Handheld Flashlights |
Flashlights
are the most common illumination aid. We each
own many, here are the models we brought with
for our testing and review. Some of these lights
have multiple brightness settings, for our testing
and evaluations we used all lights at their
highest power setting. |
| Fenix L2D |
9 - 140 lumens
2 x AA batteries
56 grams |
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V2 Tactical Power
Chip Torch, Model: 7736 |
65 lumens
3 x AAA batteries
4.5 ounce |
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| Streamlight Stinger XT |
125 lumens
rechargeable battery
11.1 ounce |
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| Streamlight TL-2 |
78 lumens
Two CR123A batteries
4.2 ounces |
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| Streamlight Scorpion |
78 lumens
Two CR123A batteries
4.7 ounces |
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| Surefire G2 |
65 or 120 lumens
Two 123A batteries
4.10 ounce
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| Surefire G2 LED |
80 lumens
Two 123A
4.10 ounces
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The Surefire G2 (yellow) and G2 LED (white) |
| Surefire
E2E with GG&G Tactical
Impact Device (TID) |
60 lumens
Two 123A batteries
3.10 ounces
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| Surefire E2D LED body
with a KL4 Scout Light Head |
65 lumens
Two 123A batteries
3.20 ounces |
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| Surefire E1B |
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5 or 80 lumens
One 123A battery
2.80 ounces
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| Surefire L4 |
100 lumens
Two 123A Batteries
3.40 ounces |
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| Surefire E2D |
60 lumens
Two 123A batteries
3.20 ounces
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| Surefire E2D LED |
5 or 120 lumens
Two 123A batteries
3.70 ounces
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Weapon
Lights |
Weapon
mounted lights offer many benefits when
shooting at night. In addition to the obvious
illumination and sometimes lasers, weapon mounted
lights let a shooter concentrate on the target
and other tasks such as clearing malfunctions,
movement and use of cover. Here are the
weapon lights we shoot with regularly |
| Surefire X200B |
60 lumens
Two 123A batteries
4 ounces |
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| Surefire X300 |
110 lumens
Two 123A batteries
3.7 ounces
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| Streamlight TLR-1 |
135 lumens
Two CR123A batteries
4.18 ounces |
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| Streamlight
TLR-2 Light
& Laser |
135 lumens
Two CR123A batteries
4.72 ounces |
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| Streamlight
M6 Light & Laser |
80-90 lumens
Two CR123A batteries
3.3 ounces |
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The Streamlight M6 mounted on a shotgun |
| Streamlight M3 |
80-90 lumens
Two CR123A batteries
3.3 ounces |
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| Glock
Tactical Light 22 Model: TAC 4065 |
Two 123A batteries
1.8 ounces |
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| Z5
Tactical Wave Light |
65 lumens
Two 123A batteries
3.16 ounces |
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| Surefire M900A with
LaRue Throw Levers |
125 or 225 lumens
three 123A batteries |
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| Surefire
M600 First Model
Scout Light |
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Hands
Free Lights |
These headlamps and helmet
lights didn't show up on the grid for the camera,
although our eyes could see their beams on the target
grid and the Night Vision device could pick up their
beams (pictured). |
| Surefire HL1-B-TN Helmet Light |
19.2 to 0.3 lumens
Two 123A batteries
3.1 ounces |
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| Princeton Tec Scout Headlamp |
10 Lumens
Batteries: 4 x 2032 Lithium Coin Cell
Burn Time: Up to 48 hours
Weight: 45 g
2 blinking modes
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| Princeton Tec
Matrix Headlamp |
1-watt L.E.D
2 AA alkaline batteries |
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| Petzl Tactikka
Plus Headlamp |
Strobe mode
3 AAA
78 g
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Red filter covers LED |
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Keychain Lights |
These lights didn't show
up on the grip for the camera, although our eyes
could see their beams on the target grid. These were
all too faint for photos, but since we did test them,
we will include them in our review |
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Streamlight Twin-Task
1 Cell
one 3 volt CR123A
29 lumens typical with xenon bulb; 24 lumens from
3 LEDs
4 oz
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The
battery may have been going out on this one during
the test, we'll test it again in the future |
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Photon Micro-Light II
2 x CR-2016 batteries
6.3 grams |
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Lasers /
IR |
In
order to take many of these pictures and to be
safe while shooting at night we brought along
some night vision equipment. Laser are a benefit
when wearing night vision, here are some examples
of how well lasers work as illuminators and indicators |
| Laser
Devices DBAL A2 IR Laser/Illuminator / Visible Laser with LaRue Tactical
Mount |
IR pointer and illuminator |
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Laser Devices DBAL A2 IR Laser pointing at a far
hill |
| Generic Green Laser |
One CR123 Battery |
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| Pelican
IR Strobe |
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Pelican Mini Flasher
2130 IR LED
2 x L1154 Batteries
0.5 oz.
For use with NVG equipment.
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| Chemical
Light Sticks |
Shooting
in low light requires extra steps to ensure safety.
We used chemical light sticks for marking the firing
line, and each other. The glowing chemical lights
last for many hours and can be used for many things.
Here are some of the chemical light sticks we used
during the review |
| Military Surplus Light
Sticks |
Chemical light
sticks are used for many ways in the military and
police agencies. These are the same chemical lights
used by military and law enforcement
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Using chemical lights in MOLLE
gear to create an illuminated marker on this
chest rig |
| Infra Red Light Stick |
We
had a few IR chemical light sticks that are a dark
purple color to the naked eye, but to night vision
equipment they are as bright as the standard green
light stick |
The IR light stick is on the far left
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Looking at someone waving an IR chemical light stick
in the distance |
The IR chemical light is the purple one on the far
left |
| "Cheap" Light
Sticks |
These
cheap chemical lights are from a 99¢ store. The
small packages of colored light sticks are 2 for
99¢ and the thinner longer chemical lights are
99¢ per tube of 10-16. These chemical lights worked
very well. A few did not glow, but most of
them did and they all worked as long as we were
testing and shooting |
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