Police Product Test: Streamlight ProTac 90 Flashlight
This small, hands-free, multi-fuel light is easy to operate and incredibly durable.
July 9, 2019
This small, hands-free, multi-fuel light is easy to operate and incredibly durable.
July 9, 2019
The OD40MM Illuminator Kit from Optical Dynamics provides high-power illumination with minimal light bleed.
August 8, 2018
With high, medium, low, and strobe functions, powering the Strion DS is a breeze via either the side or tail switch. Both are large and rubberized for both IPX4 water resistance and ease of use, and feature Streamlight's Ten-Tap technology.
April 10, 2017
Enter First Tactical's Small Duty Light. This little anodized aluminum light weighs in at just under 4 ounces with batteries and spits out 161 lumens of clean LED light.
December 7, 2016
Where there used to be one light, now there are many. If you're like me, you've probably got anywhere from five to 10 different lights with you on any given shift. Let's try to make some sense out of all this technology we're lugging around.
May 5, 2016
The star feature of this light is the charging method. Instead of some proprietary charging cord or cradle, the ProTac HL USB gets its juice from a standard micro-USB cord.
January 28, 2016
Nightstick's NSR-9744XL wasn't as hefty as other full-size flashlights but it was just as handy and every bit as bright. On its highest setting the TAC-560XL blasts 800 lumens over 205 meters. That kind of power out of a light this small is rare.
May 31, 2015
So what's so special? It's not so much the light itself, but the LE-1's system of accessories Tactical Impulse has designed to go with it that make this a true light "multi-tool."
April 1, 2014
These days, if you're not pushing 1,000 lumens out of a handheld light you're not impressing anyone. The new SureFire P3X Fury handheld tactical light impresses everyone.
February 14, 2014
The Streamlight Strion LED HL made its debut recently and features, among other things, upgraded LEDs over the previous generation that produce a blinding amount of light in a very compact package.
June 26, 2013
For this Stinger, Streamlight had just upgraded the C4 LED from 180 lumens to a blazing 350 lumens and 24,000 candela on the brightest of three intensity settings.
March 23, 2013
The number of new product offerings from Streamlight has been impressive, especially among its ProTac line of compact handhelds. I've been using the company's newest, the ProTac HL, and after only a few weeks of testing, I'm sold.
December 19, 2012
Designed to be purpose mounted for hands-free use, either on a helmet or other gear, this light has four high-discharge LED bulbs that produce more than ample working light.
September 20, 2012
Historically, the biggest hurdle with LED technology has been getting the "candela" or "candlepower" to compare to that of an incandescent. LEDs generally put out high "lumens," meaning they are really bright at close distances, but not as good at casting light in the distance. Streamlight figured out how to do both with this one.
May 25, 2012
Few officers will argue that a good flashlight is, next to your duty weapon, probably the most essential piece of gear on duty or off. Energizer now has a line of "Hard Case" flashlights designed around the parameters of LE and Military use.
January 25, 2012
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