[Azathoth]

Originally Posted by Eeyore

No! You don't need to bind your friends with a 300 lumens light.

Blind is a permanent condition, dazzle or disorient is the word you are looking for.

I run a Surefire P2X Fury Tactical Flash light 500lumens in a 10,000 square foot indoor facility near Edmonton. Used it many times along with X300, TLR-1s, Fenix, outputting 200-500 lumens. No one has ever gotten male pattern baldness, gone blind, had erectile dysfunction, or even complained for that matter.

I find that the strobe is a useless feature in airsoft. I don't get disoriented from the strobe from clone lights. The output isn't high enough and the cycle rate of strobe is too low, that and clone lights tend to have awful throw, as well as a pale blue beam. You need to be pretty close <12ft for a strobe to be truly effective and at that range the white light is more effective than a strobe.

I honestly cannot remember anymore how many times people will come down a hall with their strobe, run into my momentary on and turn back for cover or get shot

I've found that high intensity white light using a momentary on/off with an optional push to 'lock' on to be the best solution for a weapon mounted light. So effective in fact i've sold all of my lights that have a strobe function except for one that I keep in the car.