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Here's an idea: Get a foam bat and try to hit your friend while he tries to avoid and blind you, compare direct lighting with strobe.

To be honest the strobe makes me want to run away aswell

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I think they're equal in terms of visually blinding an attacker but personally the strobe makes me feel very nauseus and the nausea alone would debilitate me.

Strobe... definitely. It's super disorienting for the person on the other end, you can clearly see what they're are doing, and having done my own tests on the other end, it actually hurts, even at 15 yards.

I bet the neighbors across the street love you lol

Your eyes are closed

I've dealt with an unpleasant dog in Bali two months ago and with the solid light he did not like it but when I strobed him he could not face me anymore I use the Olight warrior M2R and I was very happy to have a powerful light with me when walking at night from the restaurant to my hotel cheers

By far one of the more comprehensive videos in terms of answering the questions about various scenarios. That said, my whole understanding of strobe vs. solid light advantage is that the strobe is more advantageous when the defender moves around and knows the layout in a dark environment. Example being if you know where your furniture is and keep moving while pointed at an offender/intruder that has a weapon drawn, the strobe could disorient them while you navigate around physical obstacles (aka furniture) whilst you (defender) know where to step and move around. I was also specifically thinking about a strobe function attachment to a pepper-ball pistol for non-lethal home defense to the point I could get close enough to take down a larger person with blunt force and subdue them...just a thought

I am going to use a strobe on my AR-15. I am a paramedic in a very rural area and there are a lot of sketchy places. I have seen a pitbull turn and run when hit in the eyes with a 1000 lumen strobe because of disorientation. Strobes can also cause an onset of seizures. Good if it's the bad guy, not so good if it's you.

I personally think the strobe is more distracting, than the full on mode, so now i know what to use if i am attacked!! :D , Levi

The strobe is definitely disorienting from the attacker's POV, and a little from the defender POV. I think I prefer the the steady on as it's blinding to the attacker while the defender has the best possible non distracting veiw. Besides, if I was hit with a strobe I'd mess everyone up when I bust out the techno beatboxing and start dancing 🍄🍄🍄...

My wurkkos ts10 is set up with a pretty fast strobe interval thanks to the anduril ui, and I think that helps with my disorientation and time distortion I like to test strobe light by running from and towards what would be a self defense situation in hallways and outside, from what I experience it’s best for creating distance but for actually defending yourself a long turbo at medium to clore range with disable their focal point and give you the advantage. Great video btw

I know for a fact Strobe works. A bright light has its use for a type of concealment on the eyes of the person it's being pointed at. Strobe is for disorienting rather than blinding.

A great idea for a video! I have read some studies, about the testing of how a strobe mode affects our vision. Then, which was a couple of years ago now. We tested it here ourselves. You bring up a great point, about the strobe causing somewhat of a slow motion effect, and that definitely needs to be taken into account. Also of course, we need to take into account the situation, distance of a possible threat, and threat level. From the studies I've read, and the testing we've done here. I'd like to point another thing to look at. And that is the strobe rate. We can of course discuss a steady light, vs a strobe. Such as you've done here. That discussion needs to take place. But we then also need to discuss, whether we're trying to disorient the target, or keep an eye on his every move. I'd look at that decision like this. If for example, we thought it possible that the target may pull a weapon, and we had one on our person as well. I'd go for the steady light. Because if something should start to happen, we could do something about it. But, if we were worried that the target may pull a weapon, and we had none. Then we'd have to go for the strobe mode. while thinking about taking cover, right? But what I'd like to throw into the mix here, is the strobe rate. If we are behind the flashlight, and the target is looking into it. We are far less likely to be affected. Is what we've found is, that a slower strobe rate, gives the targets eyes more time to dilate again, after seeing the blast of light, and the constriction of the pupil. With another pulse coming at the target, into eyes that are in the process of dilating again, or never fully constricted in the first place. Causes more issues for the target. A steady light will of course cause constriction of the pupil, but then can be 'gotten used to' more by the target (squinted eyes, constricted pupils, low lumens, etc.) rather than a constant yo-yoing of the pupils. A shot of 2000 lumens (smooth reflector) into eyes, where the iris is more open, is very effective. Of course there is a sweet spot to be found here in the strobe rate, and we rarely see flashlight manufactures give us that rate in their spec sheet. A beacon mode, for example on a Manker MK35, can be very useful too! Given the target is at some distance, and the flashlight user is able to move between blinks.

Great, well thought out video. Was a cop for several years. I was never taught anything about how to correctly use a quality flashlight. Now I know, Thanks!

Very informative video. Thanks.

Great vid, my observation when you flashed the light at the camera is that the strobe bothered me more then the high beam. Just my observation also, I personally didn’t notice a lapse in time during strobe when you pulled your light. Anyway great vid, keep it up! Thanks

I would use strobe outside but regular light inside my house as i would want a clear light on the soon to be victim. Regular light will blind him too.

Very Instructed video. Thank you.

Thank you for this test!

Yeah, great video ! Interesting !

In my way of thinking the steady beam of light is the most important because it provides the most consistent blinding while your other hand could easily be producing (from your pocket, waist or holster) your defense of choice without him being able to see that you were doing that. Then turn off the light and show him One... Last... Strobe... lights out.

Tests with closed yeas!!) Great))

The initial blindness is what matters most and you look like both eyes are closed from start to finish so the test means nothing. It would be the effectiveness of the initial blinding at various distances that you should be testing. With both eyes closed there is no disorientation so you just keep aiming in the direction you're facing as to where if you got hit with the Intial blast of light for all you know your target stepped left or right a few steps. Great Idea for a video just not enough thought put into it.

I don't care what anyone says. Flashlights are absolutely the best self-defense tool in the world. They're a hundred percent legal to carry anywhere in the world, they can't permanently hurt or damage anyone (unless they have epilepsy or some other neurological disorder.) They bring attention to the situation by providing you with light, and temporarily blinding your assailant, they can be used as a blunt-force object at close range and can Perry certain types of weapons, most of them can fit right in your pocket or right on a holster on your belt, and they're not too pricey. Not to mention, they come in handy during the daytime to. How many of you have dropped your keys or phone in a dark area (like behind the couch or under the car seat) and thought, "oh my God I wish I had a flashlight with me right now!" I know I have!

I use 800 lumen light to create blind spot-s so they are moving their eyes around to clear vision,i now have time to make or close distance. 3d layer of escalation is warning to back away,2nd is blinding them to make time to back away or close on them

Very good!! Just what I was wondering.

Well hopefully my attacker comes at me with his eyes closed like u. Shit I won't even need a light!

One test you didn't do is moving to one side with turbo and then with strobe. The reason I mention that is from others who experimented with this found that with strobe, the 'subject' seeing the light found it harder to detect side movement with strobe. So, if that is true, I'd rather use strobe since it is harder to detect my side movement. Also, modern lights also have a variable strobe, no rhythm. I would tend to think that makes it worse for the person looking at the light.

Found your vids just by luck. Good job and keep up the good work. I’m looking forward to more. You just got your 400th sub. Ha

Which strobe light is this? I'm looking to get one that's powerful and has range like this.

Fantastic video. Great info.

Strobe, from what I was instructed, removes the aggressors peripheral vision.

There are two elements----1 blinding from brightness 2 disorienting ----get 1 with high only and get both with strobe I have used both in self defense scenarios and both worked----but now I carry a Powertac with direct to strobe flashlight as primary defensive tool---Klarus I tried but the gas pedal strobe button activates all the time in the pocket---not good

Interesting test.Keep on the good work! I'm the guy who left the original comment about the strobe not being necessarily the best option for self defense. From your test in that specific environment it doesn't seem like the strobe makes it more difficult to see movement compared to the solid light. Like you said it depends on the light too.I've seen lights with slower strobes that really makes things look like they are happening in slow motion.The Klarus has a really fast strobe compared to other lights I have used in the past. One question you didn't answer is if the strobe is really more disorientating than a solid light as you had your eyes closed. I believe the brightness is what blinds you, not the flickering of the light. I know that test what to see the difference for the person holding the light and not the victim though. Another thing you did the test outdoor.If you do the same thing in a small room especially with white walls you're more likely to suffer from the effects of the strobe as much as the bad guy. Also another reason I like the "outdoor mode" better than the so-called "tactical" one is that you get instant low mode as well. You're not always using your light to blind people, sometimes you just want to navigate without giving your position away and without using too much light.

that was a pretty instructive video, very well thought out , I think is better with the permanent lighting .

I'm not a gun owner but in a defensive scenario I like to switch between solid turbo and turn off Hile keep moving, so the person's eye will take longer to re adapt to darkness

Awesome, thank you.

To me, the question is which light would most disrupt the accuracy of the assailant’s aim, and ability to see other things around them. So maybe repeat the test with an airsoft pistol and see if one or both disrupt your aim, and if so whether one is more disruptive than the other.

I think that the strobe on these tactical flashlights is too fast to be disorientating so a good solid blast is by far giving you the best advantage...

Can you program when you want to use the strode and constant light modes.

i feel like the particular flashlight used is pretty similar either way, but a slower flashing light may produce a stronger slow motion effect.

first, glad to see you were smart enough to close your eyes!!!! There is no point in damaging your sight to show what your video did! As someone who uses my flashlight daily for work and also consider it an important piece in my self defense arsenal. I personally want and use the strobe feature on any tactical light I carry. I believe there are times it is very effective and useful. I also have to have and use the moonlight feature on any tactical light I carry. in any situation it is good to have options because sometime I will need moonlight and other Turbo blinding brightness. I think the strobe has it purpose, but I wouldn't carry a tactical light that just had strobe, not would I carry a light tactical light that just had one setting.

If you yourself can handle the strobe, I feel it’d be more defensive than a solid, with a solid, you can slightly glance a different direction and still approach but the strobe is going to continue to make their eyes try to focus on the light.

I have also tested the difference between constant and strobe and strobe is much harder to see through however any light you hold is a target for a firearm whether it is strobe or constant. Hold it out at arms length from your body to the side, if at all. Otherwise all your doing is giving a target. Hint: while your giving the bad guy a target make sure you have a weapon in our shooting hand, loaded and safety off.

I thought the strobe was a little more disorienting myself.

What flashlight your using ?

Where can yoy get one

what torch did you use for this? im having trouble trying to find a handheld strobe flashlight

can you make comparison between 360X1 klarus and olight m2r warrior

Does anyone know the light being shown in the video , there no link to buy.

One of the issues of trying to film this as a comparison is the frame right of the camera vs the rate of the strobe. If you sink the two there would be no visible difference between the two.

What flashlight is it?

actual experience airsofting at night against both strobe and non strobe. it's very difficult to aim at a strobe vs steady. your eyes doesn't adjust to strobe but does to steady. i've shot out many steady weapons lights while i'm strobing them. i didn't get hit.

Thanks

What is the name of strobe light?

Great video.

Awesome video but I'm not sure whether this helped me or not. The refresh rate of the camera is almost certainly not at the same speed of the strobing light, so what you experienced might not have been the same as what we (the youtube viewers) experienced. In your experience of being the victim of the light, which did you feel was more disorienting, the strobe or the high beam?

I’m getting a strobe

Great idea but you should try to accomplish a task. Maybe get a trainer knife and try to see if you can get a strike in on him. And your eyes were mostly closed.

do these lights have an effect during the day?

Always an on and off not strobe. 500 to 1200 lumens... quick on and off step off-line and on off again. If you are standing still to light up someone, there is obviously zero threat.

I am thinking along the lines of I am pulling a flashlight first to see who is approcahing me and gain better SA, when I usually pull my flashlight out I aim it to the ground to illuminate the area, If someone seems to be threatening, I would aim the beam directly to their face and pull my firearm. I feel a strobe would impact my sight picture with a flashlight. and the steady stream of light will still blind someone. Not going to stop them. but it will disorient them enough to to give you more time to get your front sight post on em.

I had no trouble seeing the draw or your walking in either mode. I did find the strobe more disorienting into the camera. I have flashlights with variable strobe frequencies and I'd think they would be more disorienting than a fixed rate strobe like this one you demonstrated. These lights are so bright that they can temporarily blind which allows you to step off line to possibly escape or to slip past the person and escape if they're close enough or to engage them while they're blinded if close enough.

Everyone's eyes are different. && for home defense either strobe or steady beam will probably disorient someone who is not expecting it. I do believe the strobe may slow down reaction time however a direct beam will give the intruder a direct target if he or she is shooting back. Yes inside a resident's might be different with white walls && loud noises . Please do more test. Anyone please give input or criticism

That strobe effect is just like laser dazzler.

Strobe should be intermittent and full power

How about a light with the narrow beam ??? And no flood light like a "L.E.P"

I think your video camera has not done justice to the strobing effects of the light when shining on the attacker. When you point the strobe effects to the camera, the effect are much more pronounced. To see the true effects of the strobe, you camera should be set to high speed... above 60 frames per second. The Strobing effects on the attacker are much more dis-orientating than on the defender who is stationary. The defenders who feel dis-oriented should practice a couple of minutes a day moving around with the strobe light throughout their environment. The best tactic is to blind the attacker with solid bright light if he is stationary.... and when the attacker begins moving use the strobe. The strobing will disorientate even more. If you have to move use the normal bright light, blinding him.

Good test seems like it didn't stop you much

They are both blinding to the eye but the strobe can make some people feel sick and really disintoriate someone

Tactical light with left hand and on with a thumb and in right hand knife that opens with one hand

Do you shoot with your eyes shut?

How many lumens is the light

Pepper foam or gel works too.

I'd like to hear your opinion

My attachment has a a laser/ and flashlight with strobe light mode and its disorienting as hell especially with the laser

how much lumens is that ?

I know some people strobe or flashing lights can really mess them up. I get migraines alot if I see cop lights that do fast strobe like effects and some people can have seizures so if someone was breaking into my house I'm using strobe have 1 on my sig P320

How about keeping your eyes open?

Hey..I love the idea of blinding light..is there a way to show its effect on someone shooting at you? Basically I never want to tell the story of getting shot...

If feel a strobe is better for a defender on the move.. I feel it would hide your movement within the breaks of light..

What was your own conclusion and recommendation?

And tactical light must have sharp edges so u can break and slash his forehead if he blocks

Problem with this test, it assumes you as the defender stay in one spot. When you actually do tests in your home attempting to defeat an intruder, I found it much more effective to blind the intruder with the strobe, then move locations and setup in a kill zone. As the attacker, it was easy to fire directly towards the light, but when I got blasted and the light went off, I was so disoriented for 10+ seconds. It was amazing the difference. Try real life scenarios in your home with nerf guns and flashlights. It is best kind of training I ever did. You create your kill zones in your home, look at their kill zones when you come to investigate. In my previous 2 story home, I found it best to sit and wait upstairs. The minute I would start down the stairs, I was entering their kill zone. You could hear where I was and blast through the walls and it would definitely do damage to whoever was on the stairs. Burst lighting to get your target, then lights out then shoot. This also helps you know where you can not shoot, because of collateral damage behind the target.

But tactical high intensity light

I think when it is flashing very fast it's like shaking

I relise I'm late to this, but here goes my take on the pro strobe light feature on weapons mounted lights. On my ar9 carbine which happens to be my primary home defensive weapon. A good strobe light can and will blind and disorientate anyone or thing in front of it. It's similar to haveing a picture useing a camera in a darkened room with a flashbulb, and for a minute or two your only going to see bright flashes with every blink you take. And it's completely handicappes the individual who gets hit in the eyes with it. My streamlight HLX protac is putting out 1000 lumens and has 5000 candela and it's enough to temporarily blind and disorientate anyone. Especially anyone attemping to break into my resident at night. The tlr8 is a great handgun mounted light. The protac HLX is a great weapons light on my ar9 carbine and my ar15 carbine. So why don't I ude my handghns for a home break in. It's simply to use a weapon with a longer dute radius for more precise bullet placement for the most damage to incapacitate a armed individual and not cause or need to kill them. My main goal is to stop them from being able to harm me and cause any injuries. And for precise bullet placement a carbine offers more precision than any handgun. Or as someone once said, only a fool carries a handgun to a gunfight. True then and still true to this day.

I don't carry a Strobe because of Potential Points of Failure. Not just in the circuit, it's one more thing for ME to be thinking about, instead of what's going on around me. I'd rather concentrate on who that is, what they're doing, whether they're becoming more of a threat, or less of a threat, than is now a good time to switch to Disco? Look, anybody who doesn't know this stuff doesn't need the distraction, either. That's why they're asking these questions, but to be perfectly honest, the Strobe setting doesn't give you anything that's going to make a difference. Don't worry about it, don't bring 1 more thing into that situation to worry about.

Allways check your shoes that they are sealed tight that they dont fall off when u run

To be honest. Strobe in my opinion is better because your pupils dilate over and over again. Causing you to be disoriented. Enough time to get in a good striking blow with the tactical flashlight up close.

Strobe without a doubt is best for tactical situations, disorientate someone real quick

what king of strobe light is this ?

Please be aware, if your suffer epilepsy or are sensitive to flashing lights this is probably not a video for you. Stay safe friends.

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Tactical light carry in front left pocket and knife in right front pocket of short jackett

Awesome video great test and showing the different tests me personally i never worry about strobe as i have to go through 2 settings to get to it but my torch (flashlight) is 400 lumens and everytime i have needed to flash it into a would be threats eyes it has always made them look away and close there eyes and thats all i need to get away or decide to fight and since most attackers like dark unlit areas at night this gives me an extra advantage cause there eyes arent used to the light anymore and this temporarily blinds them enough for me to do what i want to them but if your torch goes straight to strobe and it works for you then use it and do what you must to be the one who walks home

Very good test! Thanks for that. There is one thing, ok, two things, I would like to add. What we should take into consideration is: - the stresslevels involved both attacker and attackee (hope thats a word) And - the aspect of surprise These two could make a difference. In your test there is no stress, the attacker knows what is coming and in our minds we anticipate without knowing that we do that. That makes the flashlight less effective that when you are loaded with stress and you don’t know what’s coming. Surprice is also a major issue, the attacker does not know what is coming. The attackee could have a weapon too, a gun, knife or a veeeeery big stick. Or big shoes with steel noses of course. Taking these two into consideration could improve the test Ok, those were my remarks, but still a very good initiative