Tim Miklos on Pricing High-End Lights
My opinion is just that, mine and I speak for myself. Unless you yourself are a maker or understand completely what goes into designing, planning, purchasing material and parts, machining, marketing, ect, there may not be factors that one can relate to in the big picture. One aspect is coming up with something that is visually and aesthetically pleasing to a broad audience. Design flow, if you will, from head to tail is important in an appealing light that hits all the marks that strikes interest in the eye and hearts of those looking. Let's be real, the main form factor for most flashlights over the last 50 years has been a round barrel shaped flashlight and, to add design elements to such a simple shape while making it stand apart from so many others with the same basic shape is not easy. Hence why so many share many features just displayed differently along the body/tail/head. Enter exotic materials. To help set the ligh...