AR-15 Flashlight Comparison: Streamlight vs. Surefire

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Surefire sucks!

Just picked up the streamlight hl-x. Love it. I also use a streamlight pistol mounted light, I believe it’s 400-500 lumens, have to check, but both are great lights for the price. Haven’t used surefire because I think they are too expensive. If I got into more gunfights (average 2-3 a month) I might consider the surefire, but the streamlights work fine for me and have plenty of output.

Ended upgoing with the Streamlight ProTac Railmount HL X, but does anyone know if there is a way to mount it in an offset manner?

I just got the streamlight flashlight with 1000 lumens mounted on my scattergun. It throws farther than buckshot is effective. Surefire??? Sorry but a flashlight is not worth the price of a handgun. Well, ok, im not sorry. Opticsplanet has a nice mount for a shotgun made by streamlight. Its plastic but tuff. 20-25ish. Also look on workboots.com for 2 pack streamlight 18650's. Best price in aug. 2018. 22.sumthin. stream light is NFA.

With the protac, do you keep it on high only, strobe/high, or low/high?

Which one did the frogs like?

I use Strreamlights at work. I have 3 rechargeable Stingers, 1 old one, and 2 led models. I've dropped them more times than I can remember, the oldest one is 10 years old. They just keep going and going. This video just helped me make my decision for my AR.

Streamlight definitely won the comparison.

Was John even aiming in that opening clip? Makes it look too easy.

Tlr1 is just as good as an x300 for my sp-01 and it's easily $100 cheaper. Carry a surefire 600 lumen g2x though

How is the long term durability? Mine crapped out on me and I don’t know if it was a lemon or what

Thanks for shedding light on the topic.

Anyone getting any flickering?

Do not buy Streamlite TLR-1 or any of those models. The plastic door hinge will snap sooner than later.

i just cant spend $400 for a flashlight, sorry but i can buy a new gun for that. if i was military or swat then yeah maybe,but just average joe me cant do it,a flashlight and red dot cost more then my AR did?

How do you have your pressure pad mounted to your rail?

Use that HL-X with a rechargable 18650 Li-Ion cell installed and it will blow both your mind and the Surefire Scout light away.. You will never go back to using dual 123's..

How has the durability been with the streamlight compared to the surefire?

I would love to see a video detailing the operation of an AR-15 and Glock, in and out of water.

I heard a recommendation that you should crack the bolt open to let the water drain out then slam it closed with forward assist. It seems logical, I wonder if there is a better way to do it or other considerations to be aware of.

Any information on this subject would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Appreciate your opinion. Thanks for the video

Nope not paying 400 for a flashlight.

John, have you checked out the Fenix TK15UE?
I purchased and, although it is large for an edc, it is a great size for rifle. It boasts a thousand lumen, thumb switch, memory, etc.

You don’t respect James Yeager? He said he hasn’t had a streamlight make it through a class

I believe you're confusing lumens and lux. Lumens don't change based on where the light is measured. Lumens is total output of the light, spill and spot combined at the source. Lux would be the different brightness in the center vs the spill over distance. however, even with lumens, every manufacturer has different methods to derive a number.

I have had a Surefire go bad on me during regular training back in the mid 2000's I switched to Streamlight and haven't had any issues, I did have a tail cap go bad on me with the SL stinger led DS hand held light so I guess both Surefire and Streamlight can have issues, I run a pro tac rail mount II on my Colt M4 LE6920 and the TLR1 HL on my Glock. When I get rich enough for NOD's I will be getting the surefire Scout 600M for night training to go on my new rifle build.

I think that Surefire is the #1 most over priced, over hyped and the most "under" performing for the cost flashlights on the market today!!! If you have deep pockets and have to have a the over priced Surefire name on your weapon, then enjoy!

I’m pickin Up a pro tac soon you cants beat it 1/3 the price of a surefire and it comes with the mount, pressure switch, and pressure switch mount plus zip ties ect it’s a can’t beat package for the price

Thanks for introducing me to this light. 5+ months and 3,500+ rds later, it is still rocking. No issues.