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Streamlight Introduces the HL6

March 10, 2025November 25, 2024 by Tim Stetzer

Streamlight just announced the ProTac HL6. The HL-6 is the newest and brightest addition to their ProTac series of tactical lights. It has a whopping 5,300 lumens and impressive beam reach, as well as a using rechargeable batteries. The ProTac HL-6 Streamlight’s ProTac HL-6 is made from 6000 series machined aircraft aluminum with an anodized … Read more

The Streamlight Strion 2020: Hands on Review

March 10, 2025May 27, 2024 by Tim Stetzer

I’m a bit of a flashlight enthusiast. I won’t classify it as full flashlight geekdom, in that I don’t go deep into the weeds on specs, but I do want certain performance features and keep trying lights to see what’s new. Flashlight tech really does advance and newer ones are generally better than older ones. … Read more

Things That Don’t Suck: Streamlight Wedge XT Rechargeable EDC Light

March 10, 2025January 18, 2024 by Tim Stetzer

I’ve been carrying a Streamlight Wedge for the past couple of years as my primary EDC light. It’s a great light. It’s flat, and it has a pocket clip so it carries much like a folding knife in your pocket. It puts out a very usable 300 lumens of light for routine use and … Read more

New From Atibal Illumination: Ai-1 Light Head With 3,000 Feet of Reach

March 6, 2025February 19, 2021 by Jeremy S.

Mounting on the end of any flashlight body that uses an 18650 or 18350 battery, the Atibal Illumination Ai-1 Light Head employs a Class 3B laser emitter to throw 200,000 candela and put light on objects up to 3,000 feet away. Crazy! TTAG will sign Atibal Illumination’s Class 3B Laser Liability Waiver and get one … Read more

Weapon-Mounted Lights Vs. Handheld Lights for Home Defense

August 29, 2019 by Woody

If you’re protecting your home and family from threats that are in your house — and it’s dark — how will you illuminate the intruders to ensure you can make the right shot on the right target? You gotta have a light for that bump in the night, right? In the video below, Clint Smith … Read more

New From Hardened Arms: LumaShark Integrated Illumination Handguard

January 30, 2017 by Jeremy S.

Hardened Arms says “The LumaShark is an Illuminated, weaponized, 12″ free float handguard whose patented features have eliminated the need for bulky bolt on flashlights on the AR Platform.” While I’m not convinced they’re truly eliminated the bulk, they certainly have integrated interchangeable flashlights/lasers into an AR handguard. We checked ’em out in the NEXT … Read more

SHOT Show Gear Preview: PowerTac Cadet, Warrior Flashlights

January 19, 2012 by ttag

The world of ‘tactical’ (read: black, brawny and brighter than blazes) flashlights is almost as crowded as the Venetian hotel’s food court. PowerTac illuminated us on their entry into the field; we’ll be putting several of their models to the test in the coming weeks to see if they’re as drop-proof, waterproof and headache-inducingly bright as the company claims. Meanwhile, let me shine a little light on their designs . . .

Gear Review: Cree “Tactical” LED Flashlight

May 19, 2011 by ttag

Remember back when Mag-lite was the last word in aircraft-grade aluminum illumination? Those old incandescent Mag-Lites weren’t any brighter than ordinary flashlights, but their indestructible machined-aluminum bodies made them the choice of police, private security, Elvis and burglars. They were “tacticool” before people had a chance to learn to hate that word. The longer D-cell Mag-lites resembled aluminum billy clubs; they delivered a more devastating blow than any Monadnock PR-24 police baton ever could. Despite their size and weight, however, they still weren’t all that bright.

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