I watch the video XD was super excited for this video. Scrolling through my recommended and this video popped up, jumped on it so quick.
Gonna miss the Annual Bourbon episode! Hopefully he makes one this year
The downfall is the CR123s. I’m definitely trying to take that curve to get away from them in the regards to primary used lights. Hopefully Cloud will get their pistol light out next year.
I don't really understand why the 18350 rechargeables aren't the standard for the whole industry. Then I can match my pistol, handheld, and rifle light batteries all together.
I like my spilly x300u for my pistol and I like this throwy turbo for my PDW.
Sage always gets us right before the weekend
Whats the colour temperature of the new turbo? 6000k , 6500k ?
Is it cooler white than the x300 ultra ?
Compared to the tlr 1 HL tint ?
Will you no longer be posting to RUclips in 2023? Or will videos just come to Patreon first
All content will be Patreon. Occasional videos will still be public here after release on Patreon but the days of a video a week are over for public access.
@@SageDynamics fuck 😢
@@SageDynamics I'd pay for that, your channel is by far the most valuable source of information regarding firearms and self defense. I learned a lot from you, I practice and teach my wife and my parents with the same information and mindset. Its definitely worth it.
I’m eager to see if the T does better penetrating tint on car windows at night.
Appreciate the vids but I'm not doing the Patreon thing, especially after all the stuff they've done over the years
Maybe one day, Cloud will actually release the pistol light they teased what seems like 3 years ago. Probably not though. One could hope…….
I wanted to come here to remind you we still have nothing from cloud…😢
@@TennisPro4686289 Lmaoo don’t worry, I remind them on every Instagram post I see 😂
Thank you though 😭😭
I really like rechargeable batteries just not units with built in batteries. I’d rather have the ability to put in fresh batteries on the go incase i forgot to charge it or whatever.
What comp are you running on that Glock at the start of the video?
I'll will be subscribing because of the wealth of knowledge
Mine either wobbles like crazy, or it points annoyingly high of my poa, is this normal?? Or should I exchange for the “b” model???
Helpppppp
Who’s going to be the Aaron Swartz of the sage dynamic paywall?
This kinda upsets Me, but RUclipsrs have to do it these days because they’re demonetized it’s sad
I’m going Patreon because I’m not a RUclipsr. My primary income has never been videos, however making videos can be expensive. This move also allows Patreons to have more of a voice in what videos get made.
@@SageDynamics ahhh gotcha, I knew that too 😂 you say that all the time in your videos, makes sense man good luck I’ll probably come over
I hope he puts in the "burn down" when the next booze review comes out 😉
I just bought a X300U a week and a half ago, and I love it. Its a bit big for what it is but it is durable. I thought about getting the X300T and its is very cool but im just puting it on my CCW so I dont need to see at 100 yards. I really just want a bight flood. For a riffle though I would opt for the 300T.
You need to watch more of his videos. He even talks about important reasons for more candela in this video. More candela and a bright hot spot are what you want over flood for any weapon mounted light, even a ccw pistol.
What is that handheld light you are using in this video?
I can just see this dude writing as ticket for someone going 3mph over
The comment about lowering lumens to get higher candela is kind of a dumb argument in my opinion. If you raise candela you should just take the lumens from from flood and just have less flood. There's no reason to go down in overall output
There is when you are bound by c123’s it’s an old battery and has only so much power
“There can be more than one good thing…” Seems like common sense, yes? Grateful.
Any idea who has em in stock right now? Been looking but no dice.
Great review!
Cool video thanks.
Excellent? Probably, they dont have IR capability. They come out with a turbo with IR I'm on board.
Lux is light returned ro your eye
Love mine
Please do the new holosun pid light.
I just (today, in fact) received this LEP flashlight I impulse-bought... You want candela? Holy smoke.
They are cool, but limited in purpose.
Anybody else catch the lightsaber-esque turn off at 2:38?
Dual fuel perhaps?
Can you do a video on the viridian rfx15?
Wait til the Scouts finally hit ;-)
Well it’s been good watching your videos sad your going to patreon
Wish I could find one in stock somewhere! Anybody know where to get one?!?
Are you opposed to making comparison videos on general principle, or strictly in the context of how so many people have a tendency to reduce that to one being objectively more useful than the other? I feel directly comparing objective properties and discussing their subjective applications could possibly be really beneficial for review, and could potentially even just help everyone better understand what kind of properties are good for which applications.
Check out Werkz, they do some great comparisons including destructive testing.
🤙🏼🔥
Bummer... Another subscription. Just like the heated seats in my new BMW. I'm so tired of the subscription model for these companies and RUclipsrs
I don’t care.
For a beat cop do you think the turbo makes more sense over the ultra?
It makes sense for everyone over the ultra
From experience yes
Yes. Ultimately the Turbo has more throw and punches through photonic barriers much better. Same reason to use a Modlite OKW head over their PLHV2.
The plhv2 is the perfect head over the Okw there’s a guy nocturnal guy on RUclips did a comparison the plhv2 has just as tight beam as the turbo just a tad brighter imo for home defense or Leo on a pistol the plhv2 is king
So is this gooder than the Eotech EFLX?
Is it true that turbo is bigger in length compared to ultra ?
X300 ultra is 9.1 cm
Turbo ?
No, The X300U and X300T's are exactly the same size.
@@SureFireLLC and your source is?
@@Mana_Cryptid We are the source.
@@SureFireLLClmao
@@Mana_Cryptid🤡
I just bought an X300 Ultra and mounted it on my handgun. Do you all use that metal locking clip for the battery compartment? And is that same clip on the X300 Turbo? It seems like a snag hazard to me and the battery compartment closes and locks fairly well without it.
On a handgun you won't have to use it since the battery door will usually rest closed against the trigger guard. No chance that it'll come open unless you take the light off the weapon. When using the light on a rifle, it is encouraged to use the cotter pin in order to prevent the battery compartment from accidentally opening (depending on where it is mounted).
@@nocturnal770 thanks for clarifying that for me.
Whereis the Patreon link?
On Patreon
As someone who has tennis elbow, what brace/strap is that?
I’m not a professional and only need a light for indoors. I prefer lumens and flood as opposed to a high candela focused beam.
Doesn’t get dark outside where you live huh?
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I've been subscribed for years and today it showed I wasn't. Wtf
Time to hit the gym bro your getting bigger than me lol
Jogging
Haha
Finally a good video
I sure wish Cloud Defensive had beat Surefire to releasing this. That's gonna hurt them a lot.
Mark my word here. Soon maby sooner, Cloud Defense will be putting these companies in a choke hold!
Idk, that’s what some thought about Modlite when they first came out with their pistol light and it had some teething issues.
A problem I have personally is I already have holsters specific to a light, and swapping those out for a new light gets expensive and takes time to be available. That’s why something like this is has the appeal it does for me.
How’s that working for us??
It took me twenty years to kill one.
What the hell is wrong with you guys? If you have to pay for it, it’s not worth watching? I would say you guys are only cheating yourselves. Stop being such a mooch & Pony up $ It’s not gonna kill you. In fact, with the stuff that Aaron puts out; it might save your life someday.
It's okay to be wrong lol
everyone on u tube shooting targets that don't move while not moving. good luck on game day/night
What if I don't have any friends?