Maglite Spectrum Series V2

Maglite Spectrum Series V2
Using the Maglite Spectrum Series, Bill Murphy from Firearms Training Associates runs through the advantages of using red, green, and blue lights in both practical defense and utility situations.
Red helps protect night vision and reading maps because the color doesn’t bleach out what’s on the paper; red also helps hide your position since it’s a lower output color. Green is 5x brighter to the human eye than any other color and can’t be detected by animals, making it optimal for catching the attention of rescuers if you’re out in the wilderness, or you’re hunting game and trying to be covert. Blue is a softer light and helps in seeing detail, useful for both crime scene investigations and in electrician work.
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[@mytech6779]

What fool in marketing thinks that you use maximum brightness to preserve night vision? I tried one of these (on low setting) for reading charts and was totally blinded, took several minutes to regain my night vision. And that assumes you remember it always starts on blazing "Here I am!" high and needs to be shielded until low is selected. Night vision isn't just about color, the intensity still matters a lot.

[@floyd2386]

He also claimed green is the brightest to human eyes, but then claimed it would'nt give away the user's position at the same time they show a bright green light shining under the door.

[@fourtyfivefudd]

It depends how low the brightness is. I agree, in this instance, and even on the maglites lowest brightness setting, it’s still too bright to preserve night vision. Green will cut through clouds, go longer distances, and the brain will register it quicker than other colors, but if it’s dim enough it has the opposite effect similar to red light. But it needs to be VERY dim to do that. That’s why lots of aircraft have green backlit switches and green panels, and some kids nightlights are green, because in darkness it won’t blind you. But the lumens that the led solitare of xl50 are too much to have that effect. I have however used the old minimag incandescent with a green filter, so it’s low lumen and it’s a warm green, and that did work. It didn’t preserve my night vision as much as red would, but I was still able to make stuff out in the dark after I turned it off. With the correct lumen and candela power, it COULD be a good be a good compromise between using just red, or just white

[@kylehurlbrink]

@@fourtyfivefudd great comment about cockpits. Purpose built for seeing buttons in case of smoke in cabin but yet not straining on the eyes for maintaining pilots night vision. The xenon bulb still has great light qualities for specific purposes. A dimmable Hi Cri Maglite would be a dream.

[@UncleRichard-hm5qu]

Well said. Try the Maglight XL200. You can set the brightness to as low as 5 lumens when you turn it on.... then with a twist of your wrist quickly change the brightness to any degree up to 200 lumens. The best combat light if used properly

[@Magister_Sibrandus]

Church security?

[@DDFJ1230]

Some churches have security teams in place in the event of a church shooting. It unfortunately has happened numerous times.

[@user-tk3bt1px3h]

I thought I was the only one that caught the "church security" LOL. But it's true what Dave said. I work in a church and we've had a few incidents. I actually had to follow this one guy around while my coworker, an ex police officer followed the other to make sure they left without incident. We were lucky.