The main use would be for places you can't carry, or, with a light that switches back to normal mode easily, to use the strobe while drawing and moving, then shoot with steady light.KBCraig wrote:I can't imagine using a strobe in a self defense situation. The strobe effect works on you just like it does on the subject (except for the blinding aspect of looking into the light, that is). I definitely wouldn't want to shoot where the target used to be based on the latent image on my retinas.
Fast strobes on moving objects can be exceptionally disorienting. Our previous sheriff learned that after he had xenon strobes installed in the backup lights of a couple of the patrol cars. Even when they were parked, approaching traffic would be confused, and coming up on a moving car with those things active seemed to cause traffic to go random places; off the road to either side, driectly into the back of the car, etc.