Excellent information, Flashdark! I don't think I could add anything further to the runtimes for the Kroma-MS. The milspec doesn't have the low-blue, low-red modes of operation. You get either blue, red, IR, yellow-green or low white at the first stage on the push switch, or you can get blue-high white, red-high white, IR-high white, yellow-green-high white, or high white output at the second stage of the push switch. My feeling is SF designed it this was so you could use the colored or low power white while doing a more covert search, and then kick in the high power white LED to really light up an area or assailant. For the ones wondering if the Kroma can perform well in a tactical environment with the lumen output, I can say it did perform well. I had the chance to so shooting with several of the German CPF members this weekend, and we practiced illuminating targets at 15 meters and shooting them. (metal knockdown plates, not Tangos, hehe). The Kroma-MS illuminated the plate very well and gave enough sidespill to see several meters to either side as well. This would be important if in a dark area there was a second "bad guy" trying to hide just outside the hotspot.
If anyone is considering using the Kroma as a duty carry light, I can say it would be quite acceptable and compared well to the Gladius, SF 6P and other typical duty carry lights. Be sure to practice with it though. With any light, trying to hold the beam on your target with one hand and the gun in the other sounds easier than it really is. You can do it, but I usually ended up having the light on longer than would be prudent if the target also had a gun. You lose the advantage of temporarily blinding your target if you keep the light on. From the LEOs I was shooting with, the procedure would be, illuminate-shoot-light off. With practice, you can get the hotspot on the target the first time, get a shot off and then switch the light back off. I hope this info is helpful. Thanks,
