Review: Streamlight ProTac 1L

That light is busted.

Mine started failing after five months of daily use at work. I checked the tail cap switch but it was not the problem. One day at work it pissed me off and I hurled it at a concrete wall five feet in front of me. Later that night I discovered it screws apart in the middle about where the positive battery contact is although it is not meant to be taken apart here. The circuit board which is the positive battery contact needs to make good contact with the body of the light and was not. After scratching up the board to light body contact points it is still working a month later. I have ordered a Fenix UC35 to replace it as I do not trust it now. I expected so much more from this light at this price. I will never buy another streamlight product. Low is 12 lumens.

I had problems with mine at first. It's about 18 months old at this point. But at first I had trouble with it staying on until one time I accidentally turned it on when putting it in the sheath I keep it in. It got really, really hot. It actually burned my hand when I pulled it out and I couldn't hold on to it. From that point on though, and to this day, it works perfectly. I don't know what that overheating did to it, but it did something. 🙂

I have the older model 1L. Try this, it's pretty easy: With the tail-switch removed, take out the clicky switch with tweezers or small needle-nose pliers (counter-clockwise), hit it with some compressed air then check to see if the connecting tabs (2 silver tabs on opposite sides) are pulled out enough to make a good connection to the tail-switch body. This might fix it. 5 minute job at the most.

Yeah I looked it up afterwards,I thought I annotated that but it didn't pop up when I just checked it on my phone. Thanks!

180 lumens.

My 1st review!!