Originally Posted by
cyccommute
Why 1500 lumens? Why not past 500 lumens being pointless? Or 5000? Or 50,000? It's a number. Got lumen envy? I could get by with 2 lamps of 1500 lm each or I could add more lamps (I've got plenty of bar space, lamps and batteries). I find plenty of advantages to having as much light as I now use and very few disadvantages. Having lamps that don't get washed out by every passing car or under every street lamp is on advantage. Having more light then my car has is another. As is the typical motorist response to having that much light coming at them. You were certainly showing off some pretty bright light
Numbers are meaningless. 5000 lumens, that sounds bright, and I'm sure it's bright. Why are stopping there? Put on another lamp or two to jack it up to 7500 lumens, why aren't you doing that?
Because you can doesn't mean you should. That's like using a cannon to kill a mosquito. I started a thread for comments on the P7s, and people are satisfied to point where cars are shining their high beams, are you telling them 700 lumen is hogwash?
Pondscum light is similar to yours, and yet people who that are saying, I like to upgrade that, I don't need 4500 lumen.
In the end, do what you want to do and I'll do what I want to do. Convince people to buy the latest and not halogen, unless you don't want the technology to advance, and I'll convince others to buy the most expensive system they can afford (unless they are on a budget, the P7 flashlights is my choice to recommend).