Originally Posted By: Dan223The advantage would be its red led over the white.
I was hunting with a stream light stinger HP before I got the XLR250. and had no luck seeing critters or anything, and that thing would throw 250 yards lighting the whole field and splash onto me. Heck even when I was going to my coyote hunting spot the deer would run away.
But with this red led light they don't seem to care what I am doing. They will stay in the field with me when I am calling. And that's no BS either. I couldn't believe it!! it was like I belong there or something.
With this red led, night critters don't care about it to much about it. It is almost like it has some curious factor with the local deer.
I will never go back to white lights that's for sure. Now I know why everyone uses red. You see more game.
The XLR 250red seems to have a very good throw to about 250 yards, after that it seems to fad away but you will still pick up eye a really long, long, ways away.
The spill on the light is perfect not to wide and not to narrow, and no spill on you either and that's a big plus.
I have had the light on for about 1 hour in the stand and it does not heat up at all, which I thought that it might, since the president of the company said its rated for 900 lums. It works out perfect.. when your in your stand for a hour, just put in a new battery when you go to your next stand. I just ordered some extra batteries so I can go from stand to stand all night long.
OH and the other added advantage that I realized using this light is that you get to keep your natural night vision. Your natural night vision usually takes a half hour to start working if it is hit by a white light. With the red led you don't have to worry about that. No more
blindness
Sounds like a nice light for the AR...and as far as night vision not my night vision.
I was hunting with a stream light stinger HP before I got the XLR250. and had no luck seeing critters or anything, and that thing would throw 250 yards lighting the whole field and splash onto me. Heck even when I was going to my coyote hunting spot the deer would run away.
But with this red led light they don't seem to care what I am doing. They will stay in the field with me when I am calling. And that's no BS either. I couldn't believe it!! it was like I belong there or something.
With this red led, night critters don't care about it to much about it. It is almost like it has some curious factor with the local deer.
I will never go back to white lights that's for sure. Now I know why everyone uses red. You see more game.
The XLR 250red seems to have a very good throw to about 250 yards, after that it seems to fad away but you will still pick up eye a really long, long, ways away.
The spill on the light is perfect not to wide and not to narrow, and no spill on you either and that's a big plus.
I have had the light on for about 1 hour in the stand and it does not heat up at all, which I thought that it might, since the president of the company said its rated for 900 lums. It works out perfect.. when your in your stand for a hour, just put in a new battery when you go to your next stand. I just ordered some extra batteries so I can go from stand to stand all night long.
OH and the other added advantage that I realized using this light is that you get to keep your natural night vision. Your natural night vision usually takes a half hour to start working if it is hit by a white light. With the red led you don't have to worry about that. No more
blindness
Sounds like a nice light for the AR...and as far as night vision not my night vision.