Yeah I kind of thought that but lately there have been a few times where if I had a flashlight it would have been invaluable. My friends and I are making a Geo-Caching type project in a local forest. We were out there last night with these crappy little flashlights and it made it difficult. When I got home I immediately looked around REI and thats what I came across. I also play a lot of disc golf and there have been numerous occasions where we lost a disc because we couldn't find it and it was right at dusk so not totally dark yet, just dark enough to not see a disc when it is in the woods a couple feet. Just seems like a good idea to have a nice flashlight and at $62 doesn't seem like a bad investment.

Thats what I'm thinking the filter will be good for, around camp when I don't need a direct beam.