Question about flashlight tint after my last hike

I ran a comparison last month with three lights in the same lumen range and found the 'neutral white' 4500K actually made trail markers harder to see against dead grass than a cheap 3000K one I had. Read it in a forum post from a guy who does night orienteering, then tested it myself. Anyone else notice the industry pushing numbers over actual visibility outdoors?

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bettyhunt1mo ago

Heck yeah, I've been saying this for years! The numbers look good on paper but they don't tell you how a light picks up wet leaves or pine needles after rain. We need more field tests like that night orienteering guy did, not just more charts.