I ordered this light the end of November. the Sunday before rifle season opened. I received it on Tuesday last week the 22st. I was out of town though till Friday the 24th so I really didn't get to mess with this light till the night of the 24th. I ordered it from a company dino direct and I received the light, two batts, and a charger for 43.00 dollars. The shipping was free so that could have been why it took so long to get it. They quoted 7-14 business days and they were a day over the 14 business days. I ordered two mounts from deal extreme. They are the exact same mounts the kill light xlr250 comes with. The difference in the lights visually is very small. There is a few differences esthetically though. Not major differences but enough to the trained eye to see there is a difference. I wonder though how many differences are in the kill lights?
I charged the batts Friday most of the day. Sat night I was messing around with it out in the fields around home. The beam is tighter then the predator light and the kill lights beam. Almost like a laser beam. When placed on a wall 8 feet away the spot is around 2" in diameter where the predator light is around 4" in diameter. The beam is a off white beam. Not the blueish beam some of the led lights throw. There is two intensity's on the light. I never got the tactical switch with it so I just have the tailcap switch. The sequence is as follows. off -> high -> low -> off. It is a bit backwards from most lights where they ramp up from being the lowest setting to the highest. The light is advertised as being 230 lumens on high but have seen claims that it is 260 on high as well. I do not know what this translates to in candlepower. But it is extremely bright. Looking through a scope I can pick trees and stumps out at 300 yds. I put a butler creek flip up scope cover on it that is painted with red dykem. I now have a red light and a white light if I want it. With the red filter down over the led 100yd ID should be possible. With the white light 300 yd ID is more then possible with a scope. I have been seeing people claim 200 + yd id claims on red fox with some red lights. I have come to the conclusion that either their eyesight is way better then most humans, or they do not know how far these animals are in the dark, or they are ID'ing on the way the animal is moving. This year at the Expo I seen how some where surprised at how hard it was to id targets that where not moving. It is extremely difficult so that leads me to believe that many do their id'ing through a scope and/or by noticing how the animal is moving. The human eye can only see so well.
I have not hunted with this light yet. I do not know if the burn time is different from the kill light. I do know the batts I received with the light are different then in the one dad's using. mine are discharge protected and cannot die from letting them burn too long. I am under the assumption that the kill lights are not like this. I plan on checking back in at the end of the season with my thoughts on this light. So far though I would buy another one in a heart beat. I am very impressed with this light. It appears to be well made and I am very sure I got a deal. I am thinking about buying another one but from another company.
