Observations from Six Days of Handgun Class

Which is misleading, because i think I spent a total of about 2 hours on the range.  But it does give me an opportunity to play with new toys and techniques.

• The FirstLight Tomahawk LE is an amazing light, and I am way too dumb to operate it under stress.  And at the MSRP, it should come with it's own operator.  The form factor just makes it weird to carry, and for fighting purposes I need a light that turns on exactly how I want it to, exactly when I want it to, and the same applies to turning it off.  I still think it's a great light, but it is sort of like a H&K P7/PSP: really neat, but really needing a lot of practice to master.
• On the other hand, the Streamlight PT-2AA LED light will give near any 2 CR123 light a run for the money.  It has a decent switch that goes from high output to strobe, then to low intensity, which makes it suitable for social work, and pushes enough light that to my carefully calibrated eyeballs would be plenty sufficient for general duty use.  I haven't used it enough to determine durability or battery life, but the fact that it takes AA batteries, available anywhere at any price, could be a major asset over 123s, enough that it will most likely be a primary travel light for me.  About the size and shape of a large marker, it's a bit big for shirt pockets and a bit long for jeans pockets, but comes with a belt case along with a clip, and will easily fit in jacket or cargo pockets, and probably within MOLLE loops.  Both ends are scalloped, but not the obnoxious, essentially pointless (yeah, it's a pun) teeth marketed as defensive assets, that just wind up resulting in scratches and pathogen exposure.  And the price point is great, being just slightly above the polymer 2 cell lithium lights, which typically do not have multi-stage switching.  I'm not convinced that strobing is a big deal, but it doesn't seem to have an adverse effect on my ability to get hits, so I'm essentially indifferent on it until somebody does some solid FOF research that shows a benefit or detriment. A filter set would be a good thing to introduce.
• I wish that I discovered chest rigs 30 years ago.  For field use, and when wearing 42 layers of clothes, I'm really getting convinced that they have a lot of utility, particularly when coupled with radio/phone carriers, admin pouches, trauma pads and all the other junk usually carried in pockets, including bandannas, or trauma pads, for my runny nose.  
• I wish that I had discovered chest rigs 75 pounds ago.  Apparently, tankers in 1942 were a hell of a lot skinnier that I am now.