For 2015, Streamlight is now selling a new weaponlight called the TLR-1 HPL. This unit is an evolution of the TLR-1 line and a direct upgrade of the TLR-1 HP light. The TLR-1 HPL is an LED white light that mounts to any Picatinny accessory rail. Additionally, the light [Read More…]
Surefire, a company founded in 1979 and known for manufacturing high-end tools and tactical gear for the military and law enforcement, is coming out with a new flashlight, the Dominator. They’re saying it’s the most powerful LED flashlight ever sold in the [Read More…]
This flashlight is one member in a family of lights that are, in this humble writer’s opinion, among the very best flashlights you can buy. Nothing like putting a statement like that right up front in a review. I have been mulling over just how this review would [Read More…]
I have always carried a flashlight in some form or another and over the years I have gone though quite a few of them. My last light was a Fenix PD32 which I liked, but still felt like I was having to settle on the features. So when I lost my PD32 a week before [Read More…]
Okay, y’all…let’s get this out of the way right up front. This little lantern is relatively expensive when compared to the likes of a Rayovac or Streamlight. With all due respect I suggest that you stop reading now if you are not of a mind to spend a bit more for [Read More…]
Japan’s Crisis Intelligence has made a monster of a search light. The Alpha-1. It looks like a small cannon with a FNH P90 style grip. They boast this light is a 50w LED and on a two hour charge time it runs for an hour. To put that into perspective, my SureFire [Read More…]
Surefire has updated their Dedicated Shotgun Forend (DSF) Weapon Light line of products. They attached to a range of pump-action shotguns replacing the factory handgrip/foreend and have a 600 lumen light and switches built in. SureFire has completely re-invented its [Read More…]
The Team Japan’s Alpha-1 is a Japanese made search light that looks like it’s design was inspired by the FN P90 PDW. The searchlight, which weighs 4 kg (8.8 lbs), can project a beam of light 2km for 60 minutes.
(Featured image supplied by GSM Website) It’s easy to get caught up in the latest pocket wonders…flashlights that seem almost miraculous when compared to the flashlights of 4 or 5 years ago. The Cyclops Orbis makes no pretensions about being a small wonder – it is [Read More…]
Streamlight is now shipping the TLR-2 G: a weapon mounted white light with an integral green laser. The light mounts to any firearm with a Picatinny rail and also to the Glock, Beretta 90Two and other rails. The white light puts out 200 lumens through a C4 LED and [Read More…]
What is your most useful _________ (complete the description – pistol, knife, flashlight)? Is it: The one that is the most powerful? The coolest looking? The most expensive? The one that you are most likely to have with you when you need it? If you are like [Read More…]
Respected bag maker Maxpedition appears to be ready to launch a new line of handheld flashlights. At this time, little is known about what type of light or lights might be introduced by the company, but a good guess would be something for the outdoor and tactical [Read More…]
The CL-43 is a new flashlight from gun maker Kel-Tec. It is CNC machined from extruded aluminum and has a Cree XP-G LED lamp capable of putting out 420 lumens of light. From the press release … The switch is operated like the trigger on a gun, pointing the light [Read More…]
I was pretty skeptical when I heard about the BEAM LOKR. It is a shotgun mount that attaches to a 12 gauge shotgun using only magnets. I did not think it could survive 12 gauge recoil, but it does. GunBlast produced a video review about the product and proved that it [Read More…]
*Very interesting* comparison of three flashlights including photos of how effective they are. I have about 200 lights between flashlights and tactical lights, and also this idea of taking beam shots, so members can compare between them. First, lets take a look at some [Read More…]
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