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And all of this brings back around to the strategy and tactics of self defense in a low to no light situation. I'll stick to my night sights and flashlight for situations like that, even given the possibility of not even seeing my sights, I like to have every advantage possible.

I carry either a Streamlight or a Surefire pretty much as often as I carry my gun, which is to say almost constantly.

back to my previous comment about shooting IDPA in low light. We had some evening matches where we shot until well after sundown without lights - very interesting.

Part of the reason I now have several Streamlights and Surefires is finding out that a Mini-MagLight (two AA cells) was not quite enough to see IDPA targets at 7 yards well. So I keep a Streamlight next to my chair, one next to the bed, and one in my pocket when I go out the door.

I also discovered, along with several other IDPA shooters, that even the very bright 3 cell Streamlight was a little low on sight contrast. When I built my "night fighter" I included night sights in my specification and I haven't regretted it one bit.

I can now hold my flashlight in any comfortable position and depend on being able to see my sights, so I get target identification and can see my sights too, especially if I am strobing the light.

I switch guns twice a day, minimum, from night gun to day gun and back, and have plans to put night sights on my wife's XD9 and my pocket gun (which I usually only carry at night.

Well, I don't know about anyone else, but my night sights are only visible from behind the gun. I do use one of several very bright flashlights, Streamlights or Z2 Combatlights, but the house is pretty bright inside if your eyes are accustomed, so I might try for the blinding effect of the very bright light.

OTOH, my night gun has the laser on it too.

I have shot some low light IDPA matches, and the difference is significant.